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  • 62nd Communications Squadron Airman gears up for competition

    Before he puts on his Air Force uniform, every morning from about 5:30 Tech. Sgt. Llewyn McFarlane makes some time for himself.No shoptalk or socializing, just him, the weight bench and the barbells."It's my drug," he said of his time at the base gym. "If I don't get it, I'm out of whack."And with

  • KC-10 maintainers conquer night shift ops in Southwest Asia

    Maintenance Airmen from the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron's Extender aircraft maintenance unit work 24 hours a day, seven days a week on the KC-10 Extender for the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing at a non-disclosed base here. Among them are Airmen working the night shift covering 12

  • KC-10 maintenance: Night work in Southwest Asia

    Maintenance Airmen from the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron's Extender aircraft maintenance unit work on a KC-10 Extender during operations for the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia on May 1, 2010. In the first three months of 2010, Airmen

  • Deployed fuels Airmen recognized as 'Top Pumpers' for deployed wing

    Five fuels Airmen with the 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels management flight earned "Top Pumper" honors for the first four months of 2010.In all, the fuels management flight pumped more than 43 million gallons of fuel in the first four months of 2010 for the 380th Air

  • 375th ASF provides medical care for wounded warriors

    "Prepare to unrack.""Ready.""Unrack.""Prepare to move.""Ready.""Move."Members of the 375th Aeromedical Staging Flight repeated these commands nearly 20 times during the weekend while moving littered patients off of C-17 Globemaster IIIs and into buses that would take them to the ASF at the Scott

  • AMC Commander makes first visit to Korea

    Gen. Raymond Johns, Air Mobility Command commander, visited the Republic of Korea and the peninsula's en-route AMC unit here May 16-18.The visit to the 731st Air Mobility Squadron was the first for General Johns since he assumed command of AMC in November 2009."I don't get many chances to come out

  • U.S. Air Force delivers humanitarian cargo to flood-stricken Tajikistan

    An Air Mobility Command C-17 Globemaster III delivered approximately 100,000 pounds of humanitarian supplies valued at $250,000 to Tajikistan May 16, following two weeks of flooding and mudslides in the nation, according to AMC officials.The flooding, caused by heavy annual rains, killed at least 24

  • Youngest C-17 pilot joins 4th Airlft Squadron

    Kaylie Bergen, a 6-year-old from Federal Way, Wash., battling cancer, toured the base Tuesday as this month's participant in the Pilot for a Day Program. The purpose of the program is to give local children with serious illnesses a day completely devoted to them and their interest in aviation. The

  • Large formation flight provides training opportunity for Airmen and Soldiers

    Seven C-17 Globemaster III aircraft flew a local area flight formation Wednesday.The flight was part of a joint requirement to execute Army forcible entry operations by airdropping an entire brigade on short notice. "Basically, the mission today is to qualify the loadmasters so they would be able to