Photo essay: A day in the life of a munitions Airman at Joint Base Lewis-McChord

Master Sgt. Frank Erzar, 62nd Maintenance Squadron munitions flight superintendent, sorts through expended small arms April 5 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. The munitions flight carefully sorts through the brass, which comes from the firing range, in search of live rounds to make sure they are

Mobility Airmen among team to 'shatter' deployed fuels record in Kyrgyzstan

They are deployed from numerous Air Mobility Command bases from Kansas, New Jersey and Delaware to name a few. Combined, with Airmen deployed from other Air Force commands, they formed a team in the 376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels management flight that "shattered" a record

Joint Base Charleston Air Expo demo teams visit local community

Members from two Air Combat Command demonstration teams visited a local school and hospital shortly after arriving at Joint Base Charleston on April 7 for Air Expo 2011. The Air Force's F-15E and A-10 demonstration teams used their free time to visit students and patients in order to talk about

Joint Base Charleston's 2011 Air Expo draws nearly 80,000

Nearly 80,000 people attended the Charleston Air Expo 2011 on April 9 here to see performances by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, the GEICO Skytypers and Tora! Tora! Tora! "The 2011 Air Expo was a resounding success," said Maj. Scott Suazo, Charleston Air Expo 2011 director. "It was amazing to see

Air Force tests new health response team in Trinidad and Tobago

More than 40 U.S. Air Force medical personnel from the 60th Medical Group at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., along with four contingency response personnel from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., gathered here to test a new expeditionary medical support health response team in support of Fuerzas

Airmen begin participation in FA HUM 2011 in Trinidad and Tobago

More than 150 U.S. military personnel and military and civilian officials from Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, Canada, the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, and the Republic of Suriname gathered here April 8 to participate in the annual Fuerzas Alidas Humanitarias, or FA HUM 2011. It is also

Photos: Logistics readiness Airmen at work in Little Rock

Tuskegee Airman visits Little Rock AFB

The term 'Tuskegee Airmen' holds a revered place in Air Force history that continues today at the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. On April 8, one of those legendary Airmen visited Little Rock Air Force Base to share his story. Retired Col. George Boyd, a 28-year combat

Photo: Little Rock training unit gains new commander

Photo essay: C-5 transports Incident Response Force to Japan

A C-5 Galaxy transported Marines and their equipment from the Initial Response Force to Yokota Air Base on April 3. The Chemical Biological Incident Response Force is a 155-person team comprised of Marines from Naval Support Facility, Indian Head, Md. As a smaller element of the chemical,