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Aug. 26, 2009
Charleston Airman shows strength for recovery

An explosives ordnance disposal technician with the 437th Civil Engineer Squadron mustered the strength to brace himself and stand for the first time in three weeks Aug. 21 after an explosion turned his deployment upside down. "I just want to take each day slowly but surely. In the next week or two
Aug. 26, 2009
Photo essay: Airmen, Soldiers work together during JRTC Exercise 09-09

Air Mobility Command Airmen combined with Army Soldiers here to participate in the Joint Readiness Training Exercise 09-09. In these photos, see how mobility Airmen in aeromedical evacuation, airlift and contingency response helped make the exercise successful.
Aug. 26, 2009
McChord Airmen discuss success of nuclear surety inspection

Air Force officials gave the 62nd Airlift Wing the highest-possible grade Aug. 24 following a week-long no-notice Limited Nuclear Surety Inspection of the wing's role as the nation's Prime Nuclear Airlift Force. The wing's PNAF mission plays a crucial role in the nation's nuclear enterprise which
Aug. 25, 2009
Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 09-09: Air evacuation liaison team's battle buddies wear Army green

Airmen with an Air Mobility Command air evacuation liaison team and Soldiers from Army patient administration staff trained with each other during the Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise at Folk Polk, La., through Aug. 25. Their goal -- prepare for Middle East deployments. "Our main goal is to
Aug. 25, 2009
Two AMC Airmen selected to enter Catholic seminary

With a minimum commitment of seven years -- attending college courses in philosophy and theology, assisting at a parish, working as an ordained deacon -- the decision to work toward becoming an ordained priest is monumental. Just two months after Pope Benedict XVI declared a worldwide "Year for
Aug. 25, 2009
Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 09-09: Aeromedical evacuation Airmen build on skills at JRTC

A combined team of aeromedical evacuation Airmen participating in the Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 09-09 say the "realistic flavor of combat operations" is helping build on their skills. "Training doesn't get any more real than it does at JRTC," said Senior Airman Tara Bennett, a medical
Aug. 25, 2009
Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 09-09: Airmen build up contingency response ops

When a C-17 Globemaster III and two C-130 Hercules' landed in Alexandria, La., the morning of Aug. 18 for the Joint Readiness Training Exercise 09-09, members of the 819th Global Support Squadron quickly got to work. Those same aircraft would soon take 26 of the 41-member contingent of the 819th GSS
Aug. 24, 2009
Airman launches first pitch for Air Force Week Sacramento

Senior Airman Jason Childers, a 573rd Global Support Squadron personnel journeyman, throws out the first pitch at a Sacramento River Cats game Aug. 23. The first pitch was one of several events leading up to Air Force Week Sacramento 2009.
Aug. 24, 2009
Joint Readiness Training Center Exercise 09-09: Coalition Airmen offered unique IW training op

If you stumbled upon a man wearing a Middle Eastern attire, a host nation security police colonel and military officers from three coalition countries, you might actually think you are somewhere in the Middle East. However, this scene was part of irregular warfare, or IW, training at Little Rock
Aug. 24, 2009
JRTC offers unique training for AE Airmen

They can be alerted at any hour to arrive on base for hours of mission planning and preflight briefings. They must maintain flying currency requirements and pass routine check-rides. They're away from their families several weeks each year flying missions all over the world. They aren't pilots,