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  • "Spirit of Berlin" a hit with air show spectators

    "The Spirit of Berlin" proved a big hit both literally and figuratively during the 2006 Berlin Air Show.When spectators entered the C-17 Globemaster III through the crew entry door, the typical reaction was to stop, stare in awe at the cavernous interior, and say, "Oh, my gosh!""You got that all

  • Airmen can save lives during summer’s critical days

    Carelessness kills more Airmen during the summer than anything else. That’s why the Air Force takes the 101 Critical Days of Summer campaign so seriously.The campaign begins 4 p.m. May 26 (Memorial Day weekend) and ends Sept. 5 to counter the traditional rise in mishaps and fatalities that summer

  • Signing event signifies environmental milestone

    Those involved in efforts to atone for past damage done to the Dover Air Force Base environment reached a major milestone May 12 when officials signed a record of decision. The ROD, which signifies regulatory agency approval of planned methods to remediate contaminant release sites, was signed by

  • C-17 pilot receives Koren Kolligan Jr. Trophy

    The skies over West Texas on March 10, 2005, could have come right off a picture postcard: blue, cloudless and so clear you could see horizon to horizon.   It was, as one Air Force pilot put it, a perfect day for flying. Capt. Andreas Ix and his C-17 Globemaster III aircrew were participating in a

  • C-5 recovery efforts continue at Dover

    One month after a C-5 Galaxy crash-landed less than a mile short of the runway here, recovery operations are proceeding on schedule, officials said. All 17 people on board survived the April 3 crash. “We started the recovery effort the same day of the mishap and have been working every day since,”

  • '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