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  • 'Hanoi Taxi' to retire at National Museum of the Air Force

    More than 120 former prisoners from the Vietnam War and their families will help the Air Force Reserve Command's 445th Airlift Wing retire the Air Force's last C-141 Starlifter, the "Hanoi Taxi," during festivities May 5 to 6. The aircraft was the first one to arrive in Hanoi, Vietnam, in February

  • TV writer embeds with medical teams in Iraq

    In a first for Hollywood, the Air Force was able to embed a screenwriter with a medical unit in Iraq for research on a proposed television series. Jeff Eckerle visited the Air Force Theater Hospital at Balad Air Base, Iraq, from April 7 to 16 in order to help develop the series, based in part on the

  • Airmen help Iraqi pilots fly again

    Pilots from the Iraqi Air Force are waiting patiently for a team of Airmen to arrive from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. It’s this team that can get them up in the air and flying again. The mission of the Iraqi 3rd Squadron hinges on the work of the Air Force Flight Test Center. The center sent a

  • High ops tempo, 24/7 flying schedule typical for deployed C-17 aircrews

    It sounds counter-intuitive. A series of short C-17 flights demand intense aircrew energy and stamina, while the longer sorties remain more physically manageable. “Either way you look at it, our C-17 crews put in long hours that place physical and mental demands on the human body,” said Lt. Col.

  • Air Force bring smiles to Iraqi children

    As they stepped into the large, gray military cargo plane, their eyes widened and their expressions were equal parts wonder and bewilderment. This was the first time many of the Iraqi children and their parents had ever flown in an airplane, and none had ever been in an aircraft as large as the

  • Air Force engineers take a jump

    Joint operations are not a new concept here. It’s a way of life for many units on base. But for a new breed of Air Force joint operators, this week’s Joint Forced Entry Exercise was a chance to get off the ground -- literally. The Airmen are part of Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair

  • Life support mission motto says it all … “Your life is our business”

    In the shadows behind every aircrew stands a life support team. These Airmen typically don’t seek the limelight. Instead, they wish for all “their” aircrew to come home safely. Staff Sgt. Jessica McCormick, a KC-135 life support journeyman assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron,

  • AMC announces senior leader assignments

    Air Mobility Command officials recently announced the following senior leader assignments: Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Travis, commander, 89th Medical Group, Air Mobility Command, Andrews Air Force Base, Md., will become command surgeon, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va. Col. Judith D.

  • Air Mobility Command, Airlift/Tanker Association to host Technology Days 2006

    Air Mobility Command and the Airlift/Tanker Association have set May 8-10 for the third annual AMC Technology Days here. Technology Days provides industry representatives the opportunity to come to Scott and present briefings and demonstrations of their companies’ newest technologies directly to the