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  • Airdrops could play key role in eventual Afghanistan transition

    During 2011, mobility Airmen airdropped more than 80 million pounds of cargo for troops deployed throughout austere locations in Afghanistan. In the future, the Air Force expects airdrops to continue as troops move out of Afghanistan in coming years.In March, Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen,

  • Galaxy rising: C-5's future to 'surge' to new heights

    Air Mobility Command has a goal -- to have a minimum of 30 C-5 Galaxy aircraft tasked and flying missions every day. That would be a "surge" of new daily operations for the airframe, the crews who fly them and the maintainers who keep them ready.The current average of C-5s tasked "in the system" is

  • Fort Polk based 621st CRW liaison officer dies

    An Air Force servicemember assigned to the 621st Contingency Response Wing, stationed at Fort Polk, La. was found dead in his residence in Leesville, La., on March 21. Air Force Lt. Col. Christopher E. Gavin was an air mobility liaison officer for the Army's 4th Brigade, 10th Mountain Division at

  • Cadets fly with McConnell Airmen

    More than 50 Wichita, Kan., Junior ROTC cadets experienced the 22nd Air Refueling Wing's mission and witnessed as McConnell Airmen refueled an A-10 Thunderbolt II in flight on March 15, 2012.The Army, Air Force, and Marine cadets were from West, East, Heights and Northeast Magnet High Schools.Before

  • 62nd AW conducts first C-17 JPADS training

    Airmen from the 62nd Airlift Wing recently completed the first continental C-17 Globemaster III airdrop using a piece of technology designed to deliver cargo with pinpoint accuracy in even the most hostile environments.The 62nd AW dropped two bundles equaling 2,900 pounds at Yakima Training Center,

  • 15th Airlift Squadron returns home

    More than 130 Airmen from the 15th Airlift Squadron, 437th Airlift Wing returned home from a 120-day deployment to Southwest Asia when their aircraft touched down at Joint Base Charleston - Air Base March 6. "Our squadron did a fantastic job during the deployment and it is such a relief to have

  • Critical care transport team continues to save lives

    Since mid-January, the newly formed all-Air Force Critical Care Air Transport Team with the 651st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron or EAES at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan has been saving lives, whether they're U.S. troops, local nationals, or coalition partners."A life is a life," said

  • Grand Forks Airman featured in Portraits of Courage

    Tech. Sgt. Clifford Monroe displays a certain quiet -- a distinct air of humility. He is quick to listen, slow to speak.To those who don't know him, it might appear as a sort of melancholy. But it was his combat experience in Afghanistan that helped mold who he is today and how he approaches

  • Holly Petraeus kicks off 'Military Saves' at JB MDL

    Holly Petraeus, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau assistant director for the Office of Servicemember Affairs, hosted a town hall meeting Wednesday at the Timmermann Center here.Petraeus addressed the joint base community on the role of the CFPB, the resources they offer and how they are helping