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NEWS

  • Mobility Airmen participate in 17th Annual Operation Toy Drop

    Total Force mobility Airmen from Air Mobility Command, Air Force Reserve Command, Air National Guard and the German Air Force participated in the 17th annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop here Dec. 5 thru Dec. 6.Operation Toy Drop, hosted by the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological

  • Congressional Gold Medal honors Civil Air Patrol’s World War II service

    Forty-six founding Civil Air Patrol members were in Washington, D.C., Dec. 10, 2014, to see the organization honored with the Congressional Gold Medal for the service they and more than 200,000 other CAP volunteers provided during World War II, when they helped protect U.S. shipping against German

  • Fire truck MX shop finds a $2 solution to a $3,000 problem

    A brand new circuit board for a McChord Field Airport Rescue Fire Fighting truck costs more than $3,000 to replace, regardless of why it has malfunctioned. When McChord Field fire truck maintainers were faced with replacing one of their own, they dug a little deeper into the issue and discovered a

  • Pope Airmen and Fort Bragg Soldiers combine efforts for Operation Toy Trot

    Pope Airmen and Fort Bragg Soldiers participated in the Air Force's annual Operation Toy Trot 5K race here Dec. 3, collecting toys for the annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop scheduled for Dec. 5 thru Dec. 7.Over 150 servicemembers dressed in holiday and fitness attire, donated toys and

  • Scott members mentor students in robotics competition

    For many years Scott Air Force Base has been supporting local programs that encourage innovation, enabling young people to be science and technology leaders.One of those programs, the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Lego League, held its first qualifying competition

  • McChord Field and Fairchild AFB Airmen conduct joint training

    In the early hours of the morning of Nov. 24, a McChord C-17 Globemaster III aircrew departed McChord Field for Fairchild Air Force Base in the hopes of conducting some joint Air Force training.Crewmembers from the 7th Air Squadron met just after 5 a.m. to conduct their mission briefing to discuss

  • Civic leaders view KC-46A construction

    McConnell Air Force Base's community partners toured the ongoing base construction, Nov. 18, 2014 for the arrival of the KC-46A Pegasus.The civic leaders got an up-close look at various construction areas throughout the base, including the new regional maintenance training facility that will be used

  • Team Dover does its part to fight Ebola

    The first group of 90 Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines sent to West Africa to combat Ebola, are now back safe-and-sound in the U.S. because of the tenacity of the 3d Airlift Squadron and all of Team Dover.Seven Team Dover aircrew members from the 3d AS conducted a humanitarian relief mission

  • Safety in the Hands of the Instructor

    The present and future of our capability to "Fly, Fight, and Win" is directly in the hands of USAF Aircrew Instructors. In 2012, while still at a Wing, we discovered that 12 of the 14 most recent and significant mishaps in my airframe had Instructor Pilots (IPs) on board at the time of the mishap.

  • Senior Leaders, Airmen Gather to Focus on Mobility Mission

    More than 1,400 Air Force senior leaders and Airmen from across the mobility enterprise attended the 2014 Airlift Tanker Association (A/TA) and Air Mobility Command (AMC) Symposium October 30-November 2 in Nashville, TN. The A/TA symposium gathered total force Airmen and civilians, community