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  • Final words from the Chief: 'Thank you for the inspiration'

    A 19-year-old man, bagging groceries for $4 an hour and his new wife, expecting their first child, joined the Air Force, unknowing he'd become the Air Mobility Command command chief master sergeant. Thirty years later, Chief Master Sgt. Richard "Andy" Kaiser, retired Jan. 17, here. "A heartfelt

  • Local media members travel to Transit Center at Manas

    From Dec. 10-17, local media near Fairchild Air Force Base were immersed firsthand in a week in the life of a deployed Airman from Fairchild going to the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan. The purpose of the media embed was to help the local community see exactly what Fairchild crews do every day

  • Travis-based call center adds Andrews to rotation

    Travis' newly renamed United States Air Force Telephone Operator Consolidated Call Center-West added its 17th installation, Joint Base Andrews, Md., Dec. 5 to the roster of locations for which it provides base operator services.Andrews marks the center's third different major command for which its

  • 436 SFS: Outstanding Airmen

    Air Mobility Command officials announced the 2013 AMC Outstanding Security Forces Individual Award winners Nov. 21, 2013.Four members from the 436th Security Forces Squadron, Craig Gilbert, 436th SFS security specialist; Senior Airman Justin Jarrett, 436th SFS response force leader; Staff Sgt. Ted

  • Team Dover delivers out of this world NASA equipment

    Even with all the advancements mankind has made, storms like Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy have proven just how vulnerable we can be to the wrath of Mother Nature. Advanced and accurate information about the path of these storms can be the difference between life and death.Unfortunately, the

  • Travis, Solano County team up in local exercise

    Travis and Solano County emergency response agencies collaborated in an active-shooter exercise Nov. 14, in which an individual opened fire during a parent's night at the Sierra Vista Elementary School in Vacaville, Calif. The shooter also detonated a device and left a suspicious substance in the

  • Don't Grab That! A Mishap of Atomic Proportion

    The year was 1958 and the United States and the Soviet Union were locked in a fierce arms race in the midst of the cold war. As tensions escalated between the two global superpowers, everyone hoped for the best but prepared for the worst. In preparation, the United States not only amped up weapons

  • In Praise of War Stories

    Anyone who ever told a flying story started with "There I was ... "You may call them war stories, bar stories, hangar-flying stories, or anything else, but when military personnel with some slack time get together, there is a good chance someone will start telling tales. In the Air Force, these are

  • Preventing Fuel Leaks

    In the past few months, I've seen safety reports from the C-17 community (USAF and international customers) about fuel leaking from cargo and the accuracy of Center of Gravity (CG) markings on vehicles and heavy equipment. As we increase the tempo of removing equipment from the Area of

  • Winter Weather Advisory

    The phrase "winter weather advisory" can only mean one thing here in southwest Ohio. It means things are about to get ugly: snow and ice, sleet, freezing rain, and those cold temperatures. One of the things I love about the area where I live is the change of the seasons. With each season, there are