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  • Honduran, U.S. building partner capacity mission begins

    Building partner capacity efforts are ongoing in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. U.S. Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing have deployed for the second time this year to work together with their Honduran counterparts. July 18 marked the first day for partnership building and idea exchanging for

  • Pride in ownership: Airmen wash dorms at Grand Forks AFB

    The home of the Warriors of the North will be getting a new look soon.However, that new look will depend on the choices individual Airmen make.As part of an effort to encourage pride in base facilities, three Airmen from the 69th Reconnaissance Group volunteered recently to wash the exteriors of the

  • Foundation for Success: Charleston Airman returns from deployment

    Organizing a medical supply closet that was overflowing with random dental supplies, providing emergency care for patients, as well as being the first, and only, Air Force dental advisor in the battle-scarred region of Afghanistan were just some of the challenges faced by Maj. Courtney Schapira from

  • MAFFS request modified for four C-130s

    The U.S. Forest Service has modified its request for assistance for the MAFFS-equipped C-130s. The new request, received late yesterday, releases two of the six C-130s using Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems to assist with fires. The C-130s have been stationed at Hill Air Force Base, in Utah,

  • SERE's Ross undergoes major reconstruction effort

    Airmen from across Team Fairchild joined together at the Roger A. Ross Dining Facility as it was reopened after a more than two month reconstruction effort for Aramark during a ribbon cutting ceremony at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., June 27.Aramark is a Fairchild culinary service which provides

  • Scott AFB opens new Student Union

    Scott Air Force Base opened its new Student Union July 2, marking the beginning of a new era for the area that houses the Education Center and Airman and Family Readiness complex.Crowning the new indoor/outdoor area is a vibrant, 357-colored tile clay mural of the base's history created by Claudia

  • Crashed firefighting-equipped C-130 from North Carolina ANG

    The North Carolina Air National Guard - and indeed the National Guard across all of North Carolina and the country - is grieving today.The military C-130 equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, otherwise known as MAFFS, that crashed while battling a fire in Southwestern South Dakota

  • AMC Commander visits O'Hare's USO Cyber Canteen

    Gen. Raymond E. Johns Jr., Air Mobility Command commander and Franco Tedeshi, American Airline's vice president, Chicago visited the new USO American Airline's Cyber Canteen on the secure side of the American Airlines terminal at O'Hare Airport, Chicago, July 3, 2012.The cyber canteen offers 'home

  • 62nd APS Airmen help deliver history

    A large piece of history arrived at Boeing Field, June 30, and it was so large no commercial organization could move it. So the Air Force did.A group of five 62nd Aerial Port Squadron Airmen strapped the 29-foot long crew compartment of NASA's Full Fuselage Trainer to a Tunner cargo loader,

  • 62nd AW earns high rating during ASEV

    The 62nd Airlift Wing was recently praised for an excellent performance during the Air Mobility Command Aircrew Standardization and Evaluation Visit held June 18 to July 2.The ASEV, conducted every four years, is designed to evaluate the proficiency of aircrew and validate flying mission readiness