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FEATURES

  • Little Rock weather flight forecasts mission success

    LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. -- Dark clouds hover over the 19th Airlift Wing Base Operationsbuilding as if signaling the imminent arrival of bad weather. A storm system highlighted with bright green, red and yellowlight up a radar monitor conveying an ominous message for the 19th

  • McConnell Airmen provide quality water for base

    The base water supply is something that most people don’t consider on a daily basis, but for some Airmen, their everyday operations revolve around it− specifically those in 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron Water and Fuels Systems Maintenance, and some in the 22nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron

  • Fighting to keep fit

    TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The traditional means for staying fit-to-fight typically requires a balance of running, weight training and a proper diet. For one Airman, stepping in the ring is his approach. Capt. Eduardo Torrez, an emergency room staff nurse with the 60th Medical Operations

  • Paving the way for the modern woman

    TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The year was 1985. With a job post stating “women applicants only” and “no experience needed.” She knew this was her opportunity for change. The allure of the $3-an-hour increase to her typist wage propelled her to apply. The interviewer asked applicants to lift the

  • JBMDL KC-10 refuels Whiteman B-2 Spirit

    JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J.  -- A KC-10 Extender from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., refuels a B-2 Spirit from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, March 6. Tankers are critical to U.S. Strategic Command, and Air Mobility Command is the only Air Force command with trained Airmen

  • Leadership development program broadens perspectives, management skills

    Air Mobility Command’s Civilian Leadership Development Program is one of the unique opportunities the command offers civilian personnel on the headquarters staff interested in enhancing their professional competencies.Open to civilians in the paygrades of GS-11, GS-12 and GS -13, AMC’s Manpower and

  • Airmen, Sailors enable Navy mission at Travis

    Nestled in the rolling green hills of Northern California is Travis Air Force Base, located about halfway between San Francisco and Sacramento. While golden sun rays dance across the flightline, warming Air Force cargo planes, men and women from all services work tirelessly around the installation.

  • Little Rock dirt boyz repair roads

    LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark.  -- Smoke rises from freshly placed asphalt on a newly pavedroad. A large construction vehicle cloaked in black soot sits at the end of theroad signifying the job is almost done. The air is dominated by the smell ofhot tar as Airmen from the 19th Civil Engineer

  • Love for flying kept last KC-135 flight engineer flying for decades

    EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- After a career that has spanned almost four decades, the last Air Force flight engineer for the KC-135 Stratotanker is set to retire at Edwards.Master Sgt. Robert Self joined the U.S. Marine Corps in November 1978 and will wrap up his military career next month as a