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NEWS

  • New C-17 checklist reduces redundancies

    Team Charleston has once again made its mark in the C-17 community by reducing wasted motion and time in the preflight sequence of events. A Charleston AFB team has figured out a way to shorten C-17 preflight time by one hour and 30 minutes by focusing on reducing redundancies and eliminating

  • Loading up for Rodeo

    "On your marks, get ready, set ... GO!" With that, four Travis Airmen took off, sprinting toward a C-5 Galaxy with its engines running. The four Airmen, members of the 60th Aerial Port Squadron's Rodeo Team, were practicing a C-5 engine running on/offload, where they must load and unload a C-5 and a

  • 911th inactivation first step in base restructuring

    The 911th Air Refueling Squadron here was inactivated June 8 during a formal ceremony at the Northern Lights Club, ending another chapter in the squadron's storied history. Recognized by the Air Force Historical Research Agency as the 47th most historically significant squadron out of 847 Air Force

  • Course prepares mobility team leaders in deployment command and control

    Of the 57 in-residence and on-line courses offered in the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's Mobility Operations School, one course targets future leaders in mobility command and control. The Mobility Air Forces Mobile Command and Control Leadership Course, offered in four sessions a year with 16

  • Civic leaders tour Travis during Air Force Week

    As part of Air Force Week California, an honorary commanders' tour was held June 7 at Travis Air Force Base. The event brought local civic leaders to the base to see first-hand how Airmen prepare for deployments. The visitors sat in on a deployment briefing, were issued Kevlar helmets and body armor

  • Member of foreign embassy visits Team Fairchild

    As a participant in the Secretary's Hometown Diplomats program, James Kay, a general services officer at the U.S. Embassy in Paris, France, had the opportunity to visit Fairchild and interact with many Airmen June 6. A retired Army major, Mr. Kay spent 28 years rising from the lowest rank, private,

  • Spirit of the Constitution debuts at Dover AFB

    While clouds hung overhead, rain and dreary weather didn't dampen the spirits of those present to welcome Dover Air Force Base's first C-17 Globemaster III, Spirit of the Constitution, at a formal ceremony here June 4. The C-17 was picked up by Team Dover's crew from Boeing's Long Beach, Calif.,

  • 62nd SFS team takes aim for Rodeo 2007

    Editors note: This is the first in a four part series of articles highlighting McChord's Rodeo 2007 competitors. They pound pavement six days a week, often decked out in helmets, body armor and weapons. Sweat, pain and endless training -- that's life as they'll know it for the next five weeks. The

  • C-5 Isochronal inspections move to Dover AFB

    The men and women of the 60th and 349th Equipment Maintenance Squadrons witnessed the end of an era roll out with a C-5 Galaxy from the bay doors June 1. As a result of the Total Force Isochronal consolidation, the isochronal inspections performed on Travis' entire fleet of C-5 Galaxies have moved