Air Force innovation

Lt. Gen. Robert R. Allardice, Air Mobility Command's vice commander, was among a panel of educators and civic leaders in St. Louis on April 27 to discuss the importance of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or better known as STEM, education to an audience of teachers, parents,

AMC aims to increase casualty survivability in Afghanistan

Air Mobility Command is working jointly with other U.S. military services to improve emergency care for service members critically injured in combat by employing newly-developed Tactical Critical Care Evacuation Teams, or TCCETs. These three-member teams, comprised of a highly-trained emergency

First refueling unit to reach 25,000 missions in single AOR

The 22nd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, stationed at the Transit Center at Manas, reached a milestone of 25,000 air refueling missions May 4.The 22 EARS provides one-third of the aerial refueling for coalition aircraft supporting international efforts in Afghanistan.During the past year, 22

Pilots take part in an in-flight refueling mission

Girl Scouts donate cookies to Fairchild deployers

The Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington and Idaho donated more than 500 crates of cookies to Fairchild's deployers here May 1.The cookies will be set out when Fairchild servicemembers leave and return from deployment operations worldwide. More than 10 percent of Fairchild Airmen are deployed

CRWs join forces to span coasts, globe

The Air Force's two Contingency Response Wings will join forces in a ceremony May 29 at Travis Air Force Base, Calif.As part of the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's restructuring plan announced by Air Mobility Command Nov. 2, 2011, the 615th Contingency Response Wing at Travis AFB, will be

Airmen attend ATSO University

With McChord Field's operational readiness exercise just days away, the 627th Air Base Group provided Airmen an opportunity to practice their "Ability to Survive and Operate" skills April 30 through May 2, 2012.According to Tech. Sgt. Troyann Ernle, 627th Civil Engineer Squadron noncommissioned

TEDxScottAFB: Service to others

Scott Air Force Base has an idea worth spreading: service to others. But why do we work in service to others? To answer this question the base is hosting the first U.S. Air Force TEDx event May 30 at the Global Reach Planning Center. TED is a nonprofit devoted to "Ideas Worth Spreading." At 18

Leaders help inspire resilience

Multiple deployments. Budget cuts. PT tests. Combat stress. All of these issues weigh down on today's Air Force family. To help Airmen and family members overcome stress, the Air Force is focused on enhancing force resiliency."Resilience does more than help you through bad times," said retired Army

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