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  • MacDill AFB KC-135s reposition in wake of Hurricane Irma

    MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- McConnell will welcome 11 KC-135 Stratotankers assigned to MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Sept. 7 to 8 after they evacuated due to the threat posed by Hurricane Irma.Irma, which is currently a Category 5 hurricane, threatens a large part of the United States’ east

  • Suicide prevention month: stopping suicide is everyone’s battle

    FALLS CHURCH, Va. --  September is Suicide Prevention Month, a time for Americans to build awareness and help understand suicide in our culture. More than 40,000 Americans lose their life due to suicide each year and research shows that rates in the military and the general population are very

  • Living on-base or off, Air Force highly recommends renters insurance

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND AFB, TEXAS -- Airmen and their families leasing or renting housing on or off the installation need to be aware of the importance of renters insurance. Unforeseen fires, floods, theft or accidents can occur in anyone’s residence and Airmen need to understand the

  • Travis aircrew fly wounded Soldiers to Germany after insider attack

    Six aircrew members from Travis Air Force Base, California, flew a C-17 Globemaster III into Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan June 18 to medevac five U.S. Army special operators who were wounded in an insider attack at Camp Shaheen, in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif.

  • Mobility Guardian provides valuable C-130 hot defueling training

    JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- Mobility Guardian is offering training in many Mobility capabilities, including one that is unfamiliar to many Airmen due to its scarce use in recent years, hot defueling.Hot defueling involves offloading fuel from an aircraft while the engines are running and

  • US, foreign military pilots navigate through Alaskan, Canadian wildfire smoke

    JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – Training scenarios for U.S. military and 11 partnering nation pilots who are participating in Air Mobility Command’s large-scale exercise, Mobility Guardian, now also include reduced visibility due to wildfires.The smoke, which is a milky haze, descended upon much