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  • Little Rock wing retires C-130E model, anticipates end of U.S. C-130E ops

    Little Rock Air Force Base C-130E aircraft 62-1788 made its last scheduled flight Nov. 29, to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base's 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, the aircraft retirement "bone yard," in Arizona. Built in 1962, the aircraft's storied history includes supporting major

  • Joint Base Charleston observes early Arbor Day with tree planting

    Joint Base Charleston personnel marked Arbor Day in South Carolina by planting a Southern magnolia tree at Marrington Elementary School in Goose Creek. In addition to a crowd of excited children, the ceremony was attended by JB Deputy Commander, Capt. Ralph Ward, Berkeley County Deputy

  • AMC vice commander pilots final tanker to leave Grand Forks AFB

    The final KC-135 Stratotanker, piloted by Lt. Gen. Vern "Rusty" Findley, Air Mobility Command vice-commander, and Col. Don Shaffer, 319th Air Refueling Wing commander, departed from Grand Forks Air Force Base Dec. 4 at 10:59 a.m. to McConnell AFB, Kan.The departure of this aircraft signaled the end

  • 319th ARW commander declares mission complete

    The 319th Air Refueling Wing Commander, Col. Don Shaffer, along with the Air Mobility Command Commander, Gen. Raymond Johns, declared the 319th Operations Group, the 905th Air Refueling Squadron, the 319th Maintenance Group and the 319th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron mission complete in a formal

  • Travis AFB units raise 2,105 cans of food for local food bank

    When the 9th Air Refueling Squadron threw down the gauntlet, the 6th ARS was only to happy to meet the challenge.The two Travis squadrons recently squared off in a contest to collect cans of food, with the 6th ARS winning the contest by bringing in 1,366 cans.The two squadrons combined to raise more

  • Travis DLA wins first quarterly customer service award

    The Travis Air Force Base Defense Logistics Agency recently won the first quarterly DLA Customer Service Award, which covers the fourth quarter of 2010. DLA, formerly known as the Document Automation and Production Service, is the Department of Defense's primary source for document automation and

  • Travis Airmen support Muir Woods National Monument volunteer effort

    Comfortably surrounded by a state park in northern California lies a 560-acre national park, which is home to the tallest living things in the world.Muir Woods National Monument, located 11 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge and surrounded by Mount Tamalpais, has been home to the old-growth

  • Air mobility heritage: McChord icon celebrates 40 years of service

    "Forty years ago, when I drove my car to this base, I had no idea I would make chief master sergeant," said Mr. Jonathan Harris. "Now look at me. I've spent the majority of my life here. And I've loved every minute of it."Jonathan Tyronne Harris grew up in a small town called Salem, Va. He graduated