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  • Fairchild's snow removal crews honored by AF for 6th time

    The 92nd Civil Engineer Squadron Operations Flight was named The Balchen-Post Award winners for the 2010-2011 winter, an honor bestowed on them for the sixth time. To battle record snowfall in November 2010 and more than 58 inches of seasonal snow, an arsenal of 12 different types of equipment, 35

  • New program at Fairchild assists victims of domestic abuse

    Fairchild has added a new tool for victims of domestic abuse. The 92nd Medical Group now has a new Domestic Abuse Victim Advocate whose responsibility is to provide base personnel, their family members or intimate partners who are victims of domestic violence assistance when requested. The DAVA

  • Scott opens new $7.4M aeromedical evacuation building

    Scott AFB opened a new $7.4 million, 21,500 sq. ft. facility that will house 163 active duty, Guard and Reserve personnel who bring home the wounded from America's battlefields.The new building is home to the 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, and replaces a 70-year-old, condemned building

  • New commander takes charge at 'The Rock'

    Col. Brian Robinson, 19th Airlift Wing commander, accepted the guidon Jan. 31, 2012, and officially assumed command of the 19th AW from Col. Mike Minihan, the outgoing commander. Lt. Gen. Mark Ramsay, 18th Air Force commander, served as ceremony officiator and spoke enthusiastically about the future

  • Former CMSAF McKinley visits Travis

    The 15th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force shared his insight and experience with Airmen from every tier Jan. 20 during his visit to Travis Air Force Base.Throughout his 31-year Air Force career, former Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Rodney McKinley both observed and participated in shaping

  • Red Tails soar through history

    Airmen from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and members of the original Tuskegee Airmen enjoyed an advanced screening of Red Tails Jan. 17 at the King of Prussia Mall Theater in King of Prussia, Pa. The film portrays the exploits of the 99th Pursuit Squadron, an all-black fighter squadron, with the

  • Grand Forks firefighter 'Public Servant of the Year'

    The Veterans of Foreign Wars association has named a Grand Forks Airman as the top firefighter in North Dakota.John Hanson, national legislator officer for North Dakota's VFW, presented Tech. Sgt. Jeffery Rueben with the National Firefighters Public Servant Award during a ceremony at the base fire

  • Airman injured at Kandahar awarded Purple Heart

    In Kandahar, Afghanistan, where East meets West in a struggle to defeat the Taliban lies an air base that's home to 30,000 servicemembers tasked with the job to assist NATO and Afghan nationals in gaining and maintaining security.During 2011 alone, more than 400 U.S. servicemembers died and more

  • 62nd AMXS flying crew chiefs keep the mission moving

    You've been on the road for eight days of non-stop flying and the plane just broke down. Your crew is transporting wounded servicemembers from the war zone to receive medical treatment in a country nearby. Everyone is counting on you to fix the problem, your hands are shaking and you're