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  • AMC, industry collaborate to build aircraft decontamination system

    SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- The system is known as the Joint Biological Agent Decontamination System and AMC expects the system to be available in 2019.“More than ten years ago, an Air Force general asked if there was a method that could decontaminate both the interior and exterior of an aircraft

  • McChord Airmen complete 60 years of Arctic airlift

    On Oct. 21 Airmen from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, flew from Christchurch, New Zealand to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, tracing a similar flight pattern to one flown 60 years earlier.  The flight commemorated the first ever Air Force Antarctic flight flown in a Douglas C-124 Globemaster II,

  • Dr. Joe Leverett awarded Tampa Bay Trophy

    SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Dr. Joe Leverett received the Tampa Bay Trophy during the 48th Air Mobility Command and Airlift Tanker Association convention in Nashville, Tennessee, Oct. 27, 2016. The Tampa Bay Defense Alliance presents the trophy annually to an individual civic leader exhibiting

  • Reservists’ civilian experience proves vital to KC-46 program

    When it comes to accomplishing the mission, it’s not uncommon for the civilian work experience of Citizen Airmen to play as vital of a role as their military experience. This is certainly the case for Lt. Col. Robert Latka and other Reservists supporting the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at

  • Scott Fire Department earns prestigious accreditation

    SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill.  -- The Scott Fire Department recently earned the prestigious title of Accredited Agency; this level of recognition showcases their overall excellence in managing programs and resources, as well as their commitment to Continuous Process Improvements. During the past two

  • Airman laid to rest after being shot down in 1965

    Fifty one years; 18,615 days; 446,760 hours-that is how long his family went without answers, without closure. No longer is he missing in action; now, he is home.Fifty one years to the day that his F-105D Thunderchief was shot down over North Vietnam, the remains of Maj. Dean Klenda were laid to

  • Coping with stress through healthy thinking

    Stress. Even mention of the word can increase anxiety for some. Everyone deals with stress differently, but how you cope with daily stressors can have great impacts on your quality of life and overall health.Stress is actually the body’s response to any demand, including change. According to the

  • Tuskegee Airman reminisces on past while touring JB Charleston

    Dr. Eugene Richardson, a Tuskegee Airman, signs a photo of his old unit, 332nd Fighter Group, while stopping for lunch at the Charleston Club during a tour of Joint Base Charleston, April 29, 2016. Tuskegee Airmen were the first African-American military aviators in the United States Armed Forces.

  • KC-46 team wins DOD environmental award

    The KC-46A Pegasus program's Environment, Safety and Occupational Health (ESOH) team was named the Defense Department's top large program in environmental excellence in weapon system acquisition April 22.The award, which is part of the 2016 Secretary of Defense Environmental Awards, recognized the