Communications Squadron tech controller awarded Purple Heart

Staff Sgt. Alan Padgett came home from his deployment with a memento he'd rather have left back in Iraq: a piece of shrapnel lodged in his chest from a rocket propelled grenade attack. The sergeant, a network management technician with the 437th Communications Squadron here, was injured while at Ali

Fairchild Ball remembers, celebrates Air Force heritage

Team Fairchild commemorated the Air Force's 59th birthday Saturday with a ball themed "Lasting heritage...Limitless horizons."The event, which drew more than 500 people representing Fairchild and the local community, was held in the historic Building 2050, hangars 2 and 4."Under this (hangar's) roof

Dover AFB's Air Force Ball

Medal of Honor filming

Contingency training sharpens combat skills

Converted C-130s make flying, training, maintaining easier

The C-130 Hercules getting upgraded avionics will give pilots better situational awareness, will be easier to schedule for missions and easier to maintain. The first of some 350 Air Force's C-130s to receive the avionics modernization program conversion -- which upgrades it with new digital displays

C-130 AMP flies for first time

A C-130 Hercules with a comprehensive avionics modification completed its maiden flight Sept. 19 from Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. The C-130 Avionics Modernization Program aircraft provides upgrades for C-130s at one-seventh the cost of a new, basic C-130J aircraft. The aircraft's new avionics

Manas C-17 crew drops vital cargo in Afghanistan

The primary mission of the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing is to provide air mobility support to servicemembers in Afghanistan fighting the war on terrorism. Detachment 1 of the 817th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron here enabled that mission with a combat airdrop Sept. 17. The C-17 Globemaster III

KC-135 launch

AMC shows versatility, mobility in time of need

What started as a routine cargo transport mission turned into a chance to showcase a feat of teamwork and versatility for the 7th Airlift Squadron from McChord Air Force Base, Wash. McChord Airmen played a vital role in transporting Maj. Jill Metzger out of Kyrgyzstan after her recent ordeal, but it