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NEWS

  • Young Afghan heart patient arrives home

    An Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane carried a young boy here recovering from desperately needed heart surgery who will know that his future was made possible by the efforts of the U.S. military. Most aircraft arriving here bring the supplies needed to sustain U.S. military forces

  • More airborne cargo means fewer convoys

    A new way of moving cargo in theater is allowing Airmen here to process more raw tonnage of cargo than airlift wings in the states, while doing it with a fifth of the manning. The 96 Airmen assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron's aerial port flight are the core of the

  • Persistence saves AF $20 million earns $1,000 for base civilian

    "It's just part of the job," is all Brad Schmitt could say when asked about saving the Air Force $20 million. Mr. Schmitt, a wing document controller for the 319th Operations Group, checks and validates fuel consistency forms completed by boom operators. Through a tedious and time-consuming process,

  • Dover AFB helps city salute America's birthday

    More than 70 members of Team Dover helped our host city celebrate the birth of America Tuesday, with day-long activities, from a hometown parade to musical entertainment and an impressive fireworks display. Hundreds of community members and visitors to the "First State," staked out their favorite

  • Ambassador talks base future with CSAF

    A longtime friend of the Warriors of the North recently had a chance to meet with the highest levels of Air Force leadership and discuss the future of Grand Forks Air Force Base. Marijo Shide, the 319th Mission Support Group's honorary commander and one of the base's "ambassadors," met with Air

  • Elephant walk: A historic first for an old tradition

    The 305th Air Mobility Wing "Elephant Walk" June 30 represented the first time C-17s and KC-10s partnered for such a public effort in Air Force and McGuire Air Force Base history, as five C-17s and 11 KC-10s got a chance to surge, nose-to-tail, as had their predecessors in World War II and the Cold

  • Bush Confers With, Praises Troops Back from Iraq, Afghanistan

    President Bush conferred Wednesday with troops recently returned from Iraq and Afghanistan, telling them the nation appreciates their service as they and their comrades protect the freedoms all Americans enjoy. The president met with about 10 soldiers and airmen - representatives of the active

  • Highly modified C-130 ready for war on terrorism

    The beginning of an era for Robins Air Force Base and the warfighters of Air Force Special Operations Command was marked June 28 as the first-of-its-kind MC-130W was presented to Lt. Gen. Michael W. Wooley, AFSOC commander, in a ceremony here. "A lot of work went into this aircraft," said Maj. Gen.

  • Air Force aids Army with medevac missions

    Last year, the Army asked the Air Force for help with its medevac operation. Called an in-lieu-of mission, the Air Force agreed to assist and tasked Master Sgt. Scott Currin to form the first team of Air Force enlisted aerospace evacuation technicians, or flight medics, as they like to call

  • AMC NSPS implementation schedule announced

    Air Mobility Command will begin implementation of the National Security Personnel System to non-bargaining unit employees in October in accordance with a recent announcement by the Deputy Secretary of Defense. Within the command, about 2,100 non-bargaining unit positions will be converted in Spiral