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  • 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

  • MAFFS-equipped C-130 crashes in South Dakota

    At approximately 6 P.M. MDT July 1, a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System equipped C-130 aircraft supporting firefighting missions crashed in the southwest corner of South Dakota. The aircraft was supporting the efforts against the White Draw Fire.The cause of the crash is not known and the

  • The Hungry Herc feeds Little Rock AFB's flightline

    Base officials unsealed the freshest food delivery option, the Hungry Herc, today in Hangar 276 at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark.The Hungry Herc POD -- short for provisions on demand, is a bigger, better and healthier dinning alternative to the flight kitchen for maintainers and other members who

  • Air Force teams work to tame Colorado wildfires

    An Air Force team from the active duty, Air National Guard, the Air Reserve and the Air Force Academy have mobilized to help fight the quickly spreading Waldo Canyon fire near Colorado Springs, Colo., that has burned more than 3,500 acres.The request for assistance from the National Interagency Fire

  • Local AF bases enter fight vs. Waldo Canyon fire

    When Colorado Springs, Colo., called for aid in fighting the quickly spreading Waldo Canyon fire, which started Saturday and grew to nearly 3,500 acres by June 25, the Department of Defense answered in strength, deploying multiple aircraft and opening its flightlines for firefighting operations.The