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

Firefighters extinguish the flame

The fire department team invited the Col. Brian Newberry, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander, Chief Master Sgt. Wendy Hansen, 92nd Air Refueling Wing command chief, along with his executives to experience firsthand some of the training the firefighters endure to ensure mission readiness, April 17.

Scott responds to severe weather, flooding

After receiving 5.2 inches of rain during a span of 12 hours which caused several areas on base to flood April 18, teams throughout the base began clean up actions April 19.The rain from April 18 was more than the base had received in the entire months of February and March, combined. By late

AMC activates electronic program for base visit requests

Air Mobility Command officials implemented an online program Monday to streamline the approval process for official visitors and sponsored guests at AMC active duty bases, according to Maj. Elizabeth Taillon, AMC Gatekeeper.The Electronic Gatekeeper (E-GK) program, designed through a partnership

Airmen participate in Exercise Carpathian Spring

More than 30 Airmen left Ramstein April 14 to participate in Exercise Carpathian Spring in Romania.The exercise runs through April 21 and is designed for aircrews to train as well as help build a partnership capacity with Romanians."In Germany we have a lot of restrictions, and waivers are needed to

317th AG participates in first Big Country JPADS CAPEX

Airmen with the 317th Airlift Group completed the first Big Country Joint Precision Airdrop System Capabilities Training Exercise April 11, at Fort Hood, Texas, to test a piece of technology designed to deliver cargo with pinpoint accuracy in even the most hostile environments.The technology in

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18th Air Force: A Legacy of Excellence

Although a divide of more than six decades separates them from the founders of their command, today's 18th Air Force Airmen continue to embody the same motto: "expedite!"Signifying a commitment to excellence in the successful and rapid completion of the command's worldwide air mobility mission, the