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March 24, 2011
Mobility Airman profile: AMC aerial porter at Yokota supports Operation Tomodachi

On March 20, Airman 1st Class Hayden Boeglin of the 730th Air Mobility Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan, spent a good part of his day loading humanitarian supplies and cargo on to a C-17 Globemaster III.As an air transportation journeyman, or aerial porter, Airman Boeglin was working as part of a
March 24, 2011
Mobility Airman profile: Warrior of the North controls the sky over southern Iraq

From arctic temperatures to scorching hot desert, an air traffic controller from Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., has seen drastic changes during his first deployment.Senior Airman Allen Jones is deployed to the 407th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron and helps maintain the airspace above
March 24, 2011
Airman falls to rise as fitness success

The strict environment of basic military training produces Airmen at a peak of their fitness, but maintaining it for one McConnell Airmen was a challenge and a way to success. In 2007, Staff Sgt. Kathryn Trinidad, 22nd Operation Group analyst, arrived at McConnell AFB in "the best shape of her
March 23, 2011
Mobility Airman profile: C-17 Globemaster III pilot flies humanitarian missions for Operation Tomodachi

The C-17 Globemaster III is the Air Force's newest and biggest heavy airlifter and is among those in highest demand for operations around the globe. It's no different for Operation Tomodachi in Japan and Capt. Allen "Charles" Morris, a C-17 pilot, is right in middle of that airlift effort.Captain
March 23, 2011
Mobility Airman profile: Scott chaplain keeps spirits high in Afghanistan

Members of the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron have a high-stress job defending the base. Chaplain (Capt.) Michael Carey is deployed here to ease some of the stress and meet the spiritual needs of the 455th ESFS members. "They belong to me spiritually," said Chaplain Carey, who is
March 22, 2011
Mobility Airman profile: C-17 loadmaster in heart of support for Operation Tomodachi

He's been busy flying on whatever missions he's been tasked to support for him, his fellow aircrew and their deployed C-17 Globemaster III while in Japan. Master Sgt. Stephen Mallory's role, along with his fellow aircrew members, is to provide humanitarian airlift support for Operation Tomodachi
March 22, 2011
Comprehensive Airman Fitness: McConnell AFB members 'reach out' through physical fitness, continue CAF culture building

Ten seconds left. Five seconds, push, push," said the fitness assessment cell member with a booming voice.Adrenaline pumping, Airmen regularly push a little harder to get those last few points of their Air Force fitness test as the time winds down. In this case, however, the fitness assessment cell
March 17, 2011
Mobility Airman profile: Fairchild NCO supports KC-135 maintenance ops in Kyrgyzstan

The work of a crew chief "is never done" if you ask nearly any aircraft maintenance Airman who has served as one. With the KC-135R Stratotanker, it possibly requires even more diligence by the crew chief to orchestrate its readiness since it's an airframe more than 50 years old.For Staff Sgt.
March 16, 2011
Being safe: Remember rules regarding cell phone use on bases

One ring! That's all it takes for a driver to take their eyes off the road and onto a cell phone screen to read, "Where r u?"Then comes their much-needed reply and a hand comes off the wheel to respond with a quick, "I'll b rt there."Typing messages like this causes drivers to take their eyes off
March 16, 2011
Bullets to beans: Reserve NCO says he has 'best job in the Air Force' as C-17 loadmaster

An Air Reserve Technician from the 729th Airlift Squadron at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., says he has the "best job in the Air Force" that an enlisted person can have. Tech. Sgt. Dennis Cardova is a C-17 loadmaster. "I am an enabler," said the Whittier, Calif., native. "I move cargo forward so

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