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  • Avionics Airmen sustain C-17 fleet

    Behind the scenes of the McChord flightline, Team McChord Airmen work around the clock to sustain the Air Force's C-17 Globemaster III fleet.One example of that work here at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington is the 62nd Maintenance Squadron avionics flight who has successfully worked with mission

  • Fairchild civil engineers hold multi-agency aircraft response exercise

    The 92nd Civil Engineer Squadron held a simulated aircraft crash and structure fire training exercise at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, May 11, 2016.The training involved multiple 92nd CES agencies, including members from the Fire Department, Emergency Management, Environmental and Explosive

  • Little Rock historian, volunteers restore H-21 helicopter

    Approximately 20 volunteers from the 314th Airlift Wing are bringing a little piece of history back to Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, by restoring a Piasecki H-21 Workhorse helicopter, which will be placed in the base's Heritage Park.Mark Wilderman, 314th Airlift Wing historian, came up with

  • Veteran raises PTSD awareness, encourages Airmen to seek support

    After separating from the Air Force in 2014, Travis Johnson returned to Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, May 6 to brief newly-minted Airmen on his struggle with overcoming obstacles and expectations of coping with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.With his service dog, Bella, sitting by his side,

  • Team Scott receives new aeromedical training simulator

    The 375th AES held a ribbon cutting ceremony May 6 for a newly built simulator that alleviates training difficulties due to availability-limited airframes.The 375th AES Cargo Compartment Trainer (CCT) is designed to provide AE crew members a realistically simulated clinical experience to challenge

  • Aeromedical evacuation Airmen train Lebanese Armed Forces

    The Defense Institute for Medical Operations sent a four-person team to Beirut, Lebanon to teach, mentor and learn from the Lebanese Armed Forces about various ways to provide assistance during a humanitarian crisis.Lt. Col. James Baldock, 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Commander, and Capt.

  • Airlift squadron's inactivation 'bittersweet'

    For the fifth time in its 76-year history, the 10th Airlift Squadron at McChord Field was inactivated during a ceremony at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, May 6, 2016. The squadron was most recently reactivated at McChord Field back in 2003.This inactivation was due, in part, to a provision of

  • First AFRC tanker goes digital at Tinker

    The 507th Air Refueling Wing here is the first Air Force Reserve Command unit to receive the new KC-135 Block 45 upgrade, an improvement to the flight deck that provides flight crews with an updated autopilot and digital panels that eliminate analog instrument gauges by consolidating the outdated

  • U.S. Air Force SAPR Director visits McChord Field

    "I ask one question--do we have a problem with sexual assault?" asked Maj. Gen. James Johnson, Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office director.Johnson asked this question, along with a number of similar questions, during the 2nd Annual McChord Field Sexual Assault Legal Workshop,

  • Dover C-5 departure reliability rate reaches all-time high

    Aircraft break no matter what, causing delays. But as of late, this has been happening less often.Over the past 12-month and 24-month periods, Team Dover's fleet of 18 C-5M Super Galaxy airlifters have experienced the highest Home-Station Logistics Departure Reliability Rate in their history, which