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  • Photo essay: Last aircraft departs 313th Air Expeditionary Wing

    A KC-10 Extender deployed to the 313th Air Expeditionary Wing at a non-disclosed base here departed Nov. 8 to return back to the United States.Airmen serving in the 313th AEW came from myriad places, but served as "one team."Those Airmen, and the planes they use for air refueling and airlift for

  • McConnell, AMC Airmen attend A/TA convention

    More than 4,000 active-duty, Guard and Reserve members of Air Mobility Command gathered at the 43nd Airlift/Tanker Association Conference and Symposium Nov. 3 to 6 in Nashville, Tenn.During three days of briefings, AMC Airmen, including more than 80 Airmen from McConnell, were addressed by Marine

  • DBIDS enhances safety on McConnell

    McConnell Air Force Base, Kan.,  will be one the first Air Force bases to implement the new Defense Biometric Identification System 4.0 version when it comes online mid-November.The 22nd Security Forces Squadron began installation Oct. 31, and the system is scheduled to be complete by Nov. 14.At

  • Libya mission ends, Airmen come home

    With more than 3,000 sorties and 29,170 hours flown, Operation Unified Protector has ended and McConnell's Airmen are returning home. In March 2011, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 established a no-fly zone and NATO forces conducted ground strikes in coordination with rebel advances.

  • McChord Field welcomes NSI inspectors

    The 62nd Airlift Wing will welcome inspection teams from the Air Mobility Command Inspector General Team and the Air Force Inspection Agency as they arrive to conduct the 62nd AW's Nuclear Surety Inspection, Nov. 15 - 21.Additionally, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency will provide oversight of the

  • Living on the binge

    The night of, raucous partying, patchy memories, flaunting cash, empty bottles stacked up like trophies, no recollection of a beginning, middle or end, verbose bravado, delusions of grandeur, spastic drunk-dialing, bursts of emotion, enthusiastic sentimentality toward those they like, vitriolic

  • Quality of life upgrades continue at Joint Base Lewis-McChord

    Barely a year old, Joint Base Lewis-McChord continues to upgrade its amenities that serve a growing, diverse military and military family population. The trend continued when installation leadership, along with family and morale, welfare and recreation and private construction company

  • Fairchild AFB affected by civilian restructuring

    Base officials announced Thursday that 30 civilian personnel positions will be eliminated at Farichild Air Force Base, Wash., as part of civilian workforce adjustments announced by the Air Force on November 2 .Base officials are making face-to-face notifications to those affected by the decision.In