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  • Scott AFB youth earns prestigious leadership award

    The 2016-2017 Illinois Military Youth of the Year and Midwest Regional Military Youth of the Year, presented by the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, was awarded to a 17-year-old military daughter of two service members.Kayla Jenkins was selected from nine finalists for leading, succeeding, and

  • C-17 loadmasters receive honors at A/TA’s Hall of Fame Walkway

    The Airlift/Tanker Association hosted a ceremony to honor a team of six C-17A Pathfinder loadmasters by unveiling their medallion on its Hall of Fame Walkway here Sept. 8. The six loadmasters and their unique backgrounds were critical to ensuring that the one-loadmaster aircrew concept became a

  • 15 years later, remembering 9/11

    Sun. Sept. 11, 2016, marks the 15th anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil. The attack was planned and executed by Islamic extremist organization, Al-Qaeda, and ultimately led to the ongoing “Global War on Terrorism.” For the Patriot Day retreat ceremony, Fairchild members

  • Aerial porters set airlift record

    The 721st Aerial Port Squadron, which is part of the 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, set a record July 27 for the heaviest cargo loaded onto a commercial aircraft in support of a channel mission. The aerial porters planned and packed 120 tons construction material

  • Air Force, Army planners find ways to see greater jump in airdrops

    An arriving C-130 Hercules taxies to a large hangar where about 60 Army paratroopers wait to board. Lugging about 100 pounds of gear, the Soldiers quickly line up and load into the aircraft as its four idling engines blow hot gusts over the tarmac. Minutes later, the plane is flying at 150 mph and

  • Newly activated unit guides transient aircraft on joint missions

    Any aircraft that flies into Pope Army Airfield, Col. Kelly Holbert will know about it. But Holbert’s unit, the 43rd Air Mobility Operations Group, has no aircraft of its own. As the only en route operations group in the continental U.S., the unit manages transient aircraft and the joint missions

  • 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