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  • Rig it up, send it out: Army riggers provide supplies for troops downrange

    Some people count stars in the night sky. Some people count planes as they fly overhead. Some people count bundles as they float to the ground. Imagine counting to 1,498. That's the number of bundles the U.S. Army Reserve's 824th Quartermaster Company, Det. 10, also known as Army Riggers, built in

  • Travis AFB's precision measurements shop helps mission stay safe, accurate

    It may take dozens of maintainers to keep an aircraft mission ready, but it is often unseen that the tools and test equipment they use have its very own maintainers. The Airmen in the 60th Maintenance Squadron Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory, or PMEL, at Travis calibrate, maintain and

  • Scott AFB members give back to veterans of Saint Louis

    In the heart of Saint Louis with paintbrushes and tools in their hands more than 350 members of Scott AFB and community members volunteered to rehabilitate a building for local veterans Oct. 27 as part of the two-month "Celebration of Service" campaign. The national campaign, chaired by Home Depot

  • Air Force sniper nabs top score at joint marksmanship competition

    Air Force Staff Sgt. George Reinas took overall individual honors as servicemembers competed for top honors at the marksmanship competition Oct. 20 to 22 at Range 15 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. Reinas, a combat instructor with the 421st Combat Training Squadron, was made famous by his

  • Nine people, two rescues, 12 hours: 36th Rescue Flight flexes its muscle

    In two separate rescue missions, spanning nearly 12 hours, Fairchild Airmen rescued nine people in the mountains near Lewiston, Idaho, on Oct. 21. The first rescue occurred when Mike Webberley, a 57-year-old male, slipped while deer hunting and fell down a steep valley suffering from injuries that

  • Energy superstars set shining examples, get cash for future initiatives

    The red carpet unrolled as Air Mobility Command honored its energy efficiency superstars, wrapping up Energy Awareness Month with a celebration of innovation. Both the facility and aviation fuel efficiency offices recognized at total of six individuals and 42 units with awards and incentives for

  • Little Rock recycling rescues resources

    In one year, the base' s recycling center saved $625,646 and made $270,715 more by recycling nearly 5 million pounds of would-be trash, which would have been rotting in a landfill, into recycled treasure.While the prospect of recycling seems easy, there's a lot more that goes into winning the war

  • 4th AS deploys for overseas contingency operations

    An airlift squadron from McChord Field deployed Oct. 25, 2011, in support of operations Enduring Freedom and New Dawn.More than 100 Airmen from the 62nd Airlift Wing's 4th Airlift Squadron departed for a 60-day deployment to the Middle East. The Airmen will take over operations of the 817th