'Candy Bomber' carries message of freedom, hope

A German man stepped forward to meet the Berlin Airlift "Candy Bomber" and share his story during an event commemorating the operation's 50-year anniversary."Fifty years ago, I was a boy going to school," he said. "The clouds were hanging low. It was raining. You could hear the airplanes landing and

Spouses get the 411 during orientation day

The airlift squadrons of the 437th Operations Group at Joint Base Chalrehosted a spouse's orientation day, allowing military spouses an inside look at the daily operations at what his or her spouse does for the U.S. Air Force.The orientation is a way to familiarize military spouses with their

21 Little Rock C-130s take part in joint exercise

A large-scale formation of 26 C-130 Hercules aircraft, including 21 from Little Rock Air Force Base, took off from the base Oct. 18 to take part in a Joint Readiness Training Center exercise. As part of the Army exercise, the 26 C-130s flew to Alexandria International Airport in Alexandria, La., to

JET Airmen: 'Fit to fight any given day'

Airmen often have a reputation of being "behind the scenes," never in the action, but persona is changing with Air Force's heavy involvement in joint tasking operations where Airmen are performing non-traditional jobs and missions alongside sister service members.There are many Joint Expeditionary

DGMC surgical team successfully completes hospital's first open heart case

What had been a dream for decades finally became reality at David Grant USAF Medical Center.After years of planning, months of construction, weeks of training and countless hours in preparation, history was made Oct. 8 in the midst of 18 regularly-scheduled cases conducted in one of the hospital's

Grand Forks AFB Airmen help Special Olympics

Airlift icon's advice to mobility Airmen: 'Small actions can bring global impact'

The legendary Berlin Airlift "Candy Bomber" arrived in Germany Oct. 14 as he embarks on a week-long journey to visit with and encourage Mobility Airmen in Europe and Southwest Asia.Retired Col. Gail Halvorsen said understands the global impact a single Airman can have and said he intends to

Air refuelers having busy year supporting deployed operations

Through the end of September, Airmen flying tanker aircraft in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility off-loaded more than 784 million pounds of fuel to more than 61,600 U.S. and coalition aircraft supporting deployed operations in 2010.Those numbers, compiled by air mobility planners at

Deployed maintenance technician identifies C-130 maintenance improvements, saves Air Force time, money

The Air Force is changing the way it repairs C-130 propeller blades at a regional maintenance depot after a DOD civilian working with the 386th Expeditionary Maintenance Group identified process improvements that will enhance mission readiness and could save more than $850,000 annually in

Last tanker maintenance commander relinquishes command in Grand Forks

Lt. Col. Korwin Miike, 319th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron commander, relinquished command of the 319th AMXS to Col. Henry Polczer, 319th Operations Group commander, during a relinquishment of command ceremony Oct. 14 at Hanger 605 here.The relinquishment of command brings the base one step closer