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  • CMSAF gets up-close look at Fairchild's broad mission

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody visited Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, to talk with Airmen about their role in executing the mission and see highlights of the 92nd Air Refueling Wing, 141st Air Refueling Wing and the 336th Training Group May 2-3, 2016.During the visit, Cody

  • McChord Airmen celebrate Log Fest 2016

    Horns blew loudly and sirens wailed as Airmen screamed and yelled. More than 500 Airmen from Team McChord cheered as this year's Knucklebuster was announced at the Log Fest 2016 Awards dinner April 29, 2016, on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.An annual tradition for recognizing maintainers

  • 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

  • McConnell team wins Gen. Spaatz Trophy for second year in a row

    Back at it again, the 349th Air Refueling Squadron "Bandits" earned the 2015 Gen. Spaatz Trophy, for being the best air refueling squadron in the Air Mobility Command and going up for the Air Force level award.The 349th ARS proved their worth by consistently and quickly "refueling the fight" and

  • 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

  • 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

  • An era of Dover-built TF39 engines throttles down

    As the number of legacy C-5 Galaxy aircraft are converted to C-5M Super Galaxies, the need for General Electric TF39 high pressure turbine engines will become a thing of the past by late 2017, as they are replaced by the quieter and more powerful General Electric CF6-80C2 turbofan engine.The sound