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  • 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

  • Americans, Australians execute airlift together

    U.S. Air Force Airmen and U.S. Army Soldiers worked closely with coalition forces from Australia, New Zealand and Sweden during the Green Flag Little Rock 16-06 exercise April 14-24, 2016, located at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, and Ft. Polk, Louisiana. The 34th Combat Training Squadron

  • Aviano’s Atlas actions: Holding up Saber Junction 16

    Eighteen airlift aircraft performed 103 sorties during an exercise at Aviano Air Base, Italy, from March 31 to April 24, 2016.Saber Junction 16 evaluated the readiness of 5,000 U.S. Army, Air Force, NATO and European partner nations' military forces to conduct land operations in a joint, combined

  • NASA astronauts assess USAF Water Survival Course

    Five team members from NASA visited Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, April 18-20 to assess the USAF Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Water Survival Course."Right now we are here to evaluate the possibility of sending more astronauts to Fairchild in the future," said Michael Fincke, NASA

  • Green Flag 16-06 enhances mobility partnerships

    The 34th Combat Training Squadron and U.S. Army personnel worked closely with coalition forces from Sweden, New Zealand and Australia during the Green Flag Little Rock 16-06 exercise April 14-24, 2016, located at both Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, and Ft. Polk, Louisiana."Since GFLR is not