Mobility pioneer honored in ceremony

Silver Star presented for fallen Airman's 'gallantry in action'

Dressed in a silver and black dress, 3-year-old Chloe Smith stood beside her mother, Tiffany, as they accepted a Silver Star award today in honor of Senior Airman Bradley R. Smith who was killed in action at the age of 24 in Afghanistan Jan. 3, 2010.Maj. Gen. Lawrence Wells, 9th Air Force commander,

AF Expeditionary Center wraps up wargame

Approximately 65 air mobility experts wrapped up participation in Air Mobility Command's Global Mobility Wargame 2012 at the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center here. Subject-matter experts throughout the Air Force, AMC and many other organizations involved in defense planning conduct GLOMO

Resilience under pressure

The 305th Air Mobility Wing hosted retired United Airlines pilot Capt. Al Haynes as part of its Wingman Day activities Aug. 28 at Tommy B's Community Activities Center.He shared a personal tale of resiliency with more than a thousand 305th operators and maintainers. "I want to tell you a story,"

Fairchild deployed: Manas, Kyrgyz Republic firefighters train to save lives

Fairchild firefighters deployed with the 376th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, conducted a capabilities demonstration with their Kyrgyz Republic counterparts Aug. 29. The exercise was part of a continuing informational exchange program familiarizing

Fire Prevention Week: Not just a one-time-a-year thought

Most people, especially on an Air Force base, know their fire prevention personnel as those firefighters that go around telling them they cannot daisy chain there extension cords or they need to remove the door stop holding open the fire door. The main objective of every fire department throughout

'Be Ready' during National Preparedness Month, year round

With September designated as National Preparedness Month, Air Force Emergency Management experts are emphasizing the tools available to help Airmen and their families "Be Ready."National Preparedness Month is an annual campaign to raise awareness on the importance of disaster preparedness. The event

Airmen survive motorcycle crash thanks to PPE and Wingmen

"When I woke up in the ambulance, the paramedic took my helmet and shoved it in my face and said 'if you hadn't been wearing this we would be scraping your brains up off the pavement and you would be dead,'" Maj. Adam Travis recalled of a motorcycle ride that could have been his last.This fiscal

AMC, Expeditionary Center lead Air Force resilience training

Nearly 80 students graduated from Air Mobility Command's first Master Resilience Instructor Course offered at the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., recently. The training is part of AMC's Resilience Strategy 2012, with the vision of producing "a command

Air Force to present Silver Star to fallen Airman's family Sept. 8

Just days away from what would have been Senior Airman Bradley R. Smith's 27th birthday, the Air Force will present the Silver Star to his widow and parents during a ceremony in the Tri Township Park in Troy, Ill., Sept. 8 at 8 a.m.Brad, who was born Sept. 11, 1985, was just 24 when he was killed in