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  • Fairchild's snow removal crews honored by AF for 6th time

    The 92nd Civil Engineer Squadron Operations Flight was named The Balchen-Post Award winners for the 2010-2011 winter, an honor bestowed on them for the sixth time. To battle record snowfall in November 2010 and more than 58 inches of seasonal snow, an arsenal of 12 different types of equipment, 35

  • Fairchild maintenance keeps Stratotankers in the air

    With providing field-level maintenance support for more than 30 KC-135 aircraft as part of the everyday mission, Fairchild maintainers pour themselves into each task, which could go from a quick fix to being extremely complex.In late October 2011, Fairchild maintainers who were pulling the work load

  • Tuskegee Airman shares history with deploying Soldiers

    More than 60 Army Reserve Soldiers attended a meet-and-greet here with a local member of the second World War's famed Tuskegee Airmen Jan. 27.Retired Tech. Sgt. George Watson Sr., a 91-year-old veteran who served in the African-American fighter group during World War II, shared his experiences and

  • New program at Fairchild assists victims of domestic abuse

    Fairchild has added a new tool for victims of domestic abuse. The 92nd Medical Group now has a new Domestic Abuse Victim Advocate whose responsibility is to provide base personnel, their family members or intimate partners who are victims of domestic violence assistance when requested. The DAVA

  • Contingency response group assumes alert rotation for global mission

    Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing here assumed responsibility for a four-month rotation of Joint Task Force - Port Opening alert beginning Feb 1. Approximately 115 Airmen assigned to the CRW's 817th Contingency Response Group will join 55 Soldiers from the U.S. Army's 688th Rapid Port

  • From an ember to a flame

    Those looking for a benchmark for seamless integrated training need look no further than the Travis Air Force Base fire department. Fire Chief John Speakman and Chief Master Sgt. Michael Beck, 349th Civil Engineer Squadron fire chief, are justifiably proud of the program they have built. It got the

  • Dover Airmen remember Korean War with ruck march at AMC museum

    Every year, during the bitter-cold winter months, service members and civilians from across the country converge on the Dover, Del., Air Mobility Command Museum to share in a time-honored tradition. Donning camouflage and combat boots, the four-man teams hoist 30-pound rucksacks onto each other's

  • Ribbon cutting highlights renovated medical clinic

    Distinguished community members and leaders joined members of Dover Air Force Base for a ribbon-cutting ceremony Feb. 3, 2012, to see more than 55,000 square feet of renovations to the medical clinic. U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons and Dover Mayor Carleton Carey were hosted by Col. Mark

  • Scott opens new $7.4M aeromedical evacuation building

    Scott AFB opened a new $7.4 million, 21,500 sq. ft. facility that will house 163 active duty, Guard and Reserve personnel who bring home the wounded from America's battlefields.The new building is home to the 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, and replaces a 70-year-old, condemned building

  • AF units show inter-command cooperation during BPC mission

    Two Airmen from the Inter-American Air Forces Academy, 318th Training Squadron, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, joined forces with Airmen from the 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron, 615th Contingency Response Wing, Travis AFB, Calif., in support of a month-long Building Partner Capacity