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  • Saving money through "six"ess

    Beginning this fall a new platform for redistributing equipment and supplies across the base will be available to every unit assigned to Team Fairchild and is part of a program the Air Force is calling "6S.""What we're putting together here is a great way for people and units from all over base to

  • Spouses lead the way

    Men and women in uniform are not the only ones who assist with the Armed Forces' mission. There are countless efforts made by the service member's spouse and family who guard the homefront.President Barack Obama proclaimed May 11, 2012, as Military Spouse Appreciation Day, stating, "On Military

  • Deputy director basing visits JB Charleston

    Joint basing is a lot like family. A family, like the military, finds their strength through the loyalty they have for each other. They can also experience growing pains and be tested to overcome obstacles. Nobody knows this more than Col. Charles Perham, Office of Secretary of Defense, Pentagon,

  • U.S. Forest Service requests increase in MAFFS operations

    Increased fire activity in the western United States has prompted the U.S. Forest Service to call two additional MAFFS-equipped C-130s to resume operations by Aug. 14. Those aircraft will come from the Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing, in Cheyenne, Wyo."This has been an interesting

  • Welsh 'humbled' to serve as Air Force chief of staff

    The Air Force chief of staff flag passed to the service's 20th chief in a ceremony here Aug. 10.Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, a 36-year Airman, stepped into the position, taking over for Gen. Norton Schwartz, who also retired from the Air Force during the ceremony."Mark is respected throughout the Air

  • U.S., Botswana provide humanitarian civilian assistance in Malwelwe

    Family and community members from the Malwelwe village gathered to receive medical treatment during a humanitarian civilian assistance (HCA) event Aug. 7.The HCA event was conducted as part of the MEDLITE/SOUTHERN ACCORD 12 exercise, a key element in a broader series of military-to-military

  • SWAT, getting down to business

    When most people hear SWAT they think of elite police force units donning fancy tactical gear. When everything has been used down to the last resort, they get called in to neutralize the threat. There may be a tense, hostile standoff that requires a specialized team of individuals who are capable of

  • U.S., Botswana open MEDLITE 12

    Airmen from units across the U.S. and members of the Botswana defense forces kicked off MEDLITE 12, a two-week aeromedical evacuation exercise, here today.The goal of MEDLITE 12 is to enhance U.S. and Botswana capabilities to work together by introducing the U.S. aeromedical evacuation system of

  • Honduran, U.S. building partner capacity mission begins

    Building partner capacity efforts are ongoing in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. U.S. Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing have deployed for the second time this year to work together with their Honduran counterparts. July 18 marked the first day for partnership building and idea exchanging for