Joint mobility team concludes support for major N.C. combat exercise

A joint U.S. Air Force and Army team of 120 contingency response experts concluded support operations June 9, for Joint Operational Access Exercise 12-02 in North Carolina.JOAX was a two-week mobility and ground combat exercise to prepare Air Force and Army service members to respond to worldwide

Air advisors prepare Colombian air force for Red Flag

A broken aircraft and several delays at the airport didn't stop the 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron from arriving in Colombia on June 3 to begin its building partner capacity mission here.The squadron's air advisors are currently working with the Colombian air force to promote regional

Travis AFSA helps homeless vets

The Travis chapter of the Air Force Sergeants Association donated more than $500 in appliances and supplies to a local homeless shelter June 5. The group also helped set up the items in a new apartment the shelter designated for homeless veterans."We obtained a list from the shelter with basic

Slideshow: Hercs Support the Fight... Day and Night

Airman 1st Class Tristian Lyons, loadmaster deployed to the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, secures a pallet of cagro aboard a U.S. Air Force C-130H Hercules at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, June 2, 2012. Bagram provides dedicated tactical airlift support to ground forces operating in

628th SFS trains to restrain

A piece of history

Members of Team Fairchild had the unique opportunity to tour the Experimental Aircraft Associations B-17 "Flying Fortress" Aluminum Overcast at Felts Field here June 1 to 3.The B-17 is part of Fairchild Air Force Base History and was flown by the 92nd Bombardment Group in World War II. The group was

18th AF commander visits JB Charleston

Lt. Gen. Mark Ramsay, 18th Air Force commander, visited Joint Base Charleston, S.C., June 3 and 4 to get a firsthand look at the daily operations of the 437th Airlift Wing and its mission partners, as well as to speak to wing Airmen during an 'All Call'.During the All Call, which took place in the

22nd CES spouse wins Joan Orr Air Force Award

By reaching out to others and volunteering countless hours in support of many 22nd Air Refueling Wing and community organizations, one McConnell spouse has earned Air Force-wide recognition. Amanda Chastain, 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron spouse, has been named the 2011 Joan Orr Air Force Spouse of

20 years in the making

Twenty years ago marked the end of an era for the Air Force and the beginning to a new age in air superiority.Fairchild, along with Grand Forks and McConnell AFBs, became the three tanker bases assigned to Air Mobility Command in the years following when the Military Airlift Command and Strategic

317th AG supports mass air mobility exercise

Airmen from the 317th Airlift Group recently flew to Las Vegas, not for the bright lights and sights of Sin City, but to support the U.S. Air Force Weapons School Mobility Force Exercise, better known as MAFEX.The exercise is part of a six-month Weapons Instructor Course conducted by the school.