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  • 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

  • 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

  • Little Rock Airman earns Tuskegee Airmen award

    A Little Rock Airman from the 48th Airlift Squadron was recognized July 28 by the Tuskegee Airmen for his excellence in professional and community service.Maj. James O'Brien, 48th AS scheduling flight commander, earned the Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Military Award in the Field Grade Officer

  • 305th AMW receives third new C-17 Globemaster III

    The 305th Air Mobility Wing received a new C-17 Globemaster III during a ceremony here July 30.The C-17 is the last of three aircraft being added to the 305th AMW inventory as part of a congressionally-mandated increase in the number of Globemasters throughout Air Mobility Command."With aerial