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  • Photo essay: Stratotanker illustrated

    The KC-135 Stratotanker helps provide the core aerial refueling capability for the U.S. Air Force and has excelled in this role for more than 50 years. This unique asset enhances the Air Force's capability to accomplish its primary missions of global reach and global power, its Air Force fact sheet

  • Moses Lake community thanks Fairchild Airmen

    Dennis L. Clay, an author who organizes luncheons for Airmen who are stationed at Moses Lake, Wash. for temporary duty, along with 30 other civilians of Moses Lake, invited Airmen to their third community luncheon April 19, which they host once per-month. "After a reception a couple months ago down

  • Travis civil engineers inspect, repair 17 generators for use in Japan

    Recently, the Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency's Civil Engineer Maintenance Inspection Repair Team located at Travis Air Force Base was tasked to inspect and repair 17 generators, which will be used to offset the power use of Yokota and Misawa Air Bases, Japan.Due to the earthquake and

  • Joint Base MDL unit named Air Force's best fuels management flight

    The 87th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels management was named the Air Force's best fuels management flight for fiscal year 2010.This is the first time the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst LRS unit has received the Air Force's only flight-level award, the American Petroleum Institute Trophy

  • McConnell civic leader tour takes flight to Scott AFB, Joint Base MDL

    Twenty-six Kansas civic leaders witnessed Air Mobility Command's mission first-hand when they recently toured its headquarters at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.With the recent onset of tasking for Libya and AMC's continuing participation in today's fight, the

  • Photo essay: Canine root canal at Scott AFB

    Jack, a 375th Security Forces Squadron military working dog, undergoes root canal surgery at the 375th Dental Squadron clinic April 21, 2011, at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. His handler, Staff Sgt. Andrew Kolis, was by his side the whole time.Click here for slideshow.

  • Little Rock Airmen weather storm, ready for deployment

    Airmen and aircraft from the 50th Airlift Squadron "Red Devils" left for deployment to Southwest Asia on April 28, 2011. This group is the first of nearly 20 C-130 aircraft and 1,000 Airmen slated to leave for deployments in the next week.This is the first deployment of Airmen and aircraft from

  • Arkansas Air National Guard wing called out for tornado damage

    Fifty three Airmen from the Arkansas Air National Guard's 189th Airlift Wing Rapid Augmentation Team Charlie deployed April 26 to Vilonia in Faulkner County to help residents recover from tornado damage.RAT Charlie is one of three 50-person teams comprised of drill-status Guardsmen. It's a volunteer