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  • Tokens highlight sexual assault awareness at Joint Base Lewis-McChord

    Several Joint Base Lewis-McChord McChord Field sexual assault victim advocates braved the cold morning April 5 to pass out teal-ribboned air fresheners advertising the base's sexual assault hotline phone number to incoming base traffic at gates around the installation, as part of Sexual Assault

  • Law and order Airmen see justice served in Iraq

    verse in the Quran goes "call to witness, from among your men, two witnesses. And, if two men be not found, then a man and two women." Airmen assigned to the U.S. Forces-Iraq Law and Order Task Force support a justice system operating differently from U.S. courts.For paralegal Airmen who learned the

  • Troops to receive full mid-month pay April 15th

    All service members will receive their full mid-month pay they have earned in their paychecks April 15, Pentagon officials said April 11."Basically, all active duty and Reserve service members will receive full mid-month pay on the 15th of April," Pentagon spokesman Marine Col. Dave Lapan said. "It

  • Joint Base Charleston's 2011 Air Expo draws nearly 80,000

    Nearly 80,000 people attended the Charleston Air Expo 2011 on April 9 here to see performances by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, the GEICO Skytypers and Tora! Tora! Tora! "The 2011 Air Expo was a resounding success," said Maj. Scott Suazo, Charleston Air Expo 2011 director. "It was amazing to see

  • Deployed airdrops continue record pace through first quarter of 2011

    At the end of 2010, deployed mobility Airmen supporting airdrop operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility airdropped a record 60.4 million pounds of cargo to austere locations in Afghanistan. But, by the end of 2011, that record might change.The 2010 airdrop record, which was

  • Afghan air force sets new flying-hour record for C-27

    The Afghan air force concluded the month of March with more than 300 hours of flight-time in C-27 aircraft, setting a new mark for hours flown in what is seen as the centerpiece of the AAF's cargo and transport mission.With a total of 304.6 hours in the air, the new record shatters the previous high

  • Operation Odyssey Dawn: Preparing food for 500

    Hundreds of Airmen have arrived here to support Operation Odyssey Dawn, and they are all hungry.The dining facility has progressed from serving 450 meals a day to 1,600 since the start of the operation, which is a no-fly zone set up to protect the civilian population of Libya.To support this

  • Vietnam vets welcomed home at Little Rock

    Team Little Rock's Vietnam veterans were honored during a retreat ceremony March 30, 2011, at the main flagpole in Heritage Park at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark.The U.S. Senate recently approved Senate Resolution 55, establishing March 30, 2011, as Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day. The date was

  • Sixth CMSAF visits Fairchild, congratulates new chiefs

    The sixth Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force made a special visit to Fairchild, welcoming six new Airmen into the grade of chief master sergeant at a ceremony in Spokane March 17.Chief Master Sgt. James M. McCoy, who served as CMSAF from 1979-1981, was the guest speaker for the event that