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  • Group commander hands over the keys, saves bucks

    The 22nd Mission Support Group commander at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, turned in the keys to his government vehicle to save the Air Force money, May 10, 2016.Air Force Logistics Headquarters is pushing for initiatives to make cuts to save money, and Col. Matthew Benivegna, 22nd MSG commander,

  • Mobility Airmen participate in joint special ops exercise

    Starting at Pope Army Air Field, North Carolina, and ending at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Airmen from the 62nd Airlift Wing at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, participated in a training exercise sponsored by the U.S. Army Special Operations Command May 2-3, 2016.Three 62nd AW aircrews flying

  • Airmen honor fallen MIA

    A ceremonial guardsman wearing white gloves raises his hand to render a salute as a white sedan pulls up to the curb. He proceeds to the vehicle where he respectfully retrieves an urn containing the remains of a fellow comrade.The urn holds the remains of Airman 2nd Class Conrad Sprague, which were

  • U.S. Air Force's top enlisted member visits JBLM

    A full season of visits from distinguished visitors from across the Department of Defense, to include the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Air Force and the Air Mobility Command commander was capped off when the top enlisted member for the Air Force, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force

  • Aeromedical evacuation Airmen train Lebanese Armed Forces

    The Defense Institute for Medical Operations sent a four-person team to Beirut, Lebanon to teach, mentor and learn from the Lebanese Armed Forces about various ways to provide assistance during a humanitarian crisis.Lt. Col. James Baldock, 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Commander, and Capt.

  • Military Bishop visits Team Fairchild

    Most Reverend Neal J. Buckon, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, visited Team Fairchild as part of an annual visit, May 4, 2016, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, and serves as the military Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese for the western region of the United

  • Army Airborne Board a joint effort

    For the first time, an Air Force general officer was invited to participate as part of the Army board focused on addressing concerns related to the doctrine, organization and training of Army airborne forces.Lt. Gen. Sam Cox, 18th Air Force commander, attended the Army Airborne Board May 3, 2016 on

  • Tuskegee Airman reminisces on past while touring JB Charleston

    Dr. Eugene Richardson, a Tuskegee Airman, signs a photo of his old unit, 332nd Fighter Group, while stopping for lunch at the Charleston Club during a tour of Joint Base Charleston, April 29, 2016. Tuskegee Airmen were the first African-American military aviators in the United States Armed Forces.

  • Murphy's Law can't stop Travis CRG, Cerberus Strike

    As the screaming U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules stood still at the Fort Carson flightline, multiple Airmen scrambled to figure out how they were going to fit a huge trailer into the aircraft.With each millimeter just as important as the next, the trailer was slowly and carefully backed up onto the

  • Vietnam Vet receives medals 48 years after war

    "It's been quite a day for me," said an emotional retired Army Sergeant Cecil Wade after he received the Purple Heart, the Army Commendation Medal with Valor and a second bronze star device for his Vietnam Service Medal in a ceremony at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, April 22, 2016."I even polished