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  • JB MDL mission partners sweep snow

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst mission partners rallied to clear the snow following a winter storm Jan. 2, 2014, here.The agencies, including the 87th Civil Engineer Squadron Snow Team, 87th Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle maintenance, 305th Operational Support Squadron Weather Flight and

  • MacDill unveils new ADA housing

    MacDill Air Force Base presented 10 qualifying families with newly constructed Americans with Disabilities Act homes on Dec. 18, 2013. The newly constructed homes are specially designed to assist special needs families. The homes include unique features such as, sliding pocket doors, roll-in

  • Airmen transport Soldier suffering from respiratory failure

    Eight members from the 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron transported a patient from a forward deployed location in Southwest Asia, to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, Dec. 6, 2013, aboard a C-17 Globemaster III. The patient, a 54-year-old Army Soldier, was suffering

  • AMC Airmen participate in 16th Annual Operation Toy Drop

    Air Mobility Command and German Air Force transport aircraft and Airmen participated in the 16th annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop here Dec. 6 through Dec. 7.Seven C-130H Hercules aircraft and Airmen from the 43rd Airlift Group and 440th Airlift Wing, Pope Army Airfield, 910th Airlift

  • Former NATO Allied Air Command Headquarters commander visits Fairchild

    Retired Lt. Gen. Ralph J. Jodice II, former commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Allied Air Command Headquarters at Izmir, Turkey, visited Fairchild Dec. 1-3 to recognize Team Fairchild for their role in the Libyan air operation in 2011.Jodice spoke with Col. Brian Newberry, 92nd Air

  • Grand Forks AFB highlights family during VIP visit

    The Airmen of Grand Forks Air Force Base were able to highlight the importance of pride, people and respect in the Air Force family when hosting a trio of important visitors this week.Air Force Chief of staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, his wife, Betty, and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Cody

  • Travis, Solano County team up in local exercise

    Travis and Solano County emergency response agencies collaborated in an active-shooter exercise Nov. 14, in which an individual opened fire during a parent's night at the Sierra Vista Elementary School in Vacaville, Calif. The shooter also detonated a device and left a suspicious substance in the

  • Honorary commanders visit Grand Forks

    Grand Forks Air Force Base officials hosted an immersion tour Nov. 19 as part of the base's honorary commanders program, which helps give a military perspective to non-military people helping them gain a better understanding of the "Airman experience." Honorary commanders are civilian leaders from

  • Grand Forks Education Center 'best in AMC'

    The 319th Force Support Squadron Education Center has added another notch in its belt of award winnings.Air Mobility Command has bestowed its Nathan Altschuler Award for Outstanding Education and Training Program on the center for the second time since 2010."We deal with [Professional Military

  • Don't Grab That! A Mishap of Atomic Proportion

    The year was 1958 and the United States and the Soviet Union were locked in a fierce arms race in the midst of the cold war. As tensions escalated between the two global superpowers, everyone hoped for the best but prepared for the worst. In preparation, the United States not only amped up weapons