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  • Air Terminal Operations Center gets troops to, from fight

    Transit Center at Manas has been an international strategic point for years. That importance is due to the mission of the Air Terminal Operations Center.ATOC falls under the 376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron aerial port. ATOC is responsible for constantly monitoring airlift missions

  • EC prepares senior leaders with expeditionary mission support training

    A class of 17 commanders and superintendents recently completed the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's three-day Expeditionary Mission Support Group Senior Leaders Course here.The EMSG course is designed for mission support group commanders and superintendents who are tasked to deploy to various

  • Dyess mobility Airmen gain valuable experience during JRTC exercise

    Airmen from the 317th Airlift Group participated in a Joint Readiness Training Center Green Flag exercise May 13-22, at Little Rock AFB, Ark., in order to prepare for future deployments.Dyess aircrews flew approximately 36 sorties across nine days, providing ample training on the ground and in the

  • 436th SFS dog handler proves his resilience

    When most Airmen meet the Secretary of the Air Force and the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, they get a chance to freshen themselves up, put on a fresh uniform and look like the epitome of Air Force Instruction 36-2903.Not so for Staff Sgt. Zachary Cahall, 436th Security Forces dog handler,

  • Team McChord deploys for second medical evacuation

    For the second time in less than a month, Airmen from the 62nd and 446th Airlift Wings flew to Antarctica and completed an aeromedical evacuation, May 10.At the request of the National Science Foundation, the JBLM crew, alongside an aeromedical evacuation team from Pacific Air Forces, safely

  • 62nd Maintenance Operations Squadron deactivates

    The 62nd Maintenance Operations Squadron was deactivated here May 13 as part of an Air Force-wide restructuring initiative to better allocate company and field grade officers to needed positions."Simply put, there are not enough FGOs to fill major billets throughout the Air Force," said Maj. Clinton

  • Hanscom AFB-managed program helps save Airman's life

    A program managed here that helps get supplies safely to warfighters was recently used in Afghanistan to help save an Airman's life.The Dynamic Retasking Capability Urgent Operational Need provides the ability for C-17 Globemaster IIIs and C-130J Hercules to be directed to an alternative location

  • N.J. State Police finds missing JB MDL teen

    Officials at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst announced that the New Jersey State Police found the missing 13-year-old military family member, at approximately 11 a.m. today.N.J. State Police found her near the Red Lion Barracks State Police Facility in Southampton, N.J., when a driver phoned the

  • Hindenburg crash: 76 years later

    The 76th anniversary of the Hindenburg airship disaster was held at 6:30 p.m. May 6, 2013, at the Hindenburg Memorial here.The Navy Lakehurst Historical Society and joint base community members held the annual ceremony to commemorate the 36 passengers, air and ground crew members who lost their

  • C-130 squadron first to perform new airdrop method

    The 772nd Expeditionary Airlift Squadron executed the first combat Extracted Container Delivery System, or XCDS, airdrop April 29, successfully demonstrating the increased accuracy that this new technology provides. The new airdrop method is designed to pull the bundles out of the aircraft at a