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  • Fairchild Airman receives Bronze Star

    A Fairchild physician was awarded the Bronze Star Medal here recently for her service during Operation Enduring Freedom at Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul from June 2011 to March 2012.When asked about her medal, Capt. (Dr.) Leslee Kane, a Bozeman, Mont., native humbly said, "I was just doing my

  • Inaugural Cardboard Boat Regatta sets sail

    Some set sail, some sank and some did a little bit of both. All, however, had a good time. Joint Base McGuire-Dx-Lakehurst community members came together to test their boat-crafting skills at the inaugural Cardboard Boat Regatta July 14 at Willow Pond. "I've wanted to do an event like this since I

  • Wounded warrior recieves multiple awards

    Master Sgt. James Davis, currently being treated at David Grant USAF Medical Center for combat injuries, received the Jolly Green Association Rescue of the Year and Breeze Eastern Flight Engineer of the Year awards July 17 during a 60th Air Mobility Wing commander's call at the theater at Travis Air

  • Little Rock gets electronic flight bags, saves paper, money

    Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., received 721 iPads to be used as electronic flight bags for its C-130 aircrews July 2, 2012, as part of Air Mobility Command's effort to reduce paper waste and costs by replacing flight bags and the loads of paperwork they hold with the electronic tablets.This marks

  • Charleston Airman lives to tell of war: earns two medals

    Staff Sgt. Douglas Ryan, 628th Explosive Ordnance Disposal noncommissioned officer in charge of training, stands at attention in front of the entire 628th Civil Engineer Squadron, his wife and a major general, about to have a Bronze Star and Air Force Combat Action Medal pinned to his chest, June 27

  • Service before self lives on in spirit

    When Senior Airman Elizabeth Loncki deployed to Iraq in 2006, the 23-year-old explosive ordinance disposal technician dyed her hair a conservative brown "to make sure the males did not pay too much attention to the new, blonde Airman." Her reputation, she decided, was not going to center around her

  • Could you be the next AMC Icon

    Air Mobility Command is searching for the next AMC Icon. The AMC Icon program is loosely based around the hit TV program, American Idol.All AMC installations will conduct base level talent shows, around during July and August. Local contestants compete for $1000 in cash prizes. The top finishing Air

  • 22nd CES spouse wins Joan Orr Air Force Award

    By reaching out to others and volunteering countless hours in support of many 22nd Air Refueling Wing and community organizations, one McConnell spouse has earned Air Force-wide recognition. Amanda Chastain, 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron spouse, has been named the 2011 Joan Orr Air Force Spouse of

  • Nearly 1,000 bikers show support at Armed Forces Freedom Ride

    The sixth annual Armed Forces Freedom Ride rolled through base May 20 providing nearly 1,000 motorcyclists an unmatched tour of the installation.The one-hour bike ride, held a day after Armed Forces Day, started at Barb's Harley Davidson in Mt. Ephraim, N.J., and travelled nearly 40 miles to Joint

  • Team Scott salutes local veterans on Honor Flight

    After waking up to catch an early flight, 26 World War II veterans stepped off a bus and approached the long, awaited sight. Some smiled and for many tears began to fall down their wrinkled, aged faces as they saw the tall, pale granite walls of the WWII memorial for the first time. On May 21,