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  • 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

  • AMC officials announce nominees for 2010 Air Force ISR Awards

    Officials from Air Mobility Command Headquarters here announced Feb. 16 the command's nominees for the 2010 Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, or ISR, Awards.In a message from Col. Martin MacNabb, AMC's Director of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance at Scott AFB, he

  • Command announces 2010 AMC Public Affairs Media Contest Awards

    AMC Public Affairs recently announced the winners of its 2010 Public Affairs Media Contest Awards. These annual awards recognize individuals and organizations who demonstrate excellence in telling the Air Force and AMC story through various public affairs processes and products, including print and

  • Fuel savings ‘Pathfinders’ plan to broaden impact with AF-wide summit

    The Air Force's fuel efficiency "Pathfinders" plan to host their first service-wide Aviation Operations Energy Steering Group summit at Scott AFB on Feb. 16 and 17.All Air Force major commands were invited to attend the summit. The event will be the first major meeting across the MAJCOMs, hosted by

  • 34 Airmen selected for Tops In Blue

    Air Force Services Agency officials here recently announced the names of 34 Airmen selected for the 2011 Tops In Blue tour. In December, 73 talented Airmen competed as singers, dancers, musicians and technicians for Tops In Blue slots during the annual Air Force Worldwide Talent Search at Lackland