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  • Mobility aircrew enables President's Cuba visit

    President Barack Obama touched down in Cuba on the iconic "Air Force One" March 20, becoming the first sitting U.S. President to visit Cuba in nearly 90 years.While world leaders and citizens tuned into national news broadcasts of the visit, the men and women of the 89th Airlift Wing continued their

  • Air Force, Army, DLA conducts triannual JTF-PO training

    With simulated terror cells operating in the area, Airmen and Soldiers dawn their interceptor body armor and place their M16 rifles at the low-ready position as they exit the bus at the fictitious country Sangala, in preparation for Exercise Turbo Distribution 16-02.What is now a runway surrounded

  • 'Appointment Plus' connects Airmen and families with helping agencies

    Scott Air Force Base servicemembers, their families, and civilians now have a new Web-based tool called "Appointment Plus" to help connect them with classes and workshops offered by various helping agencies.Appointment Plus is a commercially-accessible Web site that allows users to sign up for

  • AMC commander, command chief visit 521st AMOW

    Gen. Carlton D. Everhart, Air Mobility Command commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Shelina Frey, AMC command chief, visited Airmen from the 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing March 9 through 10.The visit gave Everhart and Frey a chance to see how 521st AMOW Airmen expedite the Air Force's global reach

  • Airmen exchange medical ideas with El Salvador

    Two medical technicians from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, joined members from 12th Air Force and the New Hampshire Air National Guard on a one-week medical subject matter expert exchange to El Salvador from March 7-11.For Staff Sgt. Karina Cortes and Senior Airman Jacob Radford, 628th

  • New York ANG Wing wraps up Antarctic support mission

    The 109th Airlift Wing recently completed its 28th season supporting the National Science Foundation (NSF) in Antarctica as part of Operation Deep Freeze, the U.S. military's logistical support of the NSF-managed U.S. Antarctic program, by transporting people and cargo to various locations

  • SECDEF visits Joint Base Lewis-McChord

    On a two-day trip to the Pacific Northwest, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter took a day to visit with the service members of the Puget Sound at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, March 4.The secretary started his day by touring a C-17 Globemaster III, a 22nd Special Tactics Squadron and 1st Air

  • Scorpion Lens 2016: Combat camera Airmen hone battlefield capabilities

    More than 100 photo and broadcast journalists from the 1st Combat Camera Squadron, Joint Base Charleston, and the 3rd Combat Camera Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, are participating in Scorpion Lens 2016, an ability to survive and operate exercise, Feb. 29 through March 10, 2016 at McCrady

  • Rucking to remember the 'Chosin Few'

    On Nov. 27, 1950, approximately 20,000 allied troops consisting of U.S. Marines and United Nations troops were encircled and attacked by more than 120,000 Chinese combat forces in North Korea. For 19 days, a bloody battle ensued in subzero conditions that claimed the lives of 15,000 allied forces