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  • Airmanship demonstrated by act of courage

    A Fairchild Airman performed an act of heroism May 11, 2013, by rescuing a man and his son from possibly drowning at Clear Lake Recreation Area, Cheney, Wash. Senior Airman Richard Narvaez, 92nd Comptroller Squadron financial analysis, was presented an Air Force Commendation Medal by Maj. Kevin

  • 5 mobility school courses held at once

    With the right combination of people and places, the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center Mobility Operations School, Detachment 2, here, held five courses at the same time simultaneously.The schoolhouse offers 17 different curriculums to support the Air Mobility Command mission, but they had never

  • 20th Anniversary & Final USAF C-17 Delivery P-233

    Joint Base Charleston received the last U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, P-223, during a delivery ceremony Sept. 12, 2013, on the flight line at Joint Base Charleston - Air Base, S.C. This historical event comes more than 20 years after the 437th Airlift Wing and the 315th Airlift Wing took

  • MG Martin assumes command of USAF Expeditionary Center

    Maj. Gen. Frederick "Rick" Martin assumed command of the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center during a ceremony Sept. 9, 2013, at the Expeditionary Center, here. General Paul J. Selva, Air Mobility Command commander, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., presided over the event, attended by nearly 200 service

  • Travis Welcomes Surgeon General from Royal Thai Air Force

    Top ranking officials from the Directorate of Medical Services within the Royal Thai Air Force exchanged methods, processes and ideas with the 60th Medical Group commander and staff Aug. 27 and 28 during a tour of Travis Air Force Base.The distinguished visitors included Air Marshal Chuphan

  • 436th CS personnel nominated for DoD CIO awards

    Being recognized for your hard work is an enjoyable experience. Having that recognition come from the upper echelon is even better.Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Marcolini, 436th Communications Squadron network infrastructure NCOIC and the 436th CS plans and programs team were selected by Air Mobility Command to

  • Hey Y'all...Watch This!

    When I'm looking for information on flying safety, I go straight to the experts. I do research in the published regulations, and I go see the flying safety guys. Recently I happened to luck into two flight safety officers in one day, Lt Col Steve Griffin, current chief of safety for my wing, and Lt

  • Acting SecAF tours Travis

    Acting Secretary of the Air Force Eric Fanning visited Travis Air Force Base Aug. 22 and 23 to witness the mission first-hand and engage Airmen in a discussion about the most pressing issues facing the Air Force today.The most senior leadership of the Department of the Air Force is comprised of two

  • Safety first for Senegalese AF, AMC air advisors

    Four air advisors assigned to a safety traveling contact team from the 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron began a week-long trip to Dakar, Senegal, from July 27 to August 3, 2013.The air advisors, deployed from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., focused on safety topics including crew

  • UCMJ remains strict on drugs

    With the successes of Initiative 502 in Washington state and Amendment 64 in Colorado last November, the legal framework of drug use has become decisively more lax.However malleable the legal status of marijuana and other drugs becomes for civilians, the Uniform Code of Military Justice has not