Grand Forks Airmen donate 12,000-plus volunteer hours, earn presidential award

Grand Forks Air Force Base recently received the Gold-Level Presidential Volunteer Service Award for Airmen who donated more than 12,000 hours of time to volunteer activities both on base and in the local community during 2009. "We are extremely proud to accept this award on behalf of the Warriors

Charleston aircrew achieves mission success during mobility air forces exercise

A crew of eight Airmen with the 437th Airlift Wing joined with 74 parachutists from the 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C., for a joint mission during the Mobility Air Forces Exercise at the Nevada Test and Training Range Nov. 18. More than 1,500 people and 60 aircraft from more than 40 units

Airmen, Soldiers support joint mobility air forces exercise

Photo essay: Charleston Airmen complete base-lavel expeditionary combat skills training

From family and friends to service and sacrifice, AMC’s ‘First Lady’ reflects on 38 years of service

During a ceremony here Nov. 20, AMC Commander Gen. Arthur J. Lichte, and his wife, Christine, will say farewell to the Air Force after 38 years of faithful service.During her farewell spouse's luncheon Nov. 13, Mrs. Lichte took a moment to reflect on her and her husband's nearly-four decades of

Movie event provides special experience for Little Rock AFB children

While many families take watching a movie at a movie theater with their children for granted, 36 base children received a special treat at the base's theater Nov. 14.The children watched a special screening of the Disney movie "Finding Nemo." They all have needs that prohibit them from attending

Photo essay: Deployed AMC fuels Airman at work

Senior Airman Levi Martin, 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron fuel laboratory technician deployed to an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, drops a hydrometer in a beaker of jet fuel to test the fuel density on Nov. 10, 2009. Airman Martin is deployed from Air Mobility Command's

Photo essay: Mobility warriors -- 'Panoramic view'

Capt. Tom Armstrong, 777th Expeditionary Aircraft Squadron C-130 Hercules co-pilot , surveys the ground below from the cockpit of a C-130 during a mission over Iraq on Nov. 13, 2009. This is the 45th mission Captain Armstrong has conducted in-theater. C-130s are one of the air mobility aircraft that

Combat Airman Skills Training: Cadre at work

During the Combat Airman Skills Training Course 10-1A at the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center here, more than 250 Airmen were trained in combat skills prior to deploying to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. To meet this task, the course is run by the "black hats" of the

Combat Airman Skills Training: 'Care under fire'

During the Combat Airman Skills Training Course 10-1A at the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center here from Nov. 2 to 13, students in the course learned ways to care for their fellow Airmen while facing fire from "opposing forces."Called "care under fire," the training is in line with what was