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  • Fairchild runway construction progressing

    After two months since Fairchild AFB's runway underwent construction, officials say everything is on schedule.The construction of the runway is necessary because it had exceeded its useful life -- normally 25 years, officials said. The 50-year old runway is being replaced over the coming months in a

  • Deployed airdrops continue record pace through first quarter of 2011

    At the end of 2010, deployed mobility Airmen supporting airdrop operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility airdropped a record 60.4 million pounds of cargo to austere locations in Afghanistan. But, by the end of 2011, that record might change.The 2010 airdrop record, which was

  • Scott AFB to become 'one stop C-21 shop'

    The 458th Airlift Squadron will become the home of the sole C-21 formal training unit in the Air Force over the next four months as it re-gains the C-21 training mission from the 45th Airlift Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss.The 45th AS will dissolve as a unit underneath Air Education &

  • McConnell aids Red Cross, earns national recognition

    During a time of severe cold weather conditions, Team McConnell kept the warm blood flowing to the banks of the American Red Cross. While thousands of blood drives where canceled throughout the nation, McConnell Airmen were helping fill a shortage caused by winter storms hitting the U.S. In order to

  • CRW Airmen support South American presidential visit

    Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing here deployed to South and Central America to support President Obama's visit to the region, March 19 to 23. Thirty-five Airmen, tasked on four separate contingency response teams, or CRTs, expanded capability at airfields in Brasilia and Rio de

  • Afghan air force sets new flying-hour record for C-27

    The Afghan air force concluded the month of March with more than 300 hours of flight-time in C-27 aircraft, setting a new mark for hours flown in what is seen as the centerpiece of the AAF's cargo and transport mission.With a total of 304.6 hours in the air, the new record shatters the previous high

  • Photo essay: Sky high refuel

    A KC-135 Stratotanker refuels a Boeing E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System in support of Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn on March 29, 2011, over the Mediterranean Sea. Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn was the U.S. Africa Command task force established to provide operational and tactical