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  • Maintainers design new frame for AFMOA vehicles

    The 436th and 512th Maintenance Squadrons’ Aircraft Metals Technology Shop has worked hand-in-hand with Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations to ensure the success of the dignified transfer mission by designing and fabricating a custom frame for AFMAO’s new transfer vehicles.

  • Airman LEAPS into translator role

    She grew up in Russia and moved to the United States when she was 16. Her mother was an English teacher; her grandmother was a German teacher, and her step-father was an American. She learned English at a young age and could speak it well, but she quickly realized there was a disconnect when

  • 9th ARS crew takes on unexpected tasks

    The day started like any other for Capt. Shane Ruether, 9th Air Refueling Squadron pilot, and his KC-10 Extender crew of two pilots, one boom operator and one flight engineer. The crew was fulfilling the role as an alternate, tasked to sit alert for a presidential support mission, and was prepared

  • 721st AMXS aids the mission in Kuwait

    One of the keys to mission success in the Air Force is readiness. Unfortunately, equipment or machinery don’t always make that easy. When an aircraft breaks down or malfunctions at a base or area that isn’t equipped to fix the problem, what can be done? Within the European, Central and African

  • 721st AMXS puts Ramstein in the sky

    The ground rumbles as a C-17 Globemaster III taxis to the runway, sending vibrations up the soles of the feet of those on the flightline. The roar of the 280,000 pound, four-engine aircraft reverberates throughout the base before it takes off. Defying gravity, it lifts into the air and slowly

  • Reservists rescue aircraft crash victim

    If not for the actions of two fast-thinking and well-trained Citizen Airmen, the last Saturday of summer may have ended in tragedy at Clear Lake, California.Capt. Jared Wahleithner and 1st Lt. Chris Dempsey were ferrying passengers to shore Sept. 17, during the annual Clear Lake Seaplane Splash In,

  • Sheet Metal and Corrosion Shop repairs JBC aircraft

    JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA -- Joint Base Charleston C-17 Globemaster IIIs travel around the world transporting cargo, people, munitions and humanitarian supplies. When they return, maintenance is required.The 437th Maintenance Squadron Sheet Metal and Corrosion Shop is responsible for

  • Former POWs, family of MIA speak at McConnell

    “I am an American, fighting in the forces which guard my country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense.”The Code of Conduct. Every Service member learns it, because after they raise their hand and take the oath, they assume the risk of becoming a prisoner of war or

  • Airmen support refugees within local community

    He left behind a wife and unborn daughter for the opportunity to live in America, with the dream of making a better life for his family.Airman 1st Class Messan Atayi, 22nd Logistics Readiness Squadron mobility Airman, was born and raised in the African country of Togo. He immigrated to the United