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  • APEX teaches Port Dawgs new tricks

    The U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center sent a mobile training team to Travis Air Force Base, California, from June 22 to July 10 to hold a C-5 Aerial Port Expeditor Course.APEX, a Community College of the Air Force-credited course, is designed to provide training for personnel selected to perform

  • McChord commander summits mountains with squadron pride

    If you wanted to show the pride you have with the Airmen you work with every day, how would you do it?To show his pride, Maj. Clinton Varty, 62nd Maintenance Squadron commander, has carried the 62nd MXS flag to the summit of Mount Rainier, Mount Baker and Mount Adams, the three highest mountains in

  • NOAA plane receives upgrade, participates in field campaign

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration stationed on MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, installed upgraded engines on one of their two Lockheed WP-3D Orion aircraft as part of a larger upgrade project for the two planes June 3, 2015.In an effort to stay ahead of the technological curve and

  • Cadets learn leadership lesson at McConnell

    U.S. Air Force Academy cadets and ROTC cadets visited from June 3 through June 17 as part of Operation Air Force, a summer program initiative."These cadets are making choices right now that may affect their lives forever," said Maj. Timothy Morris, 22nd Logistics Readiness Squadron operations

  • MacDill Airmen assist B-2 crew

    Four air traffic controllers and 14 firefighters assigned to the 6th Air Mobility Wing assisted the crew of a B-2 Spirit bomber during an emergency landing on MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, April 23, 2015.It was roughly 8 p.m. when Airmen in MacDill's air traffic control tower received a message

  • 17th Airlift Squadron; A look back: 17 AS crew gets top honors at Air Tattoo

    Editor's Note: As the 437th Airlift Wing gears up to inactivate the 17th Airlift Squadron, we hope you enjoy the walk down memory lane with us as we reprint stories that highlight the achievements of the Air Force's first operational C-17 squadron. This week's article was first printed in the August

  • Team Dover bonds with the Monster Mile

    From the flight deck of a C-17A Globemaster III to pit road at Dover International Speedway, the interactions between Team Dover Airmen and NASCAR professionals May 27 to 31, 2015, led to new experiences for both.Twice a year, NASCAR races into Dover, and twice a year, Team Dover shows up in force.

  • AIR MOBILITY COMMAND: 23 Years of Global Reach for America

    Today, Air Mobility Command celebrates 23 year of unrivaled Global Reach, with a rich heritage dating back decades.A new era in air power history began when AMC was born at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. June 1, 1992, after the Military Airlift Command and the Strategic Air Command were inactivated. 

  • Son ensures Vietnam Veteran is laid to rest

    Everyone who joins the military understands and accepts that they are fighting for the freedom of the citizens of the United States and that there's a possibility that they might not make it out alive.According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, there were 58,220 U.S. military casualties of the