Eagle Flag exercise expands, achieves new milestones

Airmen from the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center recorded a significant milestone this week as they hosted their first Defense Support to Civil Authorities exercise involving hundreds of federal, state, local and military participants at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J."The 421st Combat

The beginning of the end

USSTRATCOM General visits McConnell

Photo essay: Baker Life Chute

Air Traffic Controllers from the 62nd Operations Support Squadron conducted a bi-annual familiarization exercise August 3 to train for emergency evacuation. "The Baker Life Chute is to be utilized as an alternative escape route in the event of a fire," said Tech. Sgt. Jordan Applegate, the

Scott teens attend leadership camp in San Antonio, Texas

Three teens representing Scott Air Force Base joined another 65 teens from across the country at the University of Texas at San Antonio to participate in the first Air Force Teen Leadership Camp, July 12-16. Throughout the week, the teens engaged in team building and leadership activities and

Illinoisan of the Year supports military families

When servicemembers deploy, most of them end up missing a major holiday with their family.To ease the hardship of missed holidays, local teenagers from "Speak Out for Military Kids" created "Holiday Walk," an event that allows families of servicemembers getting ready to deploy or returning from

Air Force releases personal safety survey

Air Force Headquarters has placed a spotlight on sexual assault by releasing a survey to approximately 100,000 Airmen Air Force-wide July 26.The "Air Force Personal Safety Survey" was sent to inboxes of approximately 100,000 randomly chosen Airmen. This survey is anonymous and is estimated to take

Scott AFB senior NCO receives Fred Archer Award

Senior Master Sgt. Patrick Jones, 375th Civil Engineer Squadron Superintendent of the Civil Engineer's Operations Flight, was awarded the 2010 Chief Master Sergeant Fred Archer Military Award, July 15 by Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., an organization dedicated to honoring the accomplishments of African

Total Force puts water on tap for troops in Middle East

19th Airlift Wing lifts off with new commander

A former C-130 pilot assigned to the base in 1994 has come home to command the world's largest C-130 wing.Col. Michael Minihan, a former 61st Airlift Squadron pilot, took command of the 19th Airlift Wing Black Knights in a change of command ceremony here Aug. 2."We are Combat Airlift," he told the