Something to smile about: Medium-sized clinic at Dover wins giant-sized achievement

For years, Team Dover's 436th Dental Squadron has given service members a reason to smile -- a healthy mouth. Recently, the squadron gave itself a reason to grin when it was crowned the Air Force's "Best Medium-sized Dental Clinic" by the Air Force Medical Service Awards Program. The announcement

Master resilience course takes hold at Fairchild

As part of an Air Mobility Command-wide initiative, resilience development training was provided to students at the First Term Airman Center center here recently. Based on the University of Pennsylvania's Positive Psychology Resilience development model, and part of AMC's Comprehensive Airman

Airmen train with Soldiers during rapid deployment exercise

Airmen from the 62nd Airlift Wing and Soldiers from the 62nd Medical Brigade recently trained together during an exercise in an effort to practice rapid deployment capabilities.During the exercise, loadmasters from the 62nd Operations Support Squadron demonstrated the basics of securing medical

Joint Base MDL in photos: 305th Maintenance Group Airmen at work

The 305th Maintenance Group consists of five squadrons with more than 1,500 active-duty and reserve military members as well as civilians who inspect, secure, repair and launch 32 KC-10 Extenders and 16 C-17 Globemasters III here.Click here to view the photo slideshow that shows the work they do

Expeditionary Center commander in tune with 87th ABW

Maj. Gen. Bill Bender visited various 87th Air Base Wing squadrons, wing staff agencies and mission partners here Feb. 7.Bender, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center commander, and his command chief, Chief Master Sgt. Jeffrey Cui, who are stationed here, received an in-depth look into what the 87th

First Lady samples food transformation initiative at Little Rock

First Lady Michelle Obama visited the Hercules Dining Facility here Feb. 9 to survey the food transformation initiative program on base. The visit was part of a three-day tour by the First Lady commemorating the second anniversary of her "Let's Move!" program designed to combat childhood obesity.In

First Lady visits Little Rock

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