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  • Joint Base Lewis-McChord crew chiefs 'get the job done'

    No airlift wing can provide global airlift for America without ready and available aircraft. No aircraft can deliver global airlift without proper maintenance. At McChord Field here, the 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chiefs ensure the 62nd Airlift Wing's C-17 Globemaster IIIs are safe,

  • Comprehensive Airmen Fitness: Fairchild spouse group is 'key' to deployments

    Keeping a household together is no easy feat, especially when a member of that family is deployed.So, when the going gets tough, Fairchild Key Spouses lend a hand. "They're kind of the unsung heroes of the base," Ruth Sunde, Airman Family Readiness Center Key Spouse Program coordinator said.The key

  • Comprehensive Airman Fitness: McConnell Airmen commit to fight for fitness

    The time has arrived for Team McConnell members to fulfill their New Year's resolutions -- but setting the goal was just the first step.Though New Year's resolutions can vary from improving health to organizing the house, some Airmen have set goals to improve their fitness and their lifestyle. "The

  • Scott AFB organizations turn ASF into 'home-like atmosphere'

    Your plane lands after multiple flights and long hours. The door of the C-17 Globemaster opens and the cold air hits your face. It's the middle of winter in Southern Illinois and several men and women in uniforms escort you to a bus that will take you to your room. When the bus comes to a stop you

  • Joint Base Charleston: Iron sharpens iron

    Five Army cadets wait in a stuffy briefing room, outnumbered by Air Force pilots three-to-one. It's Charleston, S.C., but no one's on vacation.Converged in the ill-ventilated hotbox an information download, the Air Force pilots listen as a squawking speaker relays cryptic messages from briefing

  • Comprehensive Airman Fitness: Mental health through military fitness

    The holidays are a time to celebrate, but can be very stressful. Waiting in line, heel-to-toe for the perfect gift, hoping it's not sold out. Jumping from flight to flight and having to put up with the long lines and airport security. Red holiday lights -- could be a reminder of bumper to bumper

  • Fairchild reactivates squadron at March

    At the forefront of Total Force Integration, Fairchild's 92nd Air Refueling Wing reactivated the 912th Air Refueling Squadron Dec. 3 at March Air Reserve Base, Calif. As part of the 452nd Air Mobility Wing at March, the 912th is an active duty squadron that will work in tandem with the March 336th

  • Joint base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst CGOs visit nation's capitol

    Twenty-three company grade officers from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst participated in a civil-military relations staff ride in Washington, D.C., from Dec. 1 through 4. Organized by the Company Grade Officers Council, the trip was led by Col. Stuart Archer, 305th Air Mobility Wing vice commander