No time outs: McConnell members save a life

With six minutes remaining on the game clock during of an intramural basketball game here Jan. 26, players and spectators expected to see hustling jump shots and free throws, not a referee lying on the ground.It was the longest game of Dwayne Lassiter's10-year career as a referee.However, luck was

Palmetto freeze

This photo slideshow highlights Joint Base Charleston C-17s on the flightline as they thaw in the mid-afternoon sun after the first snowstorm in 10 years covered the base in more than three inches of snow Feb. 13.View slideshow.

JB MDL plows through winter blast

Joint base maintenance crews were busy clearing streets and runways after one of the largest sets of snow storms hit the northeast in early February.The 87th Civil Engineer Squadron has 167 military, civilian and contract personnel assigned to ensure the runways, ranges, and streets are clear, said

AMC vehicles eat their vegetable oil

Air Mobility Command's vehicles are on a jolly green diet. The command is helping America reduce its carbon footprint and petroleum dependence by accessing more biodiesel and alternative blends to power its vehicle fleet.Last month, Fairchild Air Force Base opened an E85 fuel pump, making it the

Photo essay: Sunset mobility in Southwest Asia

Aircraft and Airmen from the mobility air forces of U.S. Central Command's Air Forces Central have a busy evening at AFCENT's 380th Air Expeditionary Wing at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia on Feb. 12, 2010. KC-10 Extender aircraft, the Air Force's largest air refueling plane, and the

AMC vice commander visits 380th AEW in Southwest Asia

As part of a visit through the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Lt. Gen. Vern M. "Rusty" Findley II, Air Mobility Command vice commander, stopped at a non-disclosed base here Feb. 10 to 11 to visit with deployed mobility Airmen of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing.Air mobility assets at

EC hosts Republic of Yemen Air Force student

The United States Air Force Expeditionary Center, through its Mobility Operations School here, recently hosted an Air Force officer from the Republic of Yemen as part of the International Military Education and Training Program. The training is a component of U.S. Air Force's efforts to build the

Help from above

Photo essay: Mobility, maintenance and motion on a Southwest Asia flightline

In the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, activity on the flightline never stops -- it just keeps going 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. In this photo essay, see how air mobility aircraft and maintnenance Airmen with units like the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron and the

'Extending the fight:' Multi-faceted effort keeps KC-10s on the move for deployed operations

The number is 2,756. That's how many times KC-10 Extenders and their flight crews from the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron at a non-disclosed base here supported "troops in contact" in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in 2009.That number, courtesy of Mr. Ralph Jackson of