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  • 521st AMOW takes lead on resilience training in Germany

    The 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing graduated seven students through the first Resilience Trainer Assistants course at Ramstein Air Base, Germany June 5-8."Develop and Care for our Airmen and Families" echoes one of the Air Force's priorities by expanding the Comprehensive Airman Fitness

  • Scott's weather squadron will see influx of new Airmen

    The 15th Operational Weather Squadron at Scott Air Force Base will be receiving six to seven new Airmen every month due to the closure of the only two overseas regional weather forecast training hubs.After graduating an eight-month technical school at Kessler Air Force Base, Miss., Airmen have to

  • Joint mobility team concludes support for major N.C. combat exercise

    A joint U.S. Air Force and Army team of 120 contingency response experts concluded support operations June 9, for Joint Operational Access Exercise 12-02 in North Carolina.JOAX was a two-week mobility and ground combat exercise to prepare Air Force and Army service members to respond to worldwide

  • A piece of history

    Members of Team Fairchild had the unique opportunity to tour the Experimental Aircraft Associations B-17 "Flying Fortress" Aluminum Overcast at Felts Field here June 1 to 3.The B-17 is part of Fairchild Air Force Base History and was flown by the 92nd Bombardment Group in World War II. The group was

  • 317th AG supports mass air mobility exercise

    Airmen from the 317th Airlift Group recently flew to Las Vegas, not for the bright lights and sights of Sin City, but to support the U.S. Air Force Weapons School Mobility Force Exercise, better known as MAFEX.The exercise is part of a six-month Weapons Instructor Course conducted by the school.

  • Team Scott salutes local veterans on Honor Flight

    After waking up to catch an early flight, 26 World War II veterans stepped off a bus and approached the long, awaited sight. Some smiled and for many tears began to fall down their wrinkled, aged faces as they saw the tall, pale granite walls of the WWII memorial for the first time. On May 21,

  • ASAM takes classroom abroad

    Advanced Study of Air Mobility students from the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center applied classroom theories to operational realities during visits with military units throughout U.S. Pacific Command, May 6-18. With stops at Yongsan Army Garrison and Osan Air Base in Korea; Yokota Air Base in

  • 87th LRS Airman's combative skills dominate competition

    Instructors from the Modern Army Combative Program on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., conducted a level one combative training class April 30 to May 4, with more than a dozen Airmen taking to the mats with other service members from the Army, Navy and Coast Guard.The course graduated 20

  • Injured Airman reunites with family just 4 days after IED attack

    Staff Sgt. Brian Williams, deployed from the 87th Security Forces Squadron here, suffered serious injuries after an improvised explosive device detonated while he was on a mission April 25 outside Kandahar Airfield in southern Afghanistan.Williams, who is a military working dog handler, was

  • JB MDL open house treats tri-state area to world-class performances

    Approximately 200,000 community members poured onto the flightline for the open house and air show here May 12 and 13.The open house and air show gave the U.S. military a chance to strut its stuff by giving the general populace a small taste of its power-projection capabilities."Much like our joint