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  • Doolittle Raider raises a toast 74 years later

    Fairchild AFB had the distinct opportunity to host Army Air Force Staff Sgt. David Thatcher for a commemorative toast April 18 in honor of the 74th anniversary of the Doolittle Tokyo Raid.Thatcher, a member of Flight Crew No. 7, is one of two surviving Doolittle Raiders.The air raid, led by then Lt.

  • U.S., partner nations train during Saber Junction 16

    U.S. armed forces and 17 other NATO and European partner nations joined for Exercise Saber Junction 16, March 31 - April 24, 2016, at Hohenfels Training Area, Germany.The exercise provided more than 5,000 participants the opportunity to conduct land operations in a joint, combined environment and to

  • Army, Air Force train for short take-off and landing

    Soldiers from the 173rd Brigade Support Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade out of Vicenza, Italy, and Airmen from the 321st Special Tactics Squadron, out of the Royal Air Force Station in Suffolk, England, secured the Hohenfels Training Area short take-off and landing strip (STOL) April 13, as part

  • AMC Commander visits JBLM

    Gen. Carlton D. Everhart II, Air Mobility Command commander and Chief Master Sgt. Shelina Frey, AMC command chief, visited and met with Airmen throughout the base here April 5 to 7.Everhart and Frey spent most of their tour interacting with Airmen at as many work centers as possible and discussing

  • Families ordered to leave Turkey arriving in US

    Military dependents and pets began arriving at Baltimore Washington International Airport, Maryland, March 31 following an ordered departure of Defense Department dependents due to security concerns in some areas of Turkey.Dependents arriving at BWI were flown on Air Mobility Command's C-17

  • Air Force, Army, DLA conducts triannual JTF-PO training

    With simulated terror cells operating in the area, Airmen and Soldiers dawn their interceptor body armor and place their M16 rifles at the low-ready position as they exit the bus at the fictitious country Sangala, in preparation for Exercise Turbo Distribution 16-02.What is now a runway surrounded

  • New aircrew masks tested at Dover

    A Joint Service Aircrew Mask Strategic Program team partnered with the 436th Operations Support Squadron's Aircrew Flight Equipment section to conduct comfort and endurance wear trials and developmental tests for the XM69 Aircrew Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense system at Dover

  • Scorpion Lens 2016: Combat camera Airmen hone battlefield capabilities

    More than 100 photo and broadcast journalists from the 1st Combat Camera Squadron, Joint Base Charleston, and the 3rd Combat Camera Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, are participating in Scorpion Lens 2016, an ability to survive and operate exercise, Feb. 29 through March 10, 2016 at McCrady

  • Exercise Alamo Shield provides life-saving training

    Airmen from the 433rd Airlift Wing conducted an eight-day training exercise to hone their skills and prepare in case they are called into action in a deployed environment.Alamo Sheild, held here and Camp Bullis Training Annex Feb. 22-29 is a comprehensive training exercise designed to deploy and

  • Mobility Airmen support resupply mission to Africa

    U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 7th Mission Support Command conducted joint partnered movement control operations with French Air Force members and U.S. Air Force personnel in support of United States Africa Command's Operation Echo Casemate resupply mission to Bangui, the capital of the Central