Dorm Airmen compete in warrior challenge at Joint Base Charleston

More than 50 Airmen living in the Joint Base Charleston dormitories participated in the first Dorm Excellence Warrior Ethos Challenge  here July 12. Residents from six dormitories competed for points based on fitness, dormitory inspections, community involvement and camaraderie. "This Dorm

C-17 crews first to use new in-flight program to save fuel

This summer, C-17 crews will start saving more gas by using Mission Index Flying -- a new program that allows them to adjust their flight profile in real-time in order to maximize fuel efficiency while meeting mission objectives. The mobility air force enterprise expects to see a 1.25 to 1.5 percent

Contingency response team stands down from last shuttle support alert

An audience of millions watched the last launch of the space shuttle Atlantis. For the nearly 650 mobility Airmen of the 621st Contingency Response Wing here, they saw a different finale -- an end to years of waiting for a call they thankfully never received. During every one of the 135 shuttle

Photos: McChord Field's newest C-17 Globemaster III

Photo essay: Pilot for a Day program at Scott AFB

Jared Anderson, who is diagnosed with chronic kidney disease, was nominated to come to Scott AFB and be a pilot for a day recently. The programoooo gives seriously ill children a close up look at the Air Force.Click here for slideshow

Joint exercise hones 615th CRW capabilities for real-world missions

Soldiers and Airmen teamed up in a simulated deployed environment at Mackall Army Airfield approximately ten miles south of Pinehurst, N.C., in support of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division's joint operational access exercise from June 23 to 27. More than 100 Airmen from the 615th Contingency

JB MDL security forces members to participate in remembrance march

As a memorial to the 10th anniversary of 9/11, Air Force security forces members will participate in the Ruck March to Remember from July 12 to Sept. 11.Security forces members from 23 units will march 2,181 miles from the Air Force Security Forces Center in San Antonio to Ground Zero in New York

Photos: Instructor pilot course takes first flight at Scott's C-21A formal training unit

Photo essay: Instructor pilot course takes first flight

The C-21A formal training unit at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. had its first flight on July 6, 2011 for the instructor pilot course under the 458th Airlift Squadron since it regained the C-21 training mission from the 45th AS at Kessler AFB, Miss. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Brian J. Valencia)

Team McChord Airmen recall support for Antarctic aeromedical mission

Stepping into action after short notice, Airmen from the 62nd and 446th Airlift Wings, alongside Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam and Kadena Air Base aeromedical evacuation and Critical Care Air Transport Team Airmen, successfully landed during the first ever C-17 Globemaster III mid-winter Antarctic