Photo: Little Rock AFB welcomes home deployers

High school football team dedicates game to armed forces

A formation of camouflage jerseys lined the field while cheering fans in the stands waved American flags to honor military members during the first Armed Forces Football Classic on Sept. 16 hosted at Mascoutah High School Stadium.The home game featured Mascoutah High School Indians against their

Mobility Air Forces provide wartime capability, humanitarian assistance

The same machines that deliver critical capabilities to U.S. joint forces have also proven their mettle in humanitarian missions, said the Air Mobility Command's top officer at the Air Force Association's 2011 Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition here Sept. 19.This year, the command will

McConnell AFB members compete in Air Force Marathon

Twenty-six Team McConnell members competed at the 15th annual Air Force Marathon on Sept. 17, 2011, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. McConnell's participants were up against more than 13,000 runners from all 50 states and 12 countries participating in the 10-kilometer run, half-marathon or

JB Charleston remembers POW/MIA day

Photos: Little Rock Airmen support exercise at Volk Field

Fairchild units 'team' to conduct first-ever KC-135 OSC exercise

Earlier in 2011, a military aircraft went down in Afghanistan and the aircrew evaded through enemy terrain. A Fairchild KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft was nearby conducting operations and was the first to receive communications from the downed survivors. Once they positively authenticated the

Grand Forks firefighters help fight blaze

Emergency responders from Grand Forks Air Force Base helped battle a massive fire that destroyed a grain elevator in the nearby town of Forest River on Tuesday night, according to base officials.The base deployed a command-and-control package consisting of a 5,000-gallon water tender, crash truck

Joint Base MDL pays tribute to 9/11

Army Support Activity-Dix here hosted a memorial ceremony Sept. 9 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Centers, the Pentagon and the lives lost on Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2001. More than 125 people filed into the Soldier's Chapel here to pay their respects to those

Joint Base MDL security forces Airmen participate in 9/11 'March to Remember'

After more than two months and 2,100 miles of marching, a flight of security forces Airmen completed the Security Forces 9/11 Ruck March to Remember here Sept. 11. The last leg of their march began at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum and ended at Battery Park, where 2,796 flags covered the