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  • Course trains Air Force intelligence analysts in ground combat operations

    Air Force intelligence analysts have been trained to focus on air threats since they first entered the service. There's now a need for them to be trained to provide support for world-wide ground combat and force protection operations. The Air Force Force Protection Intelligence Formal Training Unit

  • Crew navigates tanker out of trouble

    "Any aircraft, any station, this is Shell 73. Emergency. We've lost complete navigational capability. Request assistance." This was the mayday call from Capt. Matthew Jaeger as he and the crew of Shell 73, a KC-135 Stratotanker from Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, flew somewhere over the border of

  • Enviromental, Safety and Operational Health Symposium held in St. Louis

    More than 1,000 Airmen, Air Force civilians and personnel from other government agencies from all over the world convened in St. Louis for the annual Environmental, Safety and Operational Health Symposium March 9-13.Started in 1993, the symposium features more than 500 classes tailored to the needs

  • Col. Hughes appointed Ill. Assistant Adjutant General-Air

    Gov. Pat Quinn and Maj. Gen. William L. Enyart, Adjutant General of the Illinois National Guard, announced the appointment of Col. John P. Hughes of O'Fallon, Ill., as the Assistant Adjutant General - Air on March 10.As Assistant Adjutant General - Air, Colonel Hughes is responsible for the command,

  • AMC operations hub passes Mission Capability Inspection

    The 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center, Air Mobility Command's hub for global airlift, air refueling and aeromedical evacuation operations, completed a Mission Capability Inspection this week earning an overall rating of "excellent," according to the AMC Inspector General's office.The 618th TACC,

  • CSAF signs official charter for Expeditionary Center

    The official charter for the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center was signed by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz March 3 giving the center its "mandate to operate."The charter outlines how the Air Force must provide expeditionary combat support, or ECS, capabilities to combatant

  • Players, spectator save life of fallen Airman

    The time is roughly 8:30 on a Wednesday night.  It is five minutes into an intramural basketball game where two Pope teams are competing for victory.  Suddenly, the focus shifts from a battle for victory to a battle to save a fallen opponent's life.When a player from the opposing team collapsed at