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  • C-17 Airmen load, move Strykers during joint exercise

    Airmen from the 15th Wing and Soldiers from the 25th Infantry Division loaded Stryker combat vehicles onto Air Force C-17s for the first time during an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise in Hawaii Oct. 17. In this first practical demonstration, the C-17 crews successfully uploaded two of the

  • Stellar NCOs are Leading Edge of JB MDL

    Twenty-five service members from seven installation units participated in the Leading Edge seminar Oct. 20-25, 2013, here.Leading Edge is a program designed to give top performing E-5s and E-6s from all service branches a view of the installation's strategic operations and leadership, providing them

  • MacDill Airman rectifies Army Helo hit by lightning, twice

    Lightning never strikes the same spot twice, right? Well, for Army Blackhawk helicopter 27107 that was true, until a second strike blasted its tail rotor leaving it once again grounded.Noticing unreliable compass deviation, the testing crew of the U.S. Army Reserve's 5 Batalion-159th Aviation

  • Afghan C-130 takes off to a great start

    Just one day after receiving two C-130H aircraft, the Afghan Air Force, alongside NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan advisors, conducted the first mission in the new planes Oct. 10.The first operational mission was flown by both AAF and coalition pilots between Kabul International Airport,

  • Pope Airman creates free 'Wingmanship' app

    Airmen at Pope now have a more convenient way to provide their location to local helping agencies, using a free Android mobile app. Airman 1st Class Hwansung Kim, 43rd Logistics Readiness Squadron, created this app after receiving a contact card from his unit with local information to be

  • Eighteenth Air Force: A Decade of Change

    As it has ever since its 2003 "rebirth" the Eighteenth Air Force continues to change to meet the demands of a dynamic operational environment while staying true to the ethos of "speed, safety, and success" represented in its emblem.One of the earliest and most notable of these changes occurred on

  • C-17 Ops delivers combat cargo

    The members of the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, deployed from Joint Base Charleston, S.C., accomplish the air tasking order via passenger transport, ground and aerial delivery to keep deployed operations moving. "The C-17 is an incredible platform," said Capt. Erica McCaslin, 816th EAS C-17

  • SERE NCOs keep McConnell Airmen trained

    In order to achieve Global Reach, the aircrew of the 22nd Air Refueling Wing and 931st Air Refueling Group must not only accomplish the mission, but to also be prepared for the worst case scenario.They must be able to survive, evade, resist and escape, and two SERE NCOs here aim to keep McConnell

  • Last cargo mission out of FOB Sharana

    The aircrew of "Growler 51" set out a few hours before sunrise Sept. 28 to fly the last of the U.S. cargo out of Forward Operating Base Sharana before the base was officially transferred to the Afghan government. Twelve hours and three round-trip flights later, the 774th Expeditionary Airlift

  • AF movement team oversees retrograde operations

    Staff Sgt. Daniel Hall walked into the air cell room and proclaimed, "I got us a case of Pop-Tarts and they haven't expired yet!" Finding such items on a base in the middle of retrograde is a big deal. Forward Operating Base Salerno's dining facility is down to one hot meal a day and there are no