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  • Fairchild receives new transfer fuel line

    Project and construction managers here, along with Garco Construction, are in the process of finishing up a construction project which was awarded in June 2010 and began in August that year. The construction team has installed a new fuel transfer line that runs from off-base stretching nearly across

  • 1855: A special "tale"

    Chief Master Sgt. Mark Marson, 314th Airlift Wing command chief, wrote in permanent marker, "she is an Airman," on the 47-year-old skin of aircraft C-130E 62-1855 at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group here. The Vietnam-Era C-130E was delivered to AMARG, commonly known as the

  • Air Mobility Command’s response saves lives

    In wars, natural disasters and humanitarian emergencies, the Air Mobility Command's real-time global response capability saves lives and brings people home, Air Force Gen. Raymond E. Johns Jr. said Sept. 23.Johns, who commands AMC based at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., spoke to reporters here at a

  • C-130Js improve Bagram's airlift, airdrop capabilities

    The 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron recently filled its ranks with C-130J Hercules aircraft and aircrews as two new units ripped in to comprise the squadron. Almost two dozen C-130Js and a full complement of aircrew and maintenance personnel split between California Air National Guard's146th

  • Travis Airmen run in Air Force Marathon

    Travis Airmen displayed their dedication to physical fitness Saturday at the 2011 U.S. Air Force Marathon. A total of 22 competitors from Travis ran in the various events.Capt. Charles Dehn, 6th Air Refueling Squadron , ran the full marathon and finished 26th overall with a time of 3:00:04. While

  • McConnell AFB members compete in Air Force Marathon

    Twenty-six Team McConnell members competed at the 15th annual Air Force Marathon on Sept. 17, 2011, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. McConnell's participants were up against more than 13,000 runners from all 50 states and 12 countries participating in the 10-kilometer run, half-marathon or

  • Fairchild units 'team' to conduct first-ever KC-135 OSC exercise

    Earlier in 2011, a military aircraft went down in Afghanistan and the aircrew evaded through enemy terrain. A Fairchild KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft was nearby conducting operations and was the first to receive communications from the downed survivors. Once they positively authenticated the

  • Grand Forks firefighters help fight blaze

    Emergency responders from Grand Forks Air Force Base helped battle a massive fire that destroyed a grain elevator in the nearby town of Forest River on Tuesday night, according to base officials.The base deployed a command-and-control package consisting of a 5,000-gallon water tender, crash truck

  • Joint Base MDL pays tribute to 9/11

    Army Support Activity-Dix here hosted a memorial ceremony Sept. 9 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Centers, the Pentagon and the lives lost on Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2001. More than 125 people filed into the Soldier's Chapel here to pay their respects to those