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  • Urban training site provides realistic training for defenders

    Approximately two dozen Travis Defenders completed their annual active shooter certification training April 13 at the installation's newly constructed Emergency Responder Urban Training Site.Donned in tactical gear and face protection, Airmen from the 60th Security Forces Squadron underwent multiple

  • Nearly 650 family members reach U.S. within 74 hours

    On March 29, 2016, the State Department and Secretary of Defense Ash Carter approved the ordered departure of Department of Defense dependents and civilian personnel assigned to the 39th Air Base Wing at Incirlik Air Base and other locations throughout Turkey.Within a matter of minutes, Mobility

  • C-17 pilot, Olmstead Scholar to study in Tel Aviv

    In March, Capt. Nick Burke, a 14th Airlift Squadron evaluator pilot and chief of standards and evaluations, was selected to participate in the Olmsted Scholarship Program. He will be traveling to Tel Aviv University, Israel, after attending the U.S. Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center

  • Charleston aircrew plays role in ordered departure

    One of the first aircrews involved in airlifting more than 60 military dependents from Turkey to Baltimore returned to Joint Base Charleston , April 1, 2016 following an ordered departure from the area due to security concerns in the region.The aircrew was comprised of members from the 14th and 15th

  • Cargo can change lives

    Copy, KC-10 coming down in 10 mike. Get a K loader, crew and stairs to it. Forty cargo pallets, to final down range."Wait what cargo? Where is it going? Why is it important?", are just a few of the questions an onlooker may ask themselves as thousands of pounds of cargo is moved everyday by the

  • Families ordered to leave Turkey arriving in US

    Military dependents and pets began arriving at Baltimore Washington International Airport, Maryland, March 31 following an ordered departure of Defense Department dependents due to security concerns in some areas of Turkey.Dependents arriving at BWI were flown on Air Mobility Command's C-17

  • AMC shines at the 2016 international air show

    During the 2016 FIDAE Air and Space Trade Show, several Airmen from 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern), Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., teamed up with members from the Air Mobility Command to participate in a subject matter expert exchange with the Chilean air force on the use of the Transport Isolation

  • Pease Airmen shaping the future of refueling

    Master Sgt. Steven Warren recently completed a rotation to Boeing near Seattle, as part of the U.S. Air Force's Tech Order Certification and Verification Team, for the KC-46 Pegasus.Boeing is writing the technical orders for the new KC-46 weapon system. Warren, along with Master Sgts. Joel LaRose,

  • C-17 Drag Reduction testing aims at saving fuel

    From testing synthetic biofuels to "vortex surfing," Edwards AFB is on the forefront of finding new ways to cut fuel costs for the Air Force.The latest venture is currently underway at the 418th Flight Test Squadron where a test team of Air Force and Boeing personnel has just completed the first

  • First families arrive at Ramstein from Turkey

    The first group of families arrived at Ramstein Air Base at approximately 3 p.m. March 31 after the State Department and the secretary of defense approved the ordered departure of dependents of service members and Defense Department civilian personnel currently stationed in Adana, Izmir, and Mugla,