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  • Exercise preps Travis 615th CRW for inspection, real-world missions

    Soldiers and Airmen teamed up in a simulated deployed environment at Mackall Army Airfield approximately 10 miles south of Pinehurst, N.C., in support of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division's Joint Operational Access Exercise, Feb. 9 through16. More than 100 Airmen from the 615th Contingency Response

  • Fairchild maintainers accomplish mission from three locations

    While Fairchild's runway is closed and being reconstructed, the 92nd Maintenance Squadron and 141st Maintenance Squadron are repairing KC-135 Stratotanker parts at Fairchild without the aircraft there.Aircraft are being flown out of Grant County International Airport and Spokane International

  • Space-A travel: Did you know?

    Every day, around the world, hundreds of military and military-contracted commercial aircraft travel the world delivering troops and cargo. These missions allow hundreds of thousands of military personnel, retirees, family members, and other Department of Defense-eligible travelers to fly at almost

  • Air Force Honor Guard performs at McConnell

    Marching in unison while also performing gravity defying rifle maneuvers, seventeen members of the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team displayed their talent to McConnell members Feb. 14, 2011.The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard, which currently consists of approximately 250 Airmen, annually performs

  • World War II hero receives medals after 65 years

    When Japan surrendered in 1945 and the "boys" came home, the last thing on these men's minds was how to receive their hard earned military decorations.Mr. Gordon Ballagh, a 90-year-old veteran and prisoner of war during World War II, is one of these men. With the efforts of Tech. Sgt. Wayne Herold,

  • Dispatches from the front: 375th AES sergeant trains Afghan AF medic team

    The Afghan soldier was in trouble. With his eyes sitting heavy and glazed-over in their sockets, the soldier's condition had worsened. He now had to be removed from the C-27A Spartan aircraft that had been flown to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, to transport him and other Afghan National Security

  • Military Saves Week -- Helping Airmen 'save' for their future

    As a young adult with a steady paycheck, it's easy to chalk retirement up to something that won't affect you for many years.But many young adults may not realize that the failure to save now could come back to haunt them when they're of retirement age, and realize they don't have enough money to

  • Scott senior NCO awarded Bronze Star for helping build Afghan air force

    Senior Master Sgt. Shannon Rix, from the 375th Communications Support Squadron, was presented a Bronze Star medal for meritorious achievement during a recent deployment to Afghanistan. Col. Michael Hornitschek, 375th Air Mobility Wing commander, presented the medal at a wing commander's call here