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  • 67 plus years of Airpower

    With Sept. 18 approaching, what does the U.S. Air Force want for its 67th birthday; new state-of-the-art fighter jets, more un-manned aerial vehicles, newly updated maintenance facilities or how about additional satellites to launch into space? The answer is none of the above. What the Air Force

  • Port dawgs help scout send aid overseas

    The 60th Aerial Port Squadron recently shipped approximately 5,000 pounds of donated humanitarian relief supplies to Afghanistan, as part of a Denton Program shipment.The Denton Program, as per Title 10, U.S.C. Section 402, objective is to put the empty space on U.S. military transport to good use

  • 621st MSAS advisers teach in Peru

    The 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron recently concluded its third mobile training team at the request of the Military Advisory and Assistance Group at the United States Embassy Peru. The partner nation focus was Peru's air force, surveillance and reconnaissance. The engagement, which began

  • Civilian leads CAF program

    In the hallway of the wing headquarters building there is an office with a small brown placard emblazoned with gold letters that reads Community Support Coordinator. It is an installation-level position created by the Air Force in the wake of the Fort Hood, Texas shooting incident in 2009.At Travis,

  • Loadmaster stays safe, saves lives

    Last December, Senior Airman Cody Nuñez, 21st Airlift Squadron, spent two weeks in Entebbe, Uganda, providing humanitarian care to the war-torn Central African Republic."We were there to support the Contingency Response Group by setting up security operations and providing resources such as power

  • A Hero's Tribute

    Looking around MacDill Air Force Base, Florida it is easy to find tribunes of fallen American heroes-- from Helton Hall, in honor of 1st Lt. Joseph Helton who was killed in action while deployed in Iraq to the Short Fitness Center named after Chief Master Sgt. Donald Short, popular for his

  • Airmen help with boy's 'off the wall' wish

    "You wanna be tough, better do what you can, so beat it," blared over the sound system Aug. 24 at the Tucker Farm Center in Calistoga, California, in preparation for a blast-from-the-past party for 4-year-old Marlon Valentine, Michael Jackson fanatic and Make-A-Wish recipient. Airmen from Travis Air

  • Airman sharpens leadership skills through speeches

    To his friends, he may seem a bit more charismatic lately. To his leadership, he appears to be a stronger communicator. For the Airmen he supervises, he became a better listener.For Staff Sgt. Ryan Lynn, 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron construction management NCO in charge, life is a continuous

  • Travis makes boy superhero for a day

    As he puts on the uniform resembling military desert camouflage, he is no longer a child. He is a superhero. His mission is to use his extremely advanced fighting skills developed over his 11 years on earth to defeat the bad guys and rescue the good guys. His superhero instincts lead him to the

  • Contracting NCO wins national leadership award

    An Airman assigned to 319th Contracting Flight here was awarded the 2014 Airlift/Tanker Association Young Leadership Award August 1.Tech. Sgt. Elizabeth Squires, 319th CONF contracting officer, said she is very humbled to receive the award, but she refused to take all of the credit for it."It really