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  • Vandenberg sends hot shots to Colorado wildfire front lines

    Vandenberg Air Force Base officials deployed the only Defense of Department wildland fire-fighting asset at 2 p.m. June 27 in support of the wildland fire-fighting efforts in Colorado Springs, Colo.The 18-member Vandenberg Air Force Base Hot Shot crew, along with two hot shots crew carrier vehicles,

  • Air Force teams work to tame Colorado wildfires

    An Air Force team from the active duty, Air National Guard, the Air Reserve and the Air Force Academy have mobilized to help fight the quickly spreading Waldo Canyon fire near Colorado Springs, Colo., that has burned more than 3,500 acres.The request for assistance from the National Interagency Fire

  • Charleston Airman lives to tell of war: earns two medals

    Staff Sgt. Douglas Ryan, 628th Explosive Ordnance Disposal noncommissioned officer in charge of training, stands at attention in front of the entire 628th Civil Engineer Squadron, his wife and a major general, about to have a Bronze Star and Air Force Combat Action Medal pinned to his chest, June 27

  • Colorado Reserve unit called in to fight wildland fires

    The Air Force Reserve Command's 302nd Airlift Wing here received word June 24 that it was tasked to provide Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, or MAFFS, support to the ongoing Colorado wildland fires. The request for assistance from The National Interagency Fire Center to the Department of

  • Local AF bases enter fight vs. Waldo Canyon fire

    When Colorado Springs, Colo., called for aid in fighting the quickly spreading Waldo Canyon fire, which started Saturday and grew to nearly 3,500 acres by June 25, the Department of Defense answered in strength, deploying multiple aircraft and opening its flightlines for firefighting operations.The

  • Wildland fire fight presents operational, personal challenges

    The flightline at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., roared to life June 26 as the engines of four C-130 Hercules cranked up to begin day two of Modular Airborne Fire Fighting missions in Colorado. The scene was reminiscent of a NASCAR pit with aircraft landing and refueling quickly before taking

  • Propulsion Flight improves maintenance process on C-130s

    Members of the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Propulsion Flight have implemented a new process that reduces the propeller maintenance repair cycle time for the C-130 Hercules. "We are really excited about this process because the new two- and three-day flow processes we implemented have

  • ATOC keeps mission movin'

    If you're a deployed air terminal operations center, how do you move 3,063 tons of cargo, 3,858 passengers with 172 tons of baggage, and support a real-world exercise, during a two-month surge with only a 12-Airman crew?It starts with great leadership and training, as well as a well-versed crew with

  • AMC aircraft mobilized to assist with Rocky Mountain wildfires

    In support of firefighters battling out-of-control blazes across thousands of acres throughout the Rocky Mountains, two C-130 Hercules aircraft from the Wyoming National Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing, and two C-130s from the 302nd Airlift Wing in Colorado Springs, Colo., all equipped with Modular