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  • Airmen refuel into Operation New Dawn

    Members of the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron began their last mission in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom Aug. 31 and completed the same mission Sept. 1, the same day the Department of Defense officially transitioned from OIF to Operation New Dawn.While fewer than 50,000 U.S. forces

  • Maintaining excellence: Dover NCO earns major award

    Dover Air Force Base is home to a maintainer who takes his job to a new level. Staff Sgt. Christopher Tripp, 736th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron C-17 flying crew chief, has been awarded the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Thomas N. Barnes Crew Chief of the Year Award for his dedication to his

  • General Leonard takes command of SDDC

    Maj. Gen. Kevin A. Leonard became the 17th commanding general of the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command Aug. 25 during a change of command ceremony at Scott Air Force Base.Gen. Duncan J. McNabb, U.S. Transportation Command commander, hosted the ceremony, and Army Gen. Ann E.

  • Vehicle operator considers lessons learned during first deployment

    For most, a deployment can help define a person, and for Senior Airman Randy Connella, this was the case during his deployment last year to Kuwait and Iraq where he drove convoys.One of the main things Airman Connella said he took away from his deployments was a better understanding of who he is and

  • Joint Base Lewis-McChord Honor Guard honors newest graduates

    "With a strong sense of dedication, we will precisely execute military honors for active duty, retirees and veterans. Precisions inspired by accuracy... to honor with dignity!" For 24 newly graduated Honor Guard Airmen, this motto has become their way of life. The graduates, assigned to the 62nd

  • Family support remains priority in Charleston as YoAFF initiative wraps up

    Members of Team Charleston gathered together for an afternoon of fun in the sun at the base pool here Aug. 28, celebrating the Year of the Air Force Family finale. The event was hosted by the 628th Force Support Squadron and provided free food, music, an exotic bird display, face painting, swimming

  • Contingency response element providing critical airlift support in Pakistan

    More than 30 members from the 621st Contingency Response Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, arrived at Chaklala Air Force Base, Pakistan, to provide additional manpower, equipment and organization to current flood relief operations out of Pakistan Air Force's Central Flood Relief

  • Air expeditionary wing in Southwest Asia takes full circle journey to war

    The deafening roar of the U.S. Army Patriot missiles leaving their launchers left a ringing in his ears and drove home to the young captain that he was indeed at war.Huddled in a bunker with his fellow KC-135 aircrew, the usual joking and bantering was replaced with silence. The crew was fatigued

  • Deployed wing contributes aircraft, Airmen to relief efforts in Pakistan

    Airmen and aircraft from the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing are joining the U.S. military's humanitarian relief efforts in flood-ravaged Pakistan, where record-setting monsoons have killed more than 1,600 people and left 2 million homeless.Two C-130 Hercules aircraft and more than 40 aircrew members,