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  • MAFFS operations move west

    Military C-130s equipped with the U.S. Forest Service's Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems have moved staging operations from Cheyenne and Colorado Springs, Colo., to Boise, Idaho, and Salt Lake City, Utah.Four of the aircraft, from the 153rd and 302nd Airlift Wings are operating from Boise Air

  • Through Airmen's Eyes: Triumph of survival

    (This feature is part of the "Through Airmen's Eyes" series on AF.mil. These stories and commentaries focus on a single Airman, highlighting their Air Force story.)In 1995 in America, most six-year-old boys spent their days picking on six-year-old girls, or mimicking and idolizing the Power Rangers

  • National Guard mourns loss of four Airmen

    The 145th Airlift Wing of the North Carolina Air National Guard is mourning the loss of four Air National Guard Airmen, and the serious injury of two others, after their C-130 Hercules crashed in southwestern South Dakota approximately 6:30 p.m. Mountain time July 1."We are deeply saddened that four

  • Scott AFB Passenger Terminal dedicated to fallen Airman

    Members of Team Scott and the local community gathered July 6 at the Passenger Terminal as Scott Air Force Base dedicated its newly renovated Air Passenger Termial in honor of Airman 1st Class Zachary "Cudde" Cuddeback.Cuddeback was a vehicle operator assigned to the 86th Airlift Wing, Ramstein Air

  • 515th AMOW takes on resilience training In the Pacific

    The 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing graduated 12 students through the first Resilience Trainer Assistant's Course at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, June 19-21. As part of the wing's Comprehensive Airmen Fitness efforts, the class focused on an Air Force of balanced, healthy,

  • C-130 crews continue western wildfire fight

    Defense Department C-130 Hercules aircraft equipped with the U.S. Forest Service's Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System have discharged more than 332,400 gallons of retardant as of early July 6, U.S. Northern Command officials reported.Hercules aircrews have flown 140 airdrop missions since they

  • N.C. Air National Guard releases names of C-130 crash victims

    Four Airmen died and two others were seriously injured when a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130 belonging to the 145th Airlift Wing, North Carolina Air National Guard, based at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., crashed Sunday evening while fighting a woodland fire in Southwestern

  • SERE's Ross undergoes major reconstruction effort

    Airmen from across Team Fairchild joined together at the Roger A. Ross Dining Facility as it was reopened after a more than two month reconstruction effort for Aramark during a ribbon cutting ceremony at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., June 27.Aramark is a Fairchild culinary service which provides

  • Scott AFB opens new Student Union

    Scott Air Force Base opened its new Student Union July 2, marking the beginning of a new era for the area that houses the Education Center and Airman and Family Readiness complex.Crowning the new indoor/outdoor area is a vibrant, 357-colored tile clay mural of the base's history created by Claudia

  • MAFFS-equipped C-130s resume operations

    The commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command announced that the C-130 Modular Airborne Fire-Fighting System fleet will resume operations today in support of the National Interagency Fire Center and its firefighters on the front lines in several