TACC leading effort for 'retrograde' cargo from Afghanistan

For airlift aircraft transiting and moving cargo to and from the Central Command area of responsibility, planners at the 618th Air Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center) are leading an effort to keep those aircraft full of cargo as they return from the deployed areas to the United

Team Fairchild receives growth award

Members of Team Fairchild supported the base's 18th year of participation in Arbor Day at the Survival School Campus here April 13. "I love coming to Fairchild for Arbor Day," said Garth Davis, Spokane County Conservation District forester. "You guys know how to do it right. 18 years is longer than

62nd OG gives back to spouses

Frequent deployments, tours of duty, humanitarian missions and training flights may lead loved ones to ask, "What are they doing up there?"More than 100 loved ones got the chance to find out April 14 when they took to the skies as part of the 62nd Operations Group spouse orientation flight.The

Sky’s the limit: 618th AOC weather unit wins Air Force honors

Their skills are simply stratospheric -- at least by U.S. Air Force standards. The 618th Air and Space Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center) Weather Operations Directorate here recently won the 2011 Air Force Outstanding Specialized Weather Support Unit. The 618th is the global air

Galaxy rising: Positioning C-5 crews increases flight efficiency, saves fuel, money

It's been said that "flexibility is the key to airpower." It's because of that "flexibility" that Air Mobility Command is saving money by the millions and fuel in hundreds of thousands of gallons by positioning crews for C-5 Galaxy missions where they are needed without the expense of a permanent

Galaxy rising: C-5's future to 'surge' to new heights

Air Mobility Command has a goal -- to have a minimum of 30 C-5 Galaxy aircraft tasked and flying missions every day. That would be a "surge" of new daily operations for the airframe, the crews who fly them and the maintainers who keep them ready.The current average of C-5s tasked "in the system" is

Scott boxer is one of the best in the country

Senior Airman Adam Hassan, 375th Communications Squadron, fought through two weeks of try-outs and three months of intense training to be announced the best boxer in the Air Force and one of the top 10 boxers in the U.S.He had to compete against everyone who submitted a package to even get into the

Grand Forks supports move of Air Force aircraft, crews evacuated from storm areas

Grand Forks personnel worked around the clock over the weekend to house 24 aircraft and more than 100 personnel who evacuated from two Air Force bases in advance of a deadly storm system that spawned multiple tornadoes across the Midwest.Wing leadership gathered April 13 to start preparing for the

Building community partnerships at JB Lewis-McChord

Travis AFB honors fallen Airman with digified ceremony

Members of the Travis Honor Guard conducted a dignified remains arrival April 11 on the Travis flightline to honor the return of a fallen fellow Airman -- Capt. Francis Imlay.Imlay was assigned to the 391st Fighter Squadron "Bold Tigers" at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. While deployed to an