Memory's requiem: 12 years after 9/11

She held the Airfone receiver close to her mouth and spoke in a clear, concise manner. "The cockpit's not answering," the flight attendant said as her voice wavered slightly. "Somebody's stabbed in business class, and um, I think there is mace that we can't breathe. I don't know, but I think we're

Airmen transform sleepy Atlantic outpost into critical air transport hub for Presidential visit

More than 170 mobility Airmen from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., and Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., descended on Ascension Island in the South Atlantic aboard four U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, June 14. This first wave was followed by 92

62nd AW Airmen support massive U.S.-Australian exercise

Airmen from the 62nd Airlift Wing here, along with other Mobility Airmen from across the U.S., will join more than 28,000 of their fellow Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Australian counterparts in northern Australia for Exercise Talisman Saber 2013. Talisman Saber is a biennial training activity

Mobility Airman support massive U.S.-Australian exercise

Mobility Airmen, including C-17 and KC-135 aircrews from across the U.S., will join more than 28,000 of their fellow Airmen, Soldiers, and Sailors, and Australian counterparts in northern Australia for Exercise Talisman Saber 2013. Talisman Saber is a biennial training activity jointly sponsored by

Pope Field building 'green' control tower

Construction crews here are putting finishing touches on a new air traffic control tower with improved environmental controls and a smaller ecological footprint. Many of the tower's improvements stem from its "green" roots as a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, certified

Mother of DUI victim brings story to MacDill

"I never would have imagined that I would spend my Mother's Day with all four of my children at a funeral home with one in a coffin." That was the vivid picture Renee Napier, mother of the late Meagen Napier, painted during an alcohol awareness briefing held at MacDill Air Force Base, May 31.Almost

A historic validation

A team of Airmen and contractors from Air Mobility Command, the Central Command Deployment & Distribution Operation Center and the Defense Logistics Agency worked together to validate a big shredding theory. The Granutech Mobile Rotogrind Shredder assembly, Model 525 HP, is used to shred everything

McChord AGE Rangers: Jacks of all trades

Budget request provides for best Air Force possible, Welsh says

The Air Force's $114.1 billion fiscal 2014 budget request will provide for the most capable airpower arm possible, the Air Force chief of staff said here today.Testifying with Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley, Gen. Mark A. Welsh III told the House Armed Services Committee his service's

Four Grand Forks AFB Airmen awarded medal for outstanding volunteer service

Four Airmen from Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., were recently recognized for their outstanding volunteerism. Capt. Matthew Moberg, 1st Lt. Jody Crisp, Chief Master Sgt. Karl Ohrn and Staff Sgt. Jere Ross all earned the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal."Each of you now has the honor of