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Dec. 23, 2010
Mobility Airman profile: Minnesota Air Guard NCO serves as deployed chaplain assistant in Kyrgyzstan

Supporting the spiritual needs of deployed service members is just the tip of the iceberg for Tech. Sgt. Karly Vogel. As a chaplain assistant with the 376th Air Expeditionary Wing at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, is an important member of her deployed base's community."I support the
Dec. 22, 2010
Mobility Airman profile: Joint Base Andrews Airman keeps supplies ready to aid wounded warriors at Iraq base

At the Air Force Theater Hospital at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, there are doctors, nurses and other medical staff who need medical supplies available to them on a daily basis to care for patients who include wounded warriors. One of the Airmen making sure those supplies are ready every day is Senior
Dec. 21, 2010
Joint Base Lewis-McChord aerial porters keep mission moving

Commonly referred to as "Military FedEx," the 62nd Aerial Port Squadron's mission here is to take people and cargo to the fight. "Our mission is to move passengers and cargo where it needs to go," said Tech. Sgt. Charles Branum, 62nd APS shift supervisor and an air transportation craftsman. "We
Dec. 21, 2010
C-130 Hercules: Air Force's 'old reliable' airlifter still on the front lines

Pick any day for airlift operations in Afghanistan and there's a high probability you'll see a C-130 Hercules taking off from a forward operating base filled up with cargo and troops. You might also see a C-130 cruising between Afghan mountain peaks on an airdrop mission directly supplying the
Dec. 17, 2010
Mobility Airman profile: Scott NCO supports mail operations for Afghanistan base

For deployed Airmen, getting mail from home can seem like a "holiday" every day. For the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Staff Sgt. Oluwasegu Odusanya is one of five Airmen who helps get the mail to the thousands of Airmen at Bagram.Sergeant Odusanya, who is deployed
Dec. 16, 2010
Mobility Airman profile: Travis captain pilots KC-10 for combat air refueling missions over Afghanistan

The KC-10 Extender has a maximum take-off weight of 590,000 pounds. Most of that weight is fuel is stored in the plane's six fuel tanks that can hold more than 356,000 pounds of jet fuel. Getting that fully-loaded Extender into the air takes the skill of the entire aircrew -- pilot, co-pilot, flight
Dec. 15, 2010
McConnell NCO gains, maintains physical health

By budgeting her time and effort, one financial analyst rose to the fitness challenge and finished with an excellent on her recent test in December 2010. Two months before her June 2010 physical training test, Staff Sgt. Sara Margaret Luna, 22nd Comptroller Squadron, did not feel she was at the peak
Dec. 15, 2010
Photo essay: McConnell K-9s take a bite out of crime

The 22nd Security Forces Squadron Military Working Dog section supports McConnell by giving the 22nd SFS the capability to enforce military laws and regulations, suppress the use of illegal drugs, detect explosives and protect installations and resources during peacetime, war and in support of
Dec. 15, 2010
Five-year-old boy joins operations unit at McConnell

While most children are preoccupied with what presents Santa will bring, 5-year-old Joey Bacon, is wondering if he'll have to seek treatment during the holidays.Recently diagnosed with Leukemia, the Wichita, Kan., native was selected by the 22nd Operations Support Squadron to participate in their
Dec. 13, 2010
Mobility Airman profile: Joint Base Lewis-McChord Airman supports C-17 combat airlift in Southwest Asia; helps deliver first tanks to Afghanistan

From a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia thousands of miles away from his home base, Airman 1st Class David Schmitz is using his expertise as a C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster to get beans, bullets -- and even M1A1 Abrams tanks -- to warfighters on the front lines.Deployed from the 4th Airlift

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