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  • Army brigade says goodbye to Team Travis

    With a cry of "saddle up," the Rough Riders from the 402nd Field Artillery Brigade Division West bid farewell to Travis Air Force Base during a flag casing ceremony June 11. The ceremony marked an end to a 12-year stay for the brigade, whose mission is executing post-mobilization training for select

  • Guardsmen keep planes flying

    When a C-130 that landed in Salerno, Afghanistan, suffered damage due to small rocks in the gravel, it was brought to Bagram Airfield June 17 for repairs."A light was cracked, a propeller was chipped and there was damage to the main landing gear, the fuselage and some of the structure," said Senior

  • Loadmaster travels the globe, delivers supplies

    "Been there, done that."It's Staff Sgt. Kevin Alexander's mantra.As a loadmaster from the 6th Airlift Squadron from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Sergeant Alexander travels approximately 200 days out the the year."You name a location, and I have probably been there or point to anything

  • Scott sergeant provides comfort for wounded warriors

    Sundays around Germany are normally quiet and reserved as a day for rest, except for the hum of a C-17 Globemaster III and the conversations between aeromedical evacuation personnel heard on the flightline of Ramstein Air Base. Those are the sounds of lives being saved.Three times a week, 40 to 50

  • Photo essay: Tanker cousins support air refueling ops in Southwest Asia

    A KC-135R Stratotanker deployed from Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., and a KC-10 Extender deployed from Travis AFB, Calif., are seen on the flightline operations area for the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia on June 2, 2010. Both airframes support deployed air

  • KC-10 returns from mission: 'This way please'

    A maintenance Airman from the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron's Extender aircraft maintenance unit provides direction to the flight crew of the KC-10 Extender from the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron during flightline operations for the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing at a

  • Total Force showcases importance of airdrops

    Current and future airdrop capabilities and the latest innovations in precision airdrops were demonstrated here recently by experts from Air Mobility Command, 139th Airlift Wing at St. Joseph Air National Guard Base, Mo. and the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Center, Natick, Mass. The organizations joined

  • Family members can help keep each other safe this summer

    He walked past two Airmen operating a dump truck. It was nothing unusual. Minutes later, one Airman accidentally crushed the other to death with the truck's tail gate. The ensuing investigation marked the first time in Master Sgt. Kenyon Luthi's safety career that he discovered how important his job

  • Water survival course moves to Fairchild from Gulf

    In response to the Deep Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Air Force water survival courses have temporarily relocated to Fairchild Air Force Base. Training at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., was suspended indefinitely June 4 when oil was discovered inside the training area used by