Bioenvironmental Flight trains for sharp response

Three Airmen approach a rail car cautiously, decked out in blue suits and brandishing chemical detection gear to identify the spill collecting around the tracks. They collect their samples quickly and efficiently and then move a safe distance away to decontaminate their equipment and suits before

AAFES Shoppette gas pumps switching to pre-pay

To reduce losses regarding fuel dispensing at the AAFES Shoppette all cash and check transactions will go too prepaid prior to pumping fuel. This change will not affect customers that elect to use a major credit card or Military Star Card at the pump to prepay.Military Star Card customers will

Expeditionary Center nominated for 2009 Frank G. Brewer trophy

Air Mobility Command officials announced the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center as the major command's nominee for the 2009 Frank G. Brewer trophy this week.The nomination for the Brewer trophy, honoring the Center's faculty and support staff, is awarded annually to the organization or individual

Special Tactics Squadron double amputee makes historic jump

Air Force history was made yesterday when a wounded warrior from the 22nd Special Tactics Squadron became the first Active-Duty double amputee to successfully participate in a personnel drop.Staff Sergeant Shaun Meadows, along with 39 of his co-workers, conducted a practice run parachute jump from a

Social networking and OPSEC: Can they coexist in today's Air Force?

About a month and a half ago, when the Air Force opened its network to Internet-based capabilities - primarily social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, to name just a few - it also opened a virtual Pandora's Box of questions and concerns from Airmen at all levels.Can Airmen use

'Spirit of Berlin' makes presence felt at air show

The Air Force showed off its newest, most flexible cargo aircraft during the ILA 2010 Berlin International Aerospace Exhibition and Conferences from June 8 to 13.The C-17 Globemaster III was one of the Air Force's main attractions during the Berlin Air Show, one of the premier events of its type in

Air Mobility Liaison Officers: Closing the Gap

Today's world is dependent on rapid global mobility; it has been required in nearly every military and humanitarian operation this nation has undertaken in recent history. On a moment's notice, the U.S. military must not only be able to move forces or supplies around the world, but accurately

Final respects to a fallen comrade

Students, CRW Airmen share day to remember

After a year of exchanging letters, 16 sixth-grade special education students from Jonas Salk Middle School in Old Bridge, N.J. got the chance to meet their real American heroes - members of the 621st Contingency Response Wing's 818th Global Mobility Squadron here June 9.The letter writing program

816th CRG inactivation ceremony takes parent wing into new era

Five years after its creation, The 816th Contingency Response Group closed its doors, furled and cased its flag, and held its inactivation ceremony here June 11. The action was a result of a force restructuring that moves contingency response capability to the New Jersey Air National Guard's 108th