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  • Sequestration impact to Travis

    As guidance from the Department of Defense flows to the base level, senior leaders at Travis Air Force Base continue to work through the mandatory budget cuts resulting from sequestration. The full effect of the $46 billion in cuts DOD must make before Sept. 30 and how Travis is impacted continue to

  • Mobility Airmen work together to move two Army Brigades

    More than 15 Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing recently played a crucial role working with mobility Airmen from multiple locations to assist in the exchange helicopters and equipment assigned to two large U.S. Army units.Beginning in mid-January, United States Transportation Command

  • 'Rodeo' competition canceled

    This year's gathering of the Mobility Air Force's biennial Rodeo readiness competition has been canceled.Gen. Paul Selva, Air Mobility Command commander, decided this week to cancel the competition because of budget shortfalls."Given the fiscal uncertainty and current budget cuts, this was the right

  • Base chaplains, local religious leaders unite

    The 375th Air Mobility Wing chapel team hosted the Clergy and Religious Leaders Appreciation Luncheon at the Scott Club March 7 to help foster a relationship between Scott chaplains and local religious leaders."We wanted to say thank you to the religious leaders in the area for what they do for our

  • Army Wives films at JB CHS

    Actress Brooke Shields rehearses a scene where she performs pre-flight checks on a C-17 Globemaster III during an on-location filming session Feb. 28, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston - Air Base, S.C. Army Wives tells the story of four women and one man who are brought together by their common bond -

  • St. Louis region captures Abilene Trophy

    The St. Louis region has been selected as the winner of the prestigious Air Mobility Command Community Support Award for the extensive support demonstrated for the Airmen of Scott Air Force Base and their families during 2012. Also known as the Abilene Trophy, the award is presented annually to

  • Fairchild Airmen respond to Navy plane crash

    A team of Fairchild Airmen traveled to Harrington, Wash., Monday after an EA-6B Prowler from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island crashed. The Prowler, from Electronic Attack Squadron 129, was on a routine training flight when it crashed in an unpopulated area. All three crew members perished in the

  • Transition assistance

    In an effort to help military members make the move to the civilian work force, major changes to the Department of Defense Transition Assistance Program have been implemented.Regardless of total years served in the Air Force, active duty, Guard and Reserve, Airmen are now required to complete the

  • Prayer breakfast unites Airmen, community

    "It says something about us as a people for 61 years now that this great prayerful tradition has endured," said President Barack Obama at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., Feb 7, 2013.Approximately 1,200 miles away, more than 300 Team McConnell members gathered in the Robert J. Dole

  • 43rd AG participates in combined and joint training exercise

    The 43rd Airlift Group exercised their Global Response Force (GRF) mission by participating in the Joint Operational Access Exercise (JOAX) 13-02 with U.S. Army and Canadian partners here Feb. 25 through Feb. 28.JOAX is a combined and joint training exercise designed to prepare elements of the 82nd