Charleston Airmen accept Verne Orr Award

Charleston Air Force Base members accepted the Verne Orr Award during the Air Force Association's 24th Annual Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition in Washington, D.C., Sept. 15."Our people are the best in working together to get the job done and that's exactly what the Verne Orr Award

History's lessons: today's success, tomorrow's opportunities

In our Air Force's 61-year history, Airmen repeatedly have been called upon to defend the cause of freedom in the air and on unfamiliar terrain around the world. Whatever the conflict, natural disaster or crisis, Airmen have answered the call and performed their missions with incredible courage and

Stratotanker certified to use synthetic fuel blend

The final weeks of August were big for the U.S. Air Force synthetic fuel program, according to officials with Air Mobility Command Test and Evaluation directorate here.On Aug. 21, at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., the Air Force began conducting ground and flight tests with the KC-135 Stratotanker

SFS Airman putts onto Team U.S.A.

Athletes understand the feeling you get when there is two outs, in the bottom of the 9th and you're up by 8, with no runners on base; or the feeling when it's the two minute warning, in the 4th quarter and you're up by 21.Airman 1st Class John Little, 6th Security Forces Squadron, knows that feeling

Contingency Landing System initiative offers portability for airbase opening forces

The Air Mobility Battlelab, or AMB, recently joined forces with the Air Force's Electronic Systems Center to show Air Mobility Command how cutting edge aircraft approach and landing technology can shrink the footprint of airbase opening forces. "Many austere airfields don't have the necessary

General Lichte visits Bagram

Base to save $800,000 by changing light bulbs

Dover expects to save more than $800,000 a year with a new energy saving initiative called Operation Change Out.The voluntary U.S. Department of Energy program suggests military facilities, like base residential areas, exchange incandescent light bulbs for compact-fluorescent ones."We're

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AMC aircraft, personnel supporting Hurricane Ike evacuations

Mobility Airmen and their aircraft are again in full support of hurricane evacuation operations as Hurricane Ike approaches the Gulf Coast. This effort to support evacuation of patients and members of the general population comes on the heels of Air Mobility Command's support to Hurricane Gustav

MacDill AFB medical team supports hurricane relief efforts

A Mobile Aeromedical Staging Facility team from the 6th Air Mobility Wing, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., arrived here Sept. 9 in support of Hurricane Ike evacuation efforts. Along with the MASF team, more than 200 state and federal assets and volunteers converged on Corpus Christi ahead of Ike in