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NEWS

  • 62nd Airlift Wing earns Air Force Outstanding Unit Award

    The 62nd Airlift Wing has been awarded the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for meritorious service from Sep. 11, 2010 to Sep. 12, 2011.During this period, the 62nd AW provided airlift for operations Enduring Freedom and New Dawn, delivering more than 128,000 personnel and 308 million pounds of

  • Family, friends welcome 4th AS home

    More than 120 Airmen from McChord Field's 4th Airlift Squadron were greeted by family and friends Jan. 4 after a 60-day deployment in support of Operations Enduring Freedom, New Dawn and Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.The 4th AS Airmen were deployed as the 817th Expeditionary Airlift

  • Travis Airmen honored with Purple Hearts

    Three Travis Airmen were awarded Purple Hearts in a ceremony today at the base theater. The Purple Heart is awarded to members of the United States armed forces who are wounded by an instrument of war in the hands of the enemy, or posthumously to the next of kin in the name of those who were killed

  • Engineers act fast to restore power at Travis

    When the power unexpectedly went out in Travis base housing early in the morning Dec. 23, Balfour Beatty Communities quickly dispatched maintenance crews to determine the cause. Electricians from the 60th Civil Engineer Squadron supported BBC and their contractor, Contra Costa Power, and began

  • Travis crew makes historic flight out of Iraq

    A Travis C-17 Globemaster III departed Iraq Dec. 17 with approximately 129 service members and media on the flight headed for Kuwait as Operation New Dawn came to a close.After nearly 9 years of Operations Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn, America is withdrawing its military presence from Iraq. Travis

  • CASF brings injured service members to higher-level care

    "Ten minutes out" is the message that propels the medical team into action. Knowing their predetermined roles -- CASF staff and volunteers arrive at the awaiting aircraft to quickly and carefully offload patients to the ambulance buses. For some patients, this is a place to receive quick treatment

  • Photo essay: 'K, see ten?'

    KC-10 Extender tanker aircraft are shown on the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing flightline Dec. 23, 2011, at a non-disclosed base here. The KC-10s at the 380th AEW and the Airmen who fly and maintain them are deployed from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.

  • Bulgarian doctors observe aeromedical evacuation at Ramstein AB

    Four doctors from the Bulgarian Military Medical Academy visited here for a week-long aeromedical evacuation orientation. The familiarization event took the doctors on a tour of the 86th Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility where the primary function is safe transport and staging of patients

  • TCM transits more than 17,000 servicemembers over holiday season

    During the two-week period of Dec. 10 to 25, 2011, approximately 17,108 service members travelling via the Transit Center at Manas made it home in time to see their families for the holiday season."On average, Detachment 1 processes 800 passengers a day," said Capt. Jonathan Bowe, 817th

  • Scott Airmen will compete for Air Force Top Athlete of the Year

    Two Scott Air Force Base Airmen were selected as Air Mobility Command's top male and female Athletes of the Year, and will compete for the Air Force-level Athlete of the Year award.Chief Master Sgt. Troy Saunders, an Air Mobility Command vehicle fleet manager, and 2nd Lt. Cherie Kail, a 375th