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  • Scott opens new $7.4M aeromedical evacuation building

    Scott AFB opened a new $7.4 million, 21,500 sq. ft. facility that will house 163 active duty, Guard and Reserve personnel who bring home the wounded from America's battlefields.The new building is home to the 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, and replaces a 70-year-old, condemned building

  • Laptops giving aircraft maintainers advantage

    Gone are the days of excess in the Air Force. As we usher in a new era of technology, wasteful practices are targeted and eliminated with programs like Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century and the Digital Air Wing Initiative. Practices are streamlined by cutting out any steps that are

  • 422nd JTS achieves publishing milestone

    The 422nd Joint Tactics Squadron met one of the unit's most significant milestones to date after Maj. Gen. Bill Bender, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center commander, signed a publication intended to serve as a "playbook" for Airmen operating in a variety of expeditionary combat support roles across

  • Can you dig it? Joint Base MDL is rich in history

    Imagine the thrill of finding a 10,000-year-old arrowhead while walking through Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. Though JB MDL became a joint base just celebrated its second birthday, the history of the land transcends millennia as proven by the vast amount of artifacts found here.The base

  • Tenacious: An Airman's journey to serve her country

    On Dec 28, 2011, then Staff Sgt. Jennifer Wallace, 92nd Force Support Squadron NCOIC of manpower and organization, reenlisted into the United States Air Force for six years and was promoted to technical sergeant on Jan 1. Seems pretty typical, but in reality, Wallace underwent an excruciatingly long

  • 'iCarly' cast rocks JB MDL

    Hundreds of servicemembers and their excited children waited outside the Timmerman Center here Jan. 11 in anticipation of the "iCarly" cast and an exclusive screening of their newest episode.More than 700 tickets were passed out on a first come, first serve basis and given to unit leadership

  • Fairchild loses three positions in civilian restructuring

    Base officials announced Jan. 12 that three civilian personnel positions will be eliminated here as part of civilian workforce adjustments announced by the Air Force Jan. 11.Base officials are making face-to-face notifications to those affected by the decision.Air Force officials announced 4,500

  • AMC Passenger Travel to be more predictable

    Select passenger terminals across Air Mobility Command are establishing Facebook pages to provide passengers more predictability when it comes to space-available and -required passengers.The overall goal of the AMC Space-A Facebook program is to use social media to expand knowledge about Space-A

  • Scott AFB affected by second round of civilian restructuring efforts

    Air Force officials announced Jan. 11 the second round of civilian position restructuring efforts to align with fiscal year 2010 funding targets as directed by the Secretary of Defense.As a result, the total number of positions eliminated at Scott AFB is 351, with 128 of those positions already

  • Changes made to family care plans

    Significant changes were made to AFI 36-2908, Family Care Plans. FCP ensures that military families are taken care of during drills, annual training, mobilization and deployment. Some changes specifically impact those military members who may deploy. Here is the rundown on the new FCP