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FEATURES

  • QA Honor Roll: setting the standard in maintenance

    One of the most demanding career fields in the Air Force is Aerospace Maintenance, where Airmen often find themselves enduring long hours while being exposed to the elements. However, to these Airmen the conditions are outweighed by the daily responsibility of ensuring the safety of their fellow

  • Peruvian exchange program builds human capital

    Little Rock Air Force Base is no stranger to international training. Little Rock Airmen have trained military members from six different continents. However, one training program exists that sets itself apart from the rest.Capt. Javier Camacho, a Peruvian Air Force logistics officer, has been

  • Tanker Tracker: a year in the life of 58-0011; Tanker Teamwork

    (Editor's note: This is the first part of a series looking back on the history of the KC-135 Stratotanker and, leading up to the 60th anniversary in August 2016.)Two-hundred eighteen flying hours, 24 sorties and more than 400,000 pounds of fuel offloaded to 20 receiving aircraft.Those are the

  • Small team keeps large mission up and running

    A key part of the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing's mission is providing extraordinary Role 3 medical care here on the combat frontier.But before a medical technician can take a patient's vital signs or a surgeon can operate, they must first have a facility and medical equipment that is ready to

  • Crew Chief University: Enhancing aircraft maintenance capabilities

    The Air Force is continually searching for and discovering innovative ways to enhance the capabilities of its personnel. At MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, in particular, a course known as the Crew Chief University has been developed to help aircraft maintainers better understand their mission,

  • Airman gets pay then gives it away

    Tech. Sgt. Noel Hatchel is so passionate about basketball that any reward beyond giving back to others is unnecessary.The 92nd Logistics Readiness Squadron training and validation office NCO in charge, has been a volunteer coach for as long as he can remember, and recently received a reward he was

  • Team Dover Airman competes on AF National Pistol Team

    As a child, Tucker Sears grew up in Graham, Texas, with his three older brothers learning how to shoot BB guns and eventually moving up to .22-caliber rifles.This love of guns led to plenty of hunting trips with his brothers and grandfather.  But when Sears was 12 his oldest brother, Terrence Sears,

  • 60 YEARS IN THE AIR: the KC-135 in the Cold War

    (Editor's note: This is the first part of a series looking back on the history of the KC-135 Stratotanker and, leading up to the 60th anniversary in August 2016.)The crew of a KC-135 Stratotanker received orders for a short mission during the rising tension between the Soviet Union and the United

  • C-130J pilots take care of the mission one flight at a time

    C-130J Super Hercules pilots are a proven, important asset to the Bagram mission. Whether it's supporting medical evacuation missions or transporting mission essential assets and passengers, the pilots impact daily missions in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel.Capts. Boston McClain III and

  • MacDill Airman wins A/TA Young Leader award

    Each year the Airlift/Tanker Association recognizes 12 individuals Air Force-wide who stood out from their peers, demonstrated superior leadership and made outstanding contributions to the mission within the airlift/tanker community -- This year, one of MacDill's very own aviation resource