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  • Joint exercise hones 615th CRW capabilities for real-world missions

    Soldiers and Airmen teamed up in a simulated deployed environment at Mackall Army Airfield approximately ten miles south of Pinehurst, N.C., in support of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division's joint operational access exercise from June 23 to 27. More than 100 Airmen from the 615th Contingency

  • JB MDL security forces members to participate in remembrance march

    As a memorial to the 10th anniversary of 9/11, Air Force security forces members will participate in the Ruck March to Remember from July 12 to Sept. 11.Security forces members from 23 units will march 2,181 miles from the Air Force Security Forces Center in San Antonio to Ground Zero in New York

  • Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst welcomes new commander

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and local community leaders witnessed the joint base's first change of command ceremony here June 24.Col. John M. Wood assumed command of the Department of Defense's only tri-service joint base from Brig. Gen. Gina M. Grosso.In his new role, Colonel Wood provides

  • Formation airdrop provides needed supplies, saves lives

    Soldiers in an austere province in Afghanistan received much needed provisions thanks to the joint efforts of the Alaska and New York Air National Guard units during their first formation airdrop. Members of the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron dropped approximately 20,000 pounds of cargo to

  • Felts Field open house displays AMC lineage

    The Experimental Aviation Association shared a piece of Air Mobility Command history with the local community during Felts Field's first open house June 4 when one of 12 flight-capable B-17 Flying Fortresses rumbled through the sky and landed for tours for aviation enthusiasts' and two World

  • Scott Airman earns Bronze Star

    On May 23 Staff Sgt. Nathanael Lindsay was presented a Bronze Star Medal during the 375th Air Mobility Wing commander's call for his actions as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal team leader while deployed with the 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq in support of

  • AF shooters, training changing notions about military marksmanship

    When military marksmanship is the topic, Marines and Soldier slinging battle rifles may come to mind, but overlooking the shooting skills of today's Airman is a sure sign of being behind the times.Not only are shooting skills an integral part of an Airman's training, Air Force training can be more

  • C-17 Globemaster IIIs in use for Global Medic 2011

    For Global Medic 2011 at Fort Hunter-Liggett, Calif., the Air Force's C-17 Globemaster III airframe is one of the main pieces of equipment that is being utilized in possibly saving lives in the future.According to a report by Staff Sgt. Donald R. Allen of the 4th Combat Camera Squadron of March Air

  • Airmen, national agencies unite in 'saving' lives

    A massive earthquake "struck" Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and other states along the New Madrid fault, causing more than 400,000 "victims" to fill up the disaster area's hospitals. As the news spreads of the disaster, Air Force engines begin to roar, medics suit up and the aeromedical mission is put