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  • Bagram aerial porters: 'They like to move it, move it'

    Moving 1,300 passengers and 600 tons of cargo in a day might sound like a monumental achievement to some, but for one of busiest aerial port units in the Department of Defense, that's just an average day's work.The 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron's mission is moving passengers and cargo all

  • Team at Southwest Asia base fuels freedom at record pace in July

    It's said records are made to be broken. The 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, 379th Aircraft Maintenance Unit and 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron went one better July 31 and shattered their previous monthly sortie record by 55 at an undisclosed base here.The team launched

  • Aerial porters at Afghan airfield overcome challenges to keep mission going

    With the busiest single runway in the world, it's easy to imagine the difficulties of launching and recovering aircraft. But for some, their main concern is the aircraft's cargo which comes with complications of its own."We're responsible for everything on the aircraft ... from the pallets to the

  • Comprehensive Airman Fitness: British soccer coaches teach Fairchild youth

    An international influence in the "world's most popular game" came to town when Fairchild AFB's youth programs hosted a British soccer camp for base youth Aug. 8 to 12. This was the fourth year the base has offered the camp for Fairchild youth during summer months. Challenger Sports, a United

  • Aeromedical evacuation 'brings them back'

    The patient waiting room is dark, constantly hums with engine noise and often smells of hydraulic fluid. But, for the passengers aboard this 'mission of mercy,' there are dedicated professionals whose job it is to make the several-hour long flight as safe and comfortable as possible. Capt. Christy

  • Committed to caring in CAF: Physical fitness key component to resiliency

    The late Jack LaLanne said on a blog on his Web site, "Anything in life is possible, if you make it happen." The American fitness icon for more than six decades died in January at the age of 96, yet his legacy still fits with Air Mobility Command's Comprehensive Airman Fitness culture.In the four

  • Mobility Airman profile: KC-10 flight engineer achieves 300 combat sorties

    To Tech. Sgt. Brian Bialobreski, a KC-10 Extender flight engineer deployed in Southwest Asia, who has served for more than 20 years; deployed 18 times; has more than 2,500 combat flying hours and has just flown his 300th combat sortie, his accomplishments seem ordinary."This is what the government

  • Officials offer tips for moving during peak season

    The U.S. military is expected to facilitate nearly 50,000 permanent station changes during this year's peak moving season. Several factors may be causing moving delays this year, such as a shortage of private sector drivers as well as an increase in private sector moves and recent relocations due to

  • Medal of Honor recipient makes sergeant's re-enlistment memorable

    Not many Airmen, especially those who have had several, can look back and say that their re-enlistment was an event they'll remember for the rest of their life.This is not the case for one master sergeant because for her re-enlistment, retired Col. Joe Jackson, Medal of Honor recipient, administered