Pope C-130 crew receives award for averting crisis

A Pope Air Force Base C-130 Hercules crew was awarded Air Mobility Command's 2007 Field of Aeronautics and Astronautics Aviator Valor Award recently. The crew evaded surface-to-air rocket fire just five minutes into a flight out of Baghdad International Airport on the night of Aug. 30, 2007, while

Save, save, save

Ready, set ... save! The Air Force recently implemented the Military Saves Campaign, endorsed by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, to improve financial readiness of Airmen and enhance mission readiness. According to the Web site, Military Saves is a social marketing campaign to persuade,

Redeployment line wedding "one for the ages"

McGuire supports Operation Burnt Frost

Ready at a moment's notice. McGuire recently provided support for the Joint Task Force Operation Burnt Frost. The JTF quick-response team, which formed in less than one week, stood ready at McGuire to deploy anywhere in the world at a moment's notice to recover debris from a non-functional satellite

Phoenix Warriors train for deployment readiness

U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center: A day on the range for ACST 08-2A

Team Dover Maintainers 'tool up' with new trailers

Team Dover maintainers won't have to wait in line to get a tool box now, thanks to the newly created point-of-use Composite Tool Kit trailers and boxes being used on the flightline. By the end of the month, maintainers will have five new CTK trailers which store two tool kits, enough tools to

McGuire Airman selected for Tops in Blue

Dreams do come true. After a lot of hard work and dedication, Airman 1st Class Alice Lewis, 621st Contingency Response Wing logistics planner, was recently selected as a vocalist for the 2008 Tops in Blue cast. Tops in Blue is an all-active duty U.S. Air Force special unit made up of talented

CMSAF outlines Air Force priorities to Dover Airmen

The chief master sergeant of the Air Force outlined the Air Force's primary concerns Feb. 11 to Dover Air Force Base Airmen. Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Rodney J. McKinley told base Airmen that the service's top-three priorities are winning the war on terrorism, taking care of Airmen and

49 C-5s approved for RERP modernization

Air Mobility Command welcomed the news that defense officials certified 49 of the Air Force's C-5 aircraft for upgrade in the Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining Program. The decision was made Feb. 14. Continuing the C-5 RERP allows the Air Force to modify aircraft with better, newer structures