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  • VA opens claims office at Scott

    The Department of Veterans Affairs formally opened a new Compensation and Pension Clinic here April 10. Marking the first memorandum of agreement between the VA St. Louis Health Care System and Scott Air Force Base, the Compensation and Pension Clinic is located on the fifth floor of the Scott AFB

  • Base honors late POW, WWII veteran

    Airmen from Travis Air Force Base performed full military honors for retired Master Sgt. Robert Foster, a World War II veteran and former prisoner of war March 31 during a memorial service at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon, California.Foster died at the age of 92 on March 18 due to

  • Breaking dawn: Travis aims for record books with overnight C-5M flight

    While many in the Travis Air Force Base, California, community slept April 3, one of the base's C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft was scheduled to soar into the record books.The C-5M, lead by a crew of eight Airmen pooled from the 60th Air Mobility Wing's 22nd Airlift Squadron and the 349th AMW's 312th AS,

  • 436th SFS pedals to strengthen community relations

    Being visible day or night and establishing one-on-one relationships within the Team Dover community is the goal of the 436th Security Forces Squadron here, who are trained and certified members of the newly-formed police bike patrol pedaling around both the installation and base housing areas.The

  • Tricare Online gives more power to its patients

    Fitting in appointments that work around a set schedule can be a difficult task, but through a system, patients will be able to become more flexible with their appointments, while making it easier to accomplish more with less.Right now, about only 23 percent of McChord Field's population uses

  • U.S. air advisors pioneer new DoD training in Zambia

    Eight members of the 621st Contingency Response Wing's 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron traveled to Lusaka, Zambia to take part in a first of its kind Department of Defense training event, March 21, 2015.The team engaged with twenty members of the Zambian air force to accomplish two

  • Warriors of the North climb to the Tops in Blue

    Two members of the Warriors of the North have been selected for the 2015 Tops in Blue tour.2nd Lt. Nicque Robinson, 319th Contracting Flight contracting specialist, and Capt. Michael Rose, 69th Reconnaissance Group group executive officer, were chosen after a 10-day audition at Lackland AFB,

  • Report details causes of December accident

    Air Mobility Command released the results of its accident investigation board regarding a Dec. 1, 2014,  mid-air collision near Pope Army Airfield, Fort Bragg, N.C.A C-130H assigned to the 440th Airlift Wing (Air Force Reserve Command), and a C-27J assigned to the Army Special Operations Command

  • Joint service mobility specialists assist FEMA in cargo training

    A team composed of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst mobility specialists assisted Federal Emergency Management Agency logistics personnel on training and preparation of cargo at JB MDL, New Jersey, Feb. 12 and 24, 2015.Mobility specialist comprised of Army, Air Force and FEMA personnel came together

  • 375th LRS Airmen recognized for quick thinking, money saving actions

    When thousands of dollars are at stake and there's a huge time crunch, Scott Airmen go above and beyond to save the Air Force money, labor and time. Such was the case Jan. 27 when Airmen from the 375th Logistics Readiness Squadron received a short-notice mission to support the Vice President of the