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  • Airfield management Airman supports combat sorties

    A team of Airmen at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, is responsible for inspecting almost 50 million square feet of pavement every day, as they support operations at the largest airfield in the U.S. Air Forces Central Command.The team, the 379th Expeditionary Operations Squadron Airfield Management

  • Staff Sergeant LEAPs on opportunity to use native tongue

    Born and raised in Nizhnekamsk, Russia, Anastasia traveled to the States as a young adult with the intention of only staying a year to improve her English, However, one year quickly turned into two, and before she knew it, she enlisted into the U.S. Air Force."I've always wanted to use my ability to

  • A tale of two towers

    It seems counterintuitive for Air Force air traffic controllers to not have full jurisdiction of the airspace surrounding an Air Force base, but for Fairchild, that's exactly the case.The Spokane International Airport, or GEG, controls all of the airspace surrounding Fairchild, and it takes both

  • Putting the Pegasus through its paces

    As the Air Force gets ready for the arrival of its newest aerial refueling and strategic military transport aircraft, a diverse group of Airmen is working hard to make sure the KC-46A Pegasus is ready to meet the service's needs. Lt. Col. John Mikal is one of them.Mikal, a reservist KC-135

  • Airmen share personal stories of resiliency

    Military members must be flexible and adaptable to successfully face the daily challenges and rigors of military life.They also need to be spiritually, mentally, and physically fit as well. However, that is not always an easy thing to do.The Scott NCO Council hosted a "Storytellers" event to provide

  • HQ AMC prepares for tomorrow by improving mission support today

    Every 2.8 minutes, one Air Mobility Command aircraft takes off. That equates to more than 500 mobility aircraft launches from locations around the globe every single day.That ability to rapidly respond and span the globe is what keeps AMC in demand as a full-spectrum force, and none of that would be

  • Total Force aircraft maintainers join forces during Red Flag

    Technical orders guide KC-135 Stratotanker maintainers while repairing aircraft, but those TOs don't tell them how to work with Airmen from other bases while on temporary duty.This tasking of working together was put to the test when active duty, Guard and Reserve crews from Fairchild Air Force

  • Next Generation DNA Sequencing

    When American biologist James Watson and English physicist Francis Crick first discovered the double helix in 1953, they could not have imagined the huge strides DNA technology would take in just a few short years.From the 1977 development of the Sanger Sequencing technique by Frederick Sanger to

  • McConnell contracting connects women with success worldwide

    When contracting Airmen deploy, one of their responsibilities is to visit the local community, find people on the side of the road and inspire them to sell goods and start a business.Once they've sparked an interest, they provide these individuals with resources and advice to build their business.

  • McConnell Airman loses 100 pounds to join Air Force

    An Airman in the 22nd Logistics Readiness Squadron had to make a major life change before joining the Air Force.Airman 1st Class Dan Chevrette, 22nd LRS heavy equipment mechanic, dropped approximately 100 pounds in order to enlist in the Air Force."Being in the Air Force was something I've always