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  • Texas Air Force Reserve Wing help soldiers complete multi-modal move

    Airmen here recently finished conducting the air leg of a multi-modal move for an equipment swap out between the 1st and 3rd Combat Aviation Brigades.Nearly four months of planning paid off as C-5A Galaxys and C-5M Super Galaxys transported more than 120 helicopters between Kandahar and western

  • AMC training team builds a secure partnership with Honduran Air Force

    The 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron recently finished its first fully integrated mobile training team event with the Honduran Air Force. Thirteen air advisors deployed to Base Aerea Coronel Hector Acosta Mejia, Tegucigalpa, Honduras from 21 July to 24 August to train more than 50

  • Memory's requiem: 12 years after 9/11

    She held the Airfone receiver close to her mouth and spoke in a clear, concise manner. "The cockpit's not answering," the flight attendant said as her voice wavered slightly. "Somebody's stabbed in business class, and um, I think there is mace that we can't breathe. I don't know, but I think we're

  • AMC training team builds a secure partnership with Honduran Air Force

    The 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron recently finished its first fully integrated mobile training team event with the Honduran Air Force.Thirteen air advisors deployed to Base Aerea Coronel Hector Acosta Mejia, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, from July 21 to August 24 to train more than 50 partner

  • Acting SecAF visits Team Dover

    Acting Secretary of the Air Force Eric K. Fanning visited here Sept. 5, to get a tour of Team Dover's capabilities and to speak to base personnel at an all-call.Fanning said Dover was one of the first bases he visited in April after switching from the Department of the Navy to his current position.

  • Joint Operational Access Exercise

    Airmen from the 19th Airlift Wing flew to Alexandria International Airport, La., Aug. 18, 2013, as part of Joint Operational Access Exercise 13-0X. The Airmen provided the Army with airlift muscle for an airborne assault training exercise in conjunction with Green Flag Little Rock 13-09.The JOAX was

  • NASCAR comes to Fairchild, champion driver stresses importance of military

    Two-time Daytona 500 winner, Michael Waltrip, talked about the importance of the military following a display of two NASCAR racecars and a hauler here Wednesday.Bill McAnally Racing brought the NAPA-sponsored racecars on base for Airmen and families to enjoy. They also provided rides in their

  • On 40th anniversary, Air National Guard MAFFS crews busy fighting wildfires

    Air National Guard crews from two states were dousing wildfires from the air in three western states this week as the National Guard marked its 40-year anniversary flying aircraft equipped with the Modular Airborne Firefighting System.MAFFS-equipped C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft and

  • Dreams do come true at McChord Field

    Most 16-year old boys wish for their driver's license, their first date or making the sports team. For one 16-year old boy, his dream has always been to pilot an aircraft.The McChord Air Force Association, joined forces with Joint Base Lewis-McChord Airmen and soldiers, Aug. 22, to help make that

  • Bagram joint airdrop inspectors ensure ground troops receive supplies

    What do rubber bands, string and parachutes have in common?They are all components of an airdrop bundle inspected by the only two qualified Joint Airdrop Inspectors assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron here.Airdrops provide ground members in isolated locations of