McConnell loses 'one of its finest'

McConnell Air Force Base lost one of its finest officers this week.Col. Michael V. Krueger, 22nd Air Refueling Wing vice commander, passed away March 3.  The colonel served the wing honorably and with great distinction since May 2008."He was an outstanding officer, but it goes deeper than that, it's

AFGLSC opens new headquarters at Scott

The Air Force Global Logistics Support Center opened its new headquarters building here during a ribbon cutting ceremony Feb. 26.The ceremonial ribbon cutting marked the opening of the first of two buildings being constructed for the command.Building 1515, which is located across from the Scott

Virtual reality treatment speeds recovery from PTSD

The Air Force has recently introduced new virtual reality-based software to help Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom veterans combat post traumatic stress disorder.The software, introduced to eight bases in the Air Force, is designed to create a safe environment for redeployers

Commanders assume leadership of two McGuire wings

In an assumption of command ceremony highlighted by the consolidation of McGuire Air Force Base, Fort Dix and Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, Col. Gina Grosso became commander of the newly established 87th Air Base Wing and Col. Scott Smith took the reins of leadership of the 305th Air

Airmen with a nose for danger

Phoenix Warrior mounted patrol

'Live-fire' for expeditionary training

Raven training combatives: 'It's chess, not checkers'

"Space is opportunity. It's chess, not checkers," said Tech. Sgt. Rudolph Stuart while instructing students in ground-fighting skills, or combatives. Sergeant Stuart, combatives instructor with the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's 421st Combat Training Squadron here, uses those words to tell

Joint Assessment Team surveys 7 OEF, OIF bases in less than 30 days

Airmen assigned to the 615th Contingency Response Wing here recently completed a nearly 30-day assessment mission in Afghanistan and Iraq.The 10 Airmen were part of a 13-member joint Air Force-Army team, which received their mission tasking from U.S. Transportation Command.The group, known as a

572nd CRG prepares for possible cold-weather operations

More than 60 members of the 572nd Contingency Response Group recently participated in a cold-weather air base opening exercise at Camp Guernsey, Wyo. From Jan. 11-16, the group planned and executed the exercise to demonstrate their ability to rapidly open an air base to support air flow into and out