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  • Pope Airman creates free 'Wingmanship' app

    Airmen at Pope now have a more convenient way to provide their location to local helping agencies, using a free Android mobile app. Airman 1st Class Hwansung Kim, 43rd Logistics Readiness Squadron, created this app after receiving a contact card from his unit with local information to be

  • Fairchild's energy savings make all the difference

    In fiscal year 2012 energy cost the Air Force more than $9 billion with aviation fuel accounting for more than 80 percent of energy used annually. Fairchild has made many strides in conserving energy and savings. Fairchild has success with polar over-flights fuel efficiency initiatives, changing

  • Fairchild rumored to be haunted

    The 92nd and 141st Air Refueling Wing Headquarters building, known as "the White House," is widely thought to be haunted by at least one ghost. Airmen have been known to proceed uneasily when called back to the office during the hours of darkness. "If I ever forget something when I leave for the

  • K-9s conquer water

    "Halt! Halt! Halt! Or I will release my dog," was the common phrase heard throughout the 5-hour controlled aggression water training for military and police dogs Oct. 16, 2013. Tampa, Largo, Clearwater, Hernando, and Pinellas County police department K-9 units joined forces with the 6th Security

  • C-17 Ops delivers combat cargo

    The members of the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, deployed from Joint Base Charleston, S.C., accomplish the air tasking order via passenger transport, ground and aerial delivery to keep deployed operations moving. "The C-17 is an incredible platform," said Capt. Erica McCaslin, 816th EAS C-17

  • Team McConnell nabs two AMC nominees for award

    Two members of Team McConnell, Lynn Emond and Capt. Andrea Berger, have been nominated by Air Mobility Command for the 2013 Gen. Wilma Vaught Visionary Leadership Award.The award, named in honor of Brig. Gen. Wilma Vaught, recognizes service members and civilians who have exhibited innovation,

  • Fairchild implementations reflect Energy Action Month

    Throughout the Air Force, October is recognized as Energy Action Month. Fairchild has made rapid strides toward becoming more energy efficient. Units around the base have already proven themselves to be capable of meeting the goals laid out before them, by Air Mobility Command and Air Force

  • SERE NCOs keep McConnell Airmen trained

    In order to achieve Global Reach, the aircrew of the 22nd Air Refueling Wing and 931st Air Refueling Group must not only accomplish the mission, but to also be prepared for the worst case scenario.They must be able to survive, evade, resist and escape, and two SERE NCOs here aim to keep McConnell

  • New system helps Porters cut load times

    While there is nothing the Airmen at Travis can do to stop an earthquake, tsunami or hurricane, there is one element they are in total control of; the response time of Air Mobility Command aircraft and its assets.The 60th Aerial Port Squadron unveiled a new Deployable Automated Cargo Measurement

  • Sharpshooter training prepares defenders for demanding AF course

    A truckload of insurgents rolls slowly toward the back side of an airbase where an American cargo plane has just landed to unload food and medical teams. They figure this little dirt road will allow them to sneak up undetected, so they can probe for weaknesses and a find way to stop the relief