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  • 731st AMS continues peninsula-wide logistics success

    As winter was winding down in the "Land of the Morning Calm", Airmen from the 731st Air Mobility Squadron stationed at Osan prepared to transition air freight operations to Kunsan Air Base for a projected two-month partial runway closure. A team of close to 20 aerial porters received their first

  • Special Victims Counsel available here for victims of sexual assault

    Earlier this year, the Air Force spearheaded a pilot program for the Department of Defense which provides special counsel to victims of sexual assault.The Special Victims Counsel is currently composed of 60 specially-trained military lawyers.The SVC Program gives sexual assault victims legal

  • Every Airman responsible for preventing sexual assault

    The Air Force and Fairchild Air Force Base are doing everything they can to identify and prevent sexual assault.Earlier this month, Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, re-emphasized to the Senate Armed Services Committee along with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and service

  • Program fights mosquitoes, trains Airmen

    Air Force Reserve Command is expanding its Innovative Readiness Training, or IRT, program this summer to help communities control mosquitoes.C-130 Hercules aircrews will spray Williston and Minot in North Dakota June 30-July 3, and York County and the City of Poquoson in Virginia July 22-26. These

  • Air Force C-130s drop 25,000 gallons of retardant on Colorado fire

    Airmen from the Colorado Air National Guard's 302nd Airlift Wing flew their first aerial firefighting support missions of the year June 12, dropping fire retardant on the growing Black Forest fire.302nd AW aircrews fighting the nearly 9,000-acre blaze performed 10 drops, releasing approximately

  • Pope Field building 'green' control tower

    Construction crews here are putting finishing touches on a new air traffic control tower with improved environmental controls and a smaller ecological footprint. Many of the tower's improvements stem from its "green" roots as a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, certified

  • Anatomy of a hurricane hunter: When storms get personal

    During Maj. Sean Cross' first flight into what became Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, he and his WC-130J Hercules crew joked and asked themselves why they were even tasked for the mission. "There was absolutely nothing to it at that point," he said.By his second flight, the jokes stopped and were