Airmen adapt aerial port procedures to be more effective, efficient

The 451st Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron members recently re-evaluated their processes and procedures and decided it was time to fine tune the way they operate and move cargo here.Maj. Philip Shields, the former 451st ELRS Aerial Port Flight commander and Senior Master Sgt. Daniel Spain,

African, U.S. military forces mark opening of Central Accord 2013

Hundreds of Cameroon military members stood alongside U.S. and other Central Africa partner nation members at the Douala Air Force Base airfield here, during the opening ceremony for Central Accord 2013, February 20, 2012.Central Accord is a 10-day joint aerial supply and medical readiness exercise

621 CRW deploy, support Army

Expeditionary Center commander visits 43 AG

The commander of the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center, Maj. Gen. Bill Bender, and his command chief, Chief Master Sgt. Jeffrey Cui, visited the 43rd Airlift Group here, Feb. 8, during a six-day tour of Air Mobility Command bases under his administrative command.While at Pope Army Airfield, the

Aerial Port freight yard keeps moving

On the Department of Defense's busiest flightline, the 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron freight yard is constantly bustling.Over the past six months, trucks, forklifts and K-loaders have brought in, stored and moved out approximately 104,000 tons of cargo."It's kind of overwhelming at times;

McChord Reservist helps out in France

A simple phone call can change everything. Less than eight hours after receiving the call to manage U.S. airlift operations in support of French efforts against extremist forces in Mali, Lt. Col. Ben Morley was on the road. On Jan. 20, mere hours after the call, he landed in Istres, France, where he

Medical Airmen get global 'real-world' training

Flight technicians and flight nurses from around the globe come to the Aeromedical Evacuation Formal Training Unit (AEFTU) at Pope Army Airfield, N.C., to receive hands on training for medical evacuations. The school house has been open for two years and has already trained many medical technicians

From Tragedy Comes Triumph: Retired Wounded Warrior gives inspirational speech in Grand Forks

The first bullet struck Staff Sgt. Kristoffer Schneider in the hip. But it was the second shot, the one that hit him in the forehead that forever changed his life.Schneider and his wife, Amanda, shared his story of surviving a terror attack at Frankfurt International Airport in Germany nearly two

U.S. Air Force supports defense of Turkey

Mobility Airmen are enabling their Army counterparts to meet the Secretary of Defense's order to move two Patriot anti-missile batteries and hundreds of soldiers in support of a key U.S. ally.Working 24 hours a day, Airmen are meeting NATO's request to deploy the Patriots to Turkey as a defensive

4th AS's newest C-17 pilot is only 8 years old

Tommy McGraw, an 8-year-old from University Place, Wash., who is currently recovering from an operation to remove a brain tumor, got the opportunity to tour McChord Field Monday as a participant in the Pilot for a Day program.The purpose of the program, run by the 4th Airlift Squadron, is to give