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  • Airmen practice Ebola safety during Exercise Mobility Solace

    ir Mobility Command Airmen flew an aeromedical evacuation of a simulated Ebola patient from Joint Base Charleston to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, during Exercise Mobility Solace, Aug. 15-17, 2016.Mobility Solace provided AMC and its joint partners, the opportunity to evaluate the procedures and

  • BEEliners stand out at international airshow

    A C-17 Globemaster III aircrew from the 21st Airlift Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, California, manned a static display at the Abbotsford International Air Show here Aug. 12 to 14.

  • McConnell EOD team assists local sheriff’s department

    When a backpack containing a potentially dangerous explosive device was handed over to authorities, the Marion County Sherriff’s Department, in Kansas, knew exactly who to call.The 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal team received the call requesting assistance the afternoon of

  • McChord team summits Mount Rainier

    JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- Two Air Force friends recently took on the impossible and summited Mount Rainier as part of the U.S. Air Force 50 Summits Challenge. Retired Chief Master Sgt. Terry Oshiem and Master Sgt. Kim Brewer reached the summit of the mountain July 23, along with a team of

  • Reservists, C-130s depart to assist aerial firefighting efforts

    An Air Force Reserve C-130 equipped with a U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System departed here today to support ongoing aerial fire fighting efforts in the Western U.S.   The Reserve wing received the request for assistance for one MAFFS-equipped C-130 and crew from the National

  • Mobility Airmen enable joint operations planning process in Honduras

    Medical Readiness Training Exercises, Military Partnership Engagements and Mobile Surgical Team deployments have been the backbone of Joint Task Force-Bravo’s humanitarian mission in Central America for the past 23 years and have touched the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, built partner

  • Airman, athlete, competitor: MacDill Airman competes in ultramarathons

    Inspiration for the modern marathon, a 26.2-mile race, stems from military origins. Legend tells of a Greek soldier who ran from Marathon to Athens to deliver news of the defeated Persian Army. More than two millennia later, one Airman at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, is writing his own story.