Fairchild Airmen train with McChord teams for AMC Rodeo 2007

Airmen who will represent Fairchild at the bi-annual Air Mobility Command Rodeo 2007 teamed up with their counterparts from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., for four days of training this week at the Grant County International Airport here.This year's "Rodeo," the name given to the major international

MacDill Rodeo 2007 team ready to defend title

The aim of Team MacDill's 2005 Air Mobility Rodeo champs is to repeat and bring the 2007 event trophy home. Training and teamwork developed over the last few weeks is what's going to make that possible, said Major Thomas Lee, 6th Air Mobility Wing Operations Group commander and Rodeo 2007 team

General McNabb enlists city's future heroes

For 40 women and men at the Cardinals vs. Giants baseball game July 7, their thoughts may not have been focused on whether Barry Bonds would break Hank Aaron's lifetime home-run record. Right hands raised, this young group, standing at Busch Stadium home plate in front of a huge crowd, was sworn

Music venue sheds spotlight on Air Force

People were on their feet for the Air Force here July 6 during Air Force Week St. Louis as Tops in Blue 2007 performed a musical "fly-by" of the past 60 years.Drawing a crowd of nearly 1,500, outside the Saint Louis Science Center, the Air Force's own "expeditionary entertainers" danced and sang

Diverse trauma training saves lives

A hands-on medical trauma training course being conducted at a local university medical center here is using the experience of medical crews who have treated thousands upon thousands of wounded warriors to teach others. The Air Force Expeditionary Medical Skills Institute's Center for Sustainment of

Air Force General Estes Jr. passes away

The general who once led the command charged with re-supplying deployed U.S. forces passed away July 2 at his home in Bethesda, Md. From July 1964 until he retired in August 1969, retired Gen. Howell M. Estes Jr. was the commander of the Military Air Transport Service, later known as the Military

30th AS anniversary highlights total force teamwork

The 153rd Airlift Wing celebrated the first anniversary marking the assimilation of active-duty Airmen into the Wyoming Air National Guard, July 7. A year ago, active-duty Airmen set foot in Cheyenne not to report to F.E. Warren Air Force Base, but rather to a new duty station -- the Cheyenne

Celebrating freedom

Whether we know it or not, we celebrate freedom every day. We watch movies, go the grocery store, have a place to hang our hats when the day is done. These are things done on a daily basis which, in many ways, demonstrate that we are free. The one day dedicated to rejoicing in our freedom is a time

Hickam C-17 crews prep for Rodeo

Spirit of the Constitution completes first mission

The words 'Dover tower, this is Reach 510, heavy C-17 one to five miles to fly on the instrument approach to runway three two,' resonated in air-traffic controller Staff Sgt. Andrew Sokolovich's headset. "Check, wheels down - you are clear to land," replied Sergeant Sokolovich. With that, the Spirit