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  • 18th Air Force Commander: 'Offer Value Through Competence'

    "No commander will ignore competence," the commander of the Air Mobility Command's only Numbered Air Force told the command's public affairs professionals recently.Lt. Gen. Darren W. McDew, 18th Air Force commander and former Director of Public Affairs for the Air Force, shared his perspectives

  • MSAS air advisors complete first Joint Military Seminar in Guatemala

    The 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron concluded its first week of joint military training at La Aurora Air Base, Guatemala, with members of the Guatemalan air force, army, navy and marine corps. The engagement, which began Feb. 15, was designed by Travis air mobility air advisors to build

  • 18th Air Force Commander: 'Offer Value Through Competence'

    "No commander will ignore competence ," the commander of the Air Mobility Command's only Numbered Air Force told the command' s public affairs professionals, Jan. 30.Lt. Gen. Darren W. McDew, 18th Air Force commander and former Director of Public Affairs for the Air Force, shared his perspectives

  • C-17 crews demonstrate joint, international capabilities

    Five C-17 Globemaster III aircraft departed from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, and dropped more than 380 U.S. and Royal Thai paratroopers into Lopburi Airfield, Thailand, Feb. 15 in support of multi-national military exercise Exercise Cobra Gold.The airdrop operation flown by aircrews

  • Lineup set for May air show

    Travis' Open House planning committee recently released its list of initial performers and static aircraft participating in the installation's airshow scheduled for May 3 and 4.Headlined by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team, the two-day event will also play

  • Yearlong effort shifts U.S.' main Afghanistan air hub

    Nearly a year of intense planning among a global group of stakeholders came to fruition with the recent transition of the Air Force's main Afghanistan air transportation hub from Manas Kyrgystan to a new temporary location in Romania.For more than a decade, the Manas Transit Center oversaw the

  • Fairchild leadership recognizes Medal of Honor recipient

    Team Fairchild leadership joined the students, staff and the Alumni Association of North Central High School at the annual Red and Black Convocation for U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ty Carter, while he was recognized as this year's distinguished alumnus Feb. 7, 2014, at North Central High School in Spokane,

  • JBLM crews perform HI-RAIN live fire

    Following months of planning, Airmen and Soldiers completed JBLM's first joint live-fire M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems Rapid Infiltration (HI-RAIN) exercise, Jan. 31 to Feb. 6, in Schoonover, Calif. During the weeklong exercise, six McChord C-17 Globemaster III aircraft transported 12

  • JB MDL service members visit Super Bowl Blvd

    More than 100 service members and their guests from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., attended the USAA Military VIP experience at the NFL House on Super Bowl Blvd. in Manhattan, N.Y., Feb. 1, 2014.The attendees were invited to be part of the guest audience during the USAA Salute to Service

  • Providing Care: Senior Airman Taryn Summers

    U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Novak, United States Special Operations Command, lay in the middle of the road waiting for care after his motorcycle had collided into a car early Tuesday morning outside of the Dale Mabry gate of MacDill Air Force Base. Senior Airman Taryn Summers, 91st Air Refueling