Photos: Welcoming home American heroes at Little Rock AFB

Mobility Airmen assist with 18-ton humanitarian delivery

The 612th Air Base Squadron here and the 2nd Air Refueling Squadron from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., worked together with the U.S. Agency for International Development to ship humanitarian aid here Oct. 21 and 25.While the 2nd ARS delivered 21 pallets with 18 tons of it medical supplies

Mobility Airmen return to families, friends at JB Charleston after four-month deployment

At approximately 3:26 p.m. Nov. 7, a commercial airliner returning from overseas touched down at Joint Base Charleston with more than 130 Airmen on board from the 15th Airlift Squadron.Their deployment had scattered squadron personnel throughout the Middle East and Eurasia, supporting overseas

Secretary of State presents unique Antarctic airway chart designed by mobility Airman to New Zealand

During a ceremony Nov. 5 in Christchurch, New Zealand, at the International Antarctic Center, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton presented an Antarctic airway chart to the country.The airway chart was created by Col. Ronald Smith, commander of Operation Deep Freeze from 2005 to 2008, and

Antarctic airway chart honoring animals -- designed by past Operation Deep Freeze commander -- presented to Saint Louis dog museum

In a special ceremony Nov. 2, an Air Mobility Command senior leader helped unveil a commemorative, centenary, first-edition Antarctic airway chart to the American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog here.Maj. Gen. Susan Desjardins, AMC's Director of Strategic Plans, Requirements and Programs, participated

First production C-5M arrives at Dover, a true Total Force success

The first production C-5M Super Galaxy arrived for duty at Dover AFB today, marking a historic day for the U. S. Air Force and strategic airlift.Gen. Raymond E. Johns Jr., commander of Air Mobility Command, flew the Super Galaxy from Stewart Air National Guard Base, N.Y., to its operational home at

Photos: Little Rock children engage in Operation K.U.D.O.S.

Military supports Science Foundation in Antarctica

Air Force Lt. Col. Ed "Hertz" Vaughan is spending 50 days in colder conditions than most will ever experience to promote scientific research.Colonel Vaughn -- commander of McMurdo Detachment 1 and deputy commander of the 13th Air Expeditionary Group, Joint Task Force Support Forces Antarctica -- is

Fairchild structural maintenance Airmen keep tankers ready

Leonardo DaVinci created his art on canvas. Beethoven composed music on the piano. Ansel Adams shot his with film and Fairchild structural maintenance fabrication Airmen use metal in the art of maintaining the structural integrity of their canvas -- aircraft."We give direct support to the flightline

Grand Forks tanker maintenance unit donates sculpture flag to ALS

After being on display at Heritage Hall in Building 607 here since February of 2004, the copper and stainless steel American flag sculpture was donated to the Grand Forks Air Force Base Airman Leadership School by the 319th Maintenance Group during a ceremony Nov. 4.As the base mission continues to