Travis senior airman competes for AMC's top athlete honor

Senior Airman Michael Gunter, 60th Mission Support Group knowledge operator and native of Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded Travis Athlete of the Year on Aug. 24 at the 60th Air Mobility Wing conference room during a wing leadership meeting.Gunter's award package has been forwarded to Air Mobility

Comprehensive Airman Fitness: EFMP families at Fairchild gain access to resources, events

More than a dozen helping agencies from Fairchild Air Force Base and the Spokane community reached out to 100 family members at the third annual Exceptional Family Member Program Information and Fun Fair at the Deel Community Center on Aug. .Outside giant bouncers and a game truck could be seen

Local girl goes from patient to interpreter during MEDRETE mission

The word for 'doctor' may be similar in both English and Spanish but many words are not, and that difference in language can make it difficult for the English-speaking medical team here to effectively treat the thousand or so patients they see every day during their Medical Readiness Training

Bio-environmental specialists, EOD find nothing of significance at Scott mail center

Scott Air Force Base bio-environmental specialists and explosive ordnance disposal technicians have found nothing of significance at the Official Mail Center here.At approximately 9:30 a.m., two U.S. postal workers and a military mail specialist experienced adverse reactions to handling mail. The

Update: Officials release personnel related to Scott AFB suspicious package incident from hospital

A suspicious package was received by mail carriers Aug. 31 at approximately 9:30 a.m. whereupon two U.S. postal workers and one servicemember experienced rash-like symptoms after handling the package. They were immediately sent to Memorial Hospital and have since been released. Thirteen other

Personnel respond to suspicous package at Scott AFB

Scott AFB personnel are responding to a suspicious package at building 1650 -- the official mail center here. The building has been evacuated and three people have been transported to nearby Memorial Hospital as a result of possible chemical exposure. Another 13 people are being decontaminated on

McConnell Airmen support McGuire aircraft evacuation

With the maintenance expertise and ramp space readily available, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., fulfilled its role as safe haven for five KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft that evacuated from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Aug. 26 as Hurricane Irene approached.While the McGuire's

Little Rock AFB safety: 'Driving safely saves lives, careers'

The concrete road is edged with tar and litter around its boundaries, sparsely populated with pot holes and chips in the pavement and wildlife roaming the outskirts of the woods nearby. In the daytime, the sun's heat ripples off the pavement while the aura of humidity complicates the conditions. In

Joint Base MDL survives historic hurricane

Hurricane Irene has moved out of the area, but not without leaving its mark.Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst experienced damaging winds and excessive rain, which caused flooding.When the storm began to move out of the area, damage assessment teams spread out across the base on Aug. 28."We currently

Photos: Dover C-17s evacuated to Little Rock