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  • Edwards completes tests to extend KC-135

    Known as "The Mighty War Wagon" of the Air Force, the KC-135 Stratotanker has proven to be the core aerial refueling capability for the Air Force for more than 50 years.With the help of the 418th Flight Test Squadron at Edwards, along with a multitude of testers, the KC-135 Block 45 test team

  • Local Residents Voice Thoughts on Potential Tanker Basing

    About 100 area residents attended an open house meeting April 18 to let the Air Force know what they thought about the possibility of Grand Forks Air Force Base hosting a future KC-46A tanker mission.The meeting is part of the Environmental Impact Statement that the Air Force will complete under the

  • Victim Advocates help sexual assault survivors seek help, justice

    April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), and Grand Forks Air Force Base has an effective weapon to combat sexual assault within its gates--volunteer victim advocates.The advocates, referred to as VAs, act as first-line responders when a sexual assault occurs, offering information, guidance

  • Mobility squadron keeps Yokota people, cargo moving

    In the civilian world, whenever the U.S. Postal Service needs to ship internationally, they use cargo planes. In the military, the process is pretty much the same except instead of mail, shipments include ammunition, food, supplies and even people. On Yokota Air Base, that mission is accomplished by

  • Colorado Air Force Reservists ready to fight wildland fires

    Despite the winter-like weather, Colorado Air Force Reservists and their active duty counterparts were re-certified April 19-23 here to respond to wildland fires.The 302nd Airlift Wing, the Air Force Reserve's only organization with the aerial fire fighting mission, held its annual Modular Airborne

  • Grand Forks AFB Airmen save lives at deployed location

    Three Airmen deployed from Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., were recently lauded for heroic actions at their location in Southwest Asia.Airman 1st Class Charles Coushaine, 319th Force Support Squadron, and Airmen 1st Class Benjamin Hitzelberger and Vanessa Oros, 319th Civil Engineer Squadron,

  • Mobility Air Force C-130s to continue legacy of fighting forest fires

    As the National Interagency Fire Center reports increasing fire danger for parts of the west and southwest, and portions of the U.S. Central and South regions, Mobility Air Forces will continue to help fight forest fires, as they have for more than four decades."Having worked through significant

  • Budget request provides for best Air Force possible, Welsh says

    The Air Force's $114.1 billion fiscal 2014 budget request will provide for the most capable airpower arm possible, the Air Force chief of staff said here today.Testifying with Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley, Gen. Mark A. Welsh III told the House Armed Services Committee his service's