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NEWS

  • Emergency airdrop rescues stranded ship

    Teamwork, flexibility and airpower were used to deliver critical repair parts to a stranded British fishing vessel, the Argos Georgia, and its 25-person crew Jan. 4. The vessel had lost all main power and been frozen in the ice flow off the Ross Ice Shelf since Christmas Eve, New Zealand time.

  • Dover Airmen awarded combat medals

    Two Dover Airmen received the Air Force Combat Action Medal in a historic ceremony here, Nov. 15. Staff Sgt. Michael Grooms, 436th Security Forces Squadron, and Staff Sgt. Huey Harris III, 436th Services Squadron, distinguished themselves in combat and were Dover's first Airmen presented with the

  • Operation Maggie Migration: mission of mammoth proportions

    Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, and Travis AFB, Calif., took part in the transport of an unusual traveler Nov. 1 -- possibly their largest airlift passenger ever. Maggie the elephant arrived at Travis for a quick stop before being transported to her final destination at the Performing Animal Welfare Society,

  • C-17 makes first flight on synthetic fuel blend

    The Global Reach Combined Test Force began testing a C-17 Globemaster III using a Fischer-Tropsch synthetic fuel blend here Oct. 18. Flight tests began the following day and was the first time a C-17 was flown using the F-T fuel blend. Another test flight was conducted Monday as part of the Air

  • Military personnel, assets help to battle California fires

    Military personnel and assets are helping out in the most serious outbreak of wildfires in California in years. California National Guard and California-based active duty personnel are providing some of the muscle needed to contain the fires, which have driven more than 300,000 people from their

  • Air Mobility Battlelab's 'BrightEye' initiative demonstrated, proven capable

    The USAF Air Mobility Battlelab, or AMB, recently demonstrated the capabilities of the BrightEye Portable Solid-State LED Lighting System - an AMB initiative. The BrightEye is an advanced, portable, battery-powered, visible and covert lighting system developed by Cyberlux Corporation to address the

  • AFSO21 initiative speeds up training process

    The 92nd Operations Support Squadron is reducing the amount of training time required to get aircrew mission-ready and deployable through an AFSO 21 Just Do It initiative. OSS representatives reworked the process that trains crewmembers arriving on station. Currently, it can take up to four months

  • National week of observance promotes suicide prevention

    Coinciding with World Suicide Prevention Day Sept. 10 hosted by the International Association for Suicide and Prevention, the week of Sept. 9 through Sept. 15 marks National Suicide Prevention Week. "This is a good opportunity to spread knowledge and training to people who find themselves in

  • AFSO 21: Med Group saves thousands with Just Do Its

    The 92nd Medical Group has saved more than $75,000 in emergency room visit costs over the past year through a Just Do It initiative, a program associated with Air Force Smart Operations 21. Through patient education and training, and with a little help from those patients, the group is making great