Bagram aircrew closes second base together

The ground below them was desolate and resembled a ghost town. Even the air traffic control tower was empty as a C-130 Hercules landed on Forward Operating Base Salerno's dirt runway to pick up the last service members who would fly out of the base.The six Airmen aboard the C-130 assigned to the

817th CRG trains at Fort A.P. Hill for worldwide ops

Stellar NCOs are Leading Edge of JB MDL

Twenty-five service members from seven installation units participated in the Leading Edge seminar Oct. 20-25, 2013, here.Leading Edge is a program designed to give top performing E-5s and E-6s from all service branches a view of the installation's strategic operations and leadership, providing them

MacDill Airman rectifies Army Helo hit by lightning, twice

Lightning never strikes the same spot twice, right? Well, for Army Blackhawk helicopter 27107 that was true, until a second strike blasted its tail rotor leaving it once again grounded.Noticing unreliable compass deviation, the testing crew of the U.S. Army Reserve's 5 Batalion-159th Aviation

Raptors recieve McConnell fuel

New inspection system offers Airmen 'direct line' to Pentagon

In what officials call a successful first-of-its-kind event, Air Mobility Command inspectors launched the command's implementation of the new Air Force Inspection System at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., the last week of September. Part of that new system included the chance for Airmen and family

647th CES Airmen lend support to C-17 training mission

Airmen from the 647th Civil Engineer Squadron Engineering Assistants and Structures Flight recently teamed up to paint the first-ever assault landing zone at the Navy's Barking Sands Pacific Missile Range Facility.Barking Sands, a multi-dimensional testing and training missile range located on the

Afghan C-130 takes off to a great start

Just one day after receiving two C-130H aircraft, the Afghan Air Force, alongside NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan advisors, conducted the first mission in the new planes Oct. 10.The first operational mission was flown by both AAF and coalition pilots between Kabul International Airport,

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