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  • 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

  • Crashed firefighting-equipped C-130 from North Carolina ANG

    The North Carolina Air National Guard - and indeed the National Guard across all of North Carolina and the country - is grieving today.The military C-130 equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, otherwise known as MAFFS, that crashed while battling a fire in Southwestern South Dakota

  • AMC Commander visits O'Hare's USO Cyber Canteen

    Gen. Raymond E. Johns Jr., Air Mobility Command commander and Franco Tedeshi, American Airline's vice president, Chicago visited the new USO American Airline's Cyber Canteen on the secure side of the American Airlines terminal at O'Hare Airport, Chicago, July 3, 2012.The cyber canteen offers 'home

  • MSAS air advisors complete BPC mission in Colombia

    Members of the 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron completed the first part of an Air Mobility Command Building Partner Capacity mission - working with the Colombian air force to promote regional stability by fostering key relationships and enhancing partner nation capabilities, at General

  • 62nd APS Airmen help deliver history

    A large piece of history arrived at Boeing Field, June 30, and it was so large no commercial organization could move it. So the Air Force did.A group of five 62nd Aerial Port Squadron Airmen strapped the 29-foot long crew compartment of NASA's Full Fuselage Trainer to a Tunner cargo loader,

  • 62nd AW earns high rating during ASEV

    The 62nd Airlift Wing was recently praised for an excellent performance during the Air Mobility Command Aircrew Standardization and Evaluation Visit held June 18 to July 2.The ASEV, conducted every four years, is designed to evaluate the proficiency of aircrew and validate flying mission readiness

  • Panetta commends Jacoby for NORTHCOM fire assistance

    In an afternoon call to the commander of U.S. Northern Command, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta commended Army Gen. Charles H. Jacoby Jr. for leading the Defense Department's effort to support the fight against Colorado's raging wildfires.The secretary also commended National Guard and NORTHCOM