Senator visits Michael Anderson Elementary School

U.S. Senator Patty Murray D-Wash., chair of the Senate Budget Committee, visited Michael Anderson Elementary School here Tuesday to meet with military families and school officials to discuss the effects of sequestration on school students and programs.Murray heard directly from military families

C-130 maintenance training team helps Royal Thai AF counterparts

A mobile training team from the 373rd Training Squadron's Field Training Detachment 4 returned here March 9 from a month-long deployment to Thailand providing C-130 maintenance training to the Royal Thai Air Force.Nine members of the field training detachment (FTD) made up the team of instructors

New York Air National Guard crews return from South Pole season

Several Capital Region aircrew members of the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing returned to Schenectady County Airport here Thursday night after a long trip back from Antarctica.The unit's redeployment marks the 25th anniversary of Antarctic operations for the 109th Airlift Wing.The

AFSO21 helps improve C-5M

Using Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century, Airmen from Dover Air Force Base, Del., were able to improve the reliability and life expectancy of the C-5M Super Galaxy.AFSO21 is the Air Force's dedicated effort to maximize value and minimize waste in all of our processes. "We identified the

Contingency response teams train together to establish rapid mobility force

Airmen shoulder the load in remembrance of fallen comrade

Special tactics operators from across Pope Field, N.C., took part in a six-mile walk around the flightline carrying a log dedicated to a fallen comrade March 15. The log, carved in honor of Staff Sgt. Andrew Harvell, has an estimated weight of 1,250 pounds. Harvell's nickname "Big Andy" is carved on

Congress reviews reserve forces equipment needs

Senior Army and Air Force leaders for the Reserve and National Guard were on Capitol Hill to testify March 19 and answer questions about updating and replacing their combat-worn equipment.Chairman Michael Turner, R-Ohio, and Rep. John Garamendi, D-Calif., led the hearing at the House Armed Services

DOD requires more base closings, official says

The Defense Department possesses more real estate than it needs and is looking to close additional bases and installations in the United States and abroad, a senior DOD official told a House panel March 14.Air Force leaders agree, according to Kathleen I. Ferguson, acting assistant secretary of the

62nd AW honors local widows of Vietnam veterans

The 62nd Airlift Wing hosted a ceremony March 23 to thank and honor Vietnam veterans and their family members living in the local area.During the ceremony, 16 widows of Vietnam veterans were presented with a certificate of honor from the Department of Defense. The ceremony is part of the DOD's

Honoring a Nation’s Promise

While sequestration and budget cuts continue to garner the media's attention and leaves service members and civilians scratching their heads as to what's being cut next, the joint team of Marines, soldiers, sailors and airmen of the Central Command's Deployment and Distribution Operations Center