Fairchild Airman's body found

The Spokane County Sheriff's department recovered the body of Airman 1st Class James Lassiter, a student who was assigned to the 336th Training Group, in Long Lake Sunday afternoon.The discovery comes more than a month after Airman Lassiter went missing on the Spokane River March 31, 2012."We mourn

Fifth CMSAF delivers inspirational speech at Grand Forks

An Air Force legend helped recognize Grand Forks newest chief master sergeants during an April 27, 2012, ceremony at the base club.Retired Chief Master Sergeant Robert Gaylor, the fifth Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force from 1977 to 1979, served as the keynote speaker for the Chief's

USAF Band of Mid-America pay tribute to Sijan legacy

Members of the Air Force Band of Mid-America's concert band completed an eight performance concert series in the eastern and southern portions of Wisconsin April 20. The performances were part of the band's community outreach effort to inspire the trust America has for our nation's military. The

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