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  • McConnell AMC finalist for 2013 CINC Installation Excellence Award

    McConnell is Air Mobility Command's finalist for the 2013 Commander-in-Chief's Installation Excellence Award.As AMC's finalist, McConnell will go on to compete against nine other bases to earn the Air Force nod for the award.To compete for the award, a detailed report was submitted by each base in

  • 437th Airlift Wing honors its history

    Veterans from the 437th Troop Carrier Group, the predecessor of the 437th Operations Group, and their families, traveled from all corners of the United States to Charleston, S.C., for their final reunion Sept. 28, at Joint Base Charleston - Air Base. The 437th TCG, flying C-47 Skytrain transport

  • Louisiana native helps bring service members home

    "Get seated as fast as possible, we have to fill this jet all the way up," said the loadmaster, giving directions to the passengers who had just entered the C-17 aircraft from Camp Bastian Airfield, Afghanistan.On this day, his passengers were more than 150 Marines who had been deployed for more

  • Retired CMSAF Robert Gaylor inspires JB Charleston Airmen during visit

    Retired Chief Master Sgt. Robert Gaylor, the fifth Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force (1977 - 1979) visited Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Sept. 20 and 22, 2012. Born in 1930 in Bellevue, Iowa, and raised in the small town of Mulberry, Ind., Gaylor enlisted in the U.S. Air Force just a year after

  • MIAP ceremony hosted at WA State Veterans Cemetery

    Approximately 100 people made up of service members and members from the local community, retirees and Patriot Guard riders gathered at the Washington State Veterans Cemetery in Medical Lake to pay homage to 20 veterans and one spouse during the Missing In America Project Honors ceremony Sept. 10.

  • New Airman a model of Air Force Core Values

    Oftentimes one can hear the Air Force Core Values recited so much that one can lose sight of their true meaning and what the Air Force's intention behind the values truly is.Airman 1st Class Rachel Simmons, a maintenance analyst with the 436th Maintenance Operations Squadron, is doing her best to

  • JB MDL hosts 'Beast of the East;' thrills community

    Tu-tus, kilts, Disney characters, and business suits were just a small assortment of costumes at this year's Fifth Annual Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst "Beast of the East" Mud Run Sept. 8 at Doughboy Field here.Participants came from across the Northeast to test their mettle on the 10K mud-run

  • McChord Field Airmen wrap up WinFly

    Despite operating in harsh conditions and experiencing multiple weather delays, the 304th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, comprised of Airmen from the 62nd and 446th Airlift Wings at McChord Field, Wash., completed its winter flying period into McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Aug. 29, in support of the

  • Silver Star presented for fallen Airman's 'gallantry in action'

    Dressed in a silver and black dress, 3-year-old Chloe Smith stood beside her mother, Tiffany, as they accepted a Silver Star award today in honor of Senior Airman Bradley R. Smith who was killed in action at the age of 24 in Afghanistan Jan. 3, 2010.Maj. Gen. Lawrence Wells, 9th Air Force commander,

  • Fairchild deployed: Manas, Kyrgyz Republic firefighters train to save lives

    Fairchild firefighters deployed with the 376th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, conducted a capabilities demonstration with their Kyrgyz Republic counterparts Aug. 29. The exercise was part of a continuing informational exchange program familiarizing