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FEATURES

  • Good Communication

    Air traffic controllers rely on extremely complex equipment to be able to communicate with aircraft pilots in order to safely fly and land the Air Force's multimillion dollar jets; the smallest error can threaten a mission or ground an entire air wing.Tasked with maintaining these systems is the job

  • Fixing for fuel: maintainers lay ground work for aerial refueling

    The KC-135 Stratotanker strategically delivers fuel to aircraft all over the world, but how is the Stratotanker able to consistently accomplish that mission?The Airmen in the 22nd Maintenance Squadron accessories flight aircraft fuels system repair section make sure it's good to go."My job here is

  • McConnell fit family 'takes on' challenge

    A McConnell family is the first here to compete in the 4th annual national Triple Play Fit Family Challenge.The competition challenges families across the U.S. to improve their mental, physical and spiritual health, and log their progress online at the end of each week."The Blairs have changed their

  • EC bids farewell to working dog course

    Nov. 14, 2013, marked the final farewell for the military working dog courses at the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center, as the school graduated eight students from the 14-1 course. The 18-day MWD Base Security Operations course and the longer 45-day MWD Area Security Operations course provided MWD

  • BASH: Keeping birds away from birds

    Team Dover has about $5.8 billion worth of C-17 Globemaster III and C-5M Super Galaxies, which deliver 25 percent of the Air Forces' global airlift mission.A single bird can cause damage to an aircraft and in a critical phase of flight such as take-off or landing, it can cause an aircraft to go

  • Winter Weather Advisory

    The phrase "winter weather advisory" can only mean one thing here in southwest Ohio. It means that things are about to get ugly: snow and ice, sleet, freezing rain, and those cold temperatures. One of the things I love about the area where I live is the change of the seasons. With each season, there

  • MacDill fabrication flight trims metal, cost

    At a time when Department of Defense budgets are under the microscope, each organization must come up with new and resourceful ways to continue the mission with limited manning and assets.For the members of the 6th Air Mobility Wing's fabrication flight, this new and resourceful mindset led to the

  • Child uses epilepsy to educate others

    "Hi, my name is Evelyn Hill. I am 7 years old and have epilepsy. I take special medicine to help me not have seizures anymore. Did you know that more than 50 million people in the world have epilepsy?"This was the beginning of a speech Evelyn gave over to all the students the intercom system at

  • NDI: "Cracking" down on mishaps

    When it comes to aircraft, the smallest crack on any part could jeopardize a mission, ground the fleet, or lead to something as catastrophic as a crash landing.Tasked with finding these blemishes are the nondestructive inspection Airmen of the 6th Maintenance Squadron, whose mission it is to make

  • Golden Bolt lifts FOD walks

    As big and hulking as Travis aircraft are, they are still vulnerable to damage. It's not just small arms fire and anti-aircraft weaponry that can cause harm, but something as simple as a rock being ingested into the engine intake.Fortunately, the Airmen at Travis conduct frequent foreign object