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  • Pope Airmen to honor fallen member

    Airmen at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., are preparing to honor a pararescueman assigned to the 24th Special Tactics Squadron who was among those killed in an MH-47 special operations helicopter crash Feb. 18 in Afghanistan. Tech. Sgt. Scott E. Duffman, 32, of Albuquerque, N.M., and seven others were

  • AMC begins implementation of Voluntary Protection Program

    Air Mobility Command recently began implementing a Department of Defense initiative at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., to help eliminate mishaps and create a safer environment for Airmen, civilians and their families. The Voluntary Protection Program, developed by the Occupational Safety and Health

  • Pope unit begins transition to Little Rock

    For 36 years, 41st Airlift Squadron Airmen have called Pope Air Force Base home, but Feb. 23's realignment ceremony marked a new beginning as the unit heads to Little Rock AFB, Ark. The 41st AS will stand up at Little Rock AFB April 5 under the command of Lt. Col. Dan Tulley, and is a significant

  • Survivors of Afghan helicopter crash airlifted to Germany

    Only hours after a helicopter crashed in Afghanistan, Airmen from an aeromedical evacuation control team in Southwest Asia got 11 of fourteen injured survivors onboard a C-17 Globemaster III bound for Germany. "That really made a difference in saving lives" said Lt. Col. Lenora Cook, the evacuation

  • Medical teams provide priceless gift

    Most people get cards, chocolate and flowers from someone special on Valentine's Day. On this particular day, the treatment, care and attention patients in a C-17 Globemaster III received from a combined aerial medic team far surpassed any typical Feb. 14 gift. The critical care air transport and

  • Combat camera videographer receives Purple Heart

    Within an hour of waking up in the Air Force Theater Hospital on the morning of Feb. 11, Staff Sgt. Kathryn Robinson was presented with the Purple Heart. Sergeant Robinson, a videographer assigned to the 4th Combat Camera Squadron in March Air Reserve Base, Calif. , was shot once in the left forearm

  • Convoy reduction flights keep Airmen out of harm's way

    Convoys transporting Airmen and supplies on the highways of Iraq face a constant risk from terrorist attacks. In an effort to reduce the number of convoys going out, the 777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron performs regular airlift convoy reduction missions out of Balad Air Base, Iraq. The focus of

  • Base transitions to standardized emergency response system

    By 2009, all Air Force installations will respond to emergencies, both during peacetime and wartime, using the same system civilian agencies implemented more than 30 years ago. Fortunately, the base's close ties with the local community will expedite the transition and make it easier. Under the Air

  • DGMC receives top DoD Team Performance Award

    David Grant USAF Medical Center has been honored with the 2006 Team Performance Patient Safety Award in recognition of outstanding achievement in creating a safer patient environment. The award, presented at the 2007 Military Health System conference in Washington, D.C., is the highest honor within

  • Survival School Search and Rescue team rescues North Idaho man

    A nine-person Search and Rescue team from the United States Air Force Survival School here rescued a man near Kellogg, Idaho, Feb. 9 after a snowmobiling accident in which the man was injured after falling from a 25-foot cliff. The SAR team arrived at the Cemetery Ridge trailhead at 7:30 p.m. Feb.