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

JB MDL Honor Guard perfects abilities with visit from USAF team

The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard mobile training team paid a visit to the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Honor Guard May 24 through June 2 here. Three instructors provided routine refresher training to 24 members of the JB MDL honor guard team. "We try to conduct these refresher courses every couple

Captain Camacho named Outstanding AMC Flying Instructor of the Year flight nurse

Capt. John Camacho, a flight nurse with the 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, was recently named the 2009 Outstanding Air Mobility Command Flying Instructor of the Year.Over the course of the year, Captain Camacho created seven ground and flight training schedules, and taught and prepared seven

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

D-Day invasion remembered by local Veteran

This is the first of a three-part series highlighting Charleston Veterans and their contributions on D-Day which will run through the month of June.Sixty-six years ago, Joint Base Charleston's 437th Airlift Wing began their first combat flight to the beaches of Normandy, France. The 437th Troop

Aerial delivery facility improvements roll out 3,400 strong

After an arduous 5-year face lift, the roughly 50-year-old Aerial Delivery Facility here was recently released from reconstructive surgery.Placing heavy loads on the backs of nearly 3,400 ball-bearing rollers, multifaceted improvements have brought an efficient process to workers and a safer, faster

McConnell hosts Operation Air Force cadets

Nine United States Air Force Academy cadets began a three-week tour here June 1 to 16 to experience day-to-day Air Force operations.This tour is part of Operation Air Force, a program that sends Air Force Academy and Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets to bases throughout the Air Force

McChord Nuclear Surety Inspection

The Nuclear Surety Program of the 62nd Airlift Wing received the highest grade possible following an evaluation by inspectors from Air Mobility Command and the Air Force Inspection Agency June 1 - 7.Seventeen inspectors from Air Mobility Command out of Scott Air Force Base, Ill., and six inspectors