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  • Excellence in estimating: JB Charleston PMEL shop strives for perfection

    From calibrating torque wrenches to bomb diagnostic equipment, one shop lives up to its name as the "back shop of all back shops." The Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory on Joint Base Charleston - Air Base makes sure Airmen can accurately and precisely take care of their equipment to perform

  • Services practices expeditionary kitchen construction

    Airmen from the 92nd Force Support Squadron trained on their single palletized expeditionary kitchen Oct. 18. This training is essential to Services Airmen as it allows them to practice techniques they use at bare-base locations. The SPEK is used to rapidly feed Airmen for up to 30 days. It's used

  • Grand Forks Airman to compete at AMC Icon singing competition

    A Grand Forks Air Force Base Warrior of the North is scheduled to perform in the AMC Icon singing competition Oct. 25 at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. Airman 1st Class Andrew Hicks, an aerospace medical technician with the 319th Medical Operations Squadron here, is taking advantage of the opportunity

  • Contingency Response Airmen battle elements at JRTC

    Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing participated in combat exercise "Decisive Action" Oct. 10 through 22 as part of a Joint Task Force here to prepare for future deployments. Approximately 100 Airmen from the 570th Contingency Response Group, based at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., and

  • Public Affairs chief receives honorary black belt

    Rose Alexander, 628th Air Base Wing Public Affairs chief of external operations, received an honorary USA Taekwondo black belt from Grand Master Ray Smith, 8th degree Taekwondo Black Belt, at the Joint Base Charleston - Air Base, S.C. Oct. 22. According to Smith, Taekwondo is one of the most

  • Deployed maintainers keep the 'Herc' fit to fight

    Every day, thousands of coalition service members operating in Afghanistan rely on the C-130 Hercules to enable their operations; to meet this requirement, the men and women who operate this venerable tactical airlift workhorse rely on a team of maintainers who keep the "Hercs" ready to fly.

  • 8th EAMS Airmen deploy in support of downed Black Hawk

    Two Joint Inspectors from the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron were tasked with an invaluable mission in September - to forward deploy to a remote forward operating base in Afghanistan and help with the inspection and movement of a downed UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter.Tech. Sgt. Peter Feliciano

  • Airmen honored by college for heroism in Afghanistan

    As the battle on the gridiron between the Clemson Tigers and the Virginia Tech Hokies paused for halftime, a story of heroism was broadcast over the Memorial Stadium speakers for some 80,000 people in attendance Oct. 20, 2012, at Clemson, S.C. Capt. Michael Polidor and Capt. Justin Kulish, now B-2

  • Keeping KC-135s flying high

    The first of 17 upgraded KC-135 Stratotankers landed at McConnell for routine maintenance Oct. 16, 2012.This KC-135 features Block 45 upgrades which are designed to modernize the decades-old aircraft and improve its life expectancy."The goal is to keep the planes non-obsolete, relevant and legal to

  • Slideshow: Scott Airmen practice wartime skills

    The 375th Air Mobility Wing is participating in an exercise designed to test their ability to survive and operate in a hostile or chemical environment. The wing is preparing for their combined operational readiness inspection next year.For more photos click here