MacDill tankers keep mission airborne at Red Flag

Members of the 91st Air Refueling Squadron from MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., are doing their part to ensure participants in Exercise Red Flag 10-1 stay in the air here. Aircrews in KC-135 Stratotankers flew multiple sorties per day Oct. 19 through 30 and pushed more than 1.4 million pounds of fuel

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Little Rock leads joint force training effort at JFEX

The 19th Airlift Wing's own C-130s took the lead at Joint Forcible Entry Exercise 10-01 held here Oct. 25-29. According to Col. Dave Kasberg, 19th Operations Group commander and JFEX Air Mission commander, the purpose of the JFEX is to reestablish forcible entry capability through air power by

MacDill airlift squadron receives outstanding flight award

The 310th Airlift Squadron received world-wide recognition on Oct. 21 when Gulfstream Aerospace named them one of the inaugural winners of the Gulfstream Outstanding Flight Award. The 310th AS was presented the Alber-Rowley Trophy at the National Business Aviation Association Annual Meeting and

Scott AFB organization participates in Domestic Violence Awareness Month

With October being National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Scott AFB Family Advocacy Program held a number of classes during the month to help military members and their families understand the realities of domestic violence and offered preventative education as well. Not only did they

AMC's Scott AFB receives award for energy conservation

Scott AFB was recently awarded $75,000 as first runner-up in an Air Mobility Command energy conservation contest. Elizabeth Toftemark, 375th Civil Engineer Squadron energy manager, said the base earned the award for its energy use reduction initiatives. "We won runner up because of all of the

Scott AFB celebrates Year of the Air Force Family

One of the Air Force's top priorities is taking care of its Airmen and their families and to further ensure that this is taken care of, the Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff of the Air Force have designated July 2009-July 2010 Year of the Air Force Family, or YoAFF. Furthermore, November

Professional development course focuses Airmen

In today's Air Force, professional development is key to sustaining mission capability and advancement. At the Enlisted Professional Enhancement Center, Airmen from different Air Force specialty codes came together Friday to attend a quarterly Airmen Enhancement Program designed to revisit

Joint base Airmen restore historical aircraft

The traffic circle at the McGuire passenger terminal buzzed with new activity Oct. 23 as Airmen from the 305th and 514th Maintenance Groups prepared to clip the wings off the C-118 Liftmaster that has guarded the entrance to the terminal since 1982. The maintenance groups on McGuire have set out to

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst airlift unit deploys, families bid farewell

Family members were joined by 305th Air Mobility Wing and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst leadership, as they bid farewell Oct. 26 to 6th Airlift Squadron Airmen departing for Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. A farewell ceremony was held at the base's passenger terminal to mark the