March 6, 2015 Airmen gain new perspectives at Marine Corps leadership school Four Airmen added a unique line to their military resumes by graduating from the Marine Staff NCO Advanced Course here, Feb. 26. Master Sergeants Rolando Barrera, Ryan Bloom, Cleveland Ford, and Chris Wild each gained valuable experiences and take-aways they hope to incorporate into their Air Force
March 6, 2015 Charleston reservist is 'Hometown Hero' Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Landis’ actions to help save a family from a house fire in St. Stephens, S.C., has earned him “Hometown” Hero” status. Landis' good deed happened during a commute home from a recent drill weekend. He saw flames licking through a garage door and initially thought someone lit a
March 5, 2015 'CHUMEX' churns-up teamwork, combat training The 482nd Fighter Wing's F-16s mingled with T-38 aggressors and F-22s during CHUMEX, a large force exercise here focused on teamwork and real-world combat scenarios."Our temporary duty assignment here has been a great training opportunity for everyone involved in the maintenance and fighter
March 5, 2015 New ISO stands provide better way to maintain C-130s Beginning this week, the 934th Maintenance Squadron has a newtool for maintaining the 934th Airlift Wing's fleet of eight C-130s. The newversion of the C-130 Isochronal Maintenance Stand system arrived here a coupleweeks ago and was first put into place around a 934th C-130 onMonday.ISO stands are
March 5, 2015 AF responds to National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force The Air Force responded to the National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force’s recommendations in a report to Congress March 4. Of the Commission’s 42 recommendations, Air Force officials disagreed with only one and are already in the process of implementing 25, as well as developing plans
March 4, 2015 Vietnam War veterans honored during ceremony at AF Memorial More than 100 service members, civilians and veterans braved the cold and icy weather to honor prisoners of war and those missing in action during the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War commemoration ceremony and wreath-laying March 2, at the Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Virginia.
March 3, 2015 Reservists pave way for launch of world's first all-electric satellites Reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing were on hand to oversee thesafe and successful launch of two next-generation satellites aboard a SpaceXFalcon 9 rocket at 10:50 p.m. March 1 from launch complex 40 at Cape CanaveralAir Force Station.Within an hour of launch, the rocket deployed theworld's first
March 3, 2015 Luke reservist receives F-35 firefighter training Local firedepartments gathered Thursday to receive training on F-35 crisis procedures incase of an emergency here and in the surrounding areas of Luke Air ForceBase.Sixteen local fire departments including Avondale, Buckeye, BuckeyeValley Fire District, Daisy Mountain, El Mirage, Glendale, Goodyear,
March 3, 2015 Charleston, Andrews team up for C-17 readiness, aerovac training Airlift and aeromedical crews from South Carolina and Maryland conducted mission readiness training here Feb. 20-22.Reservists from the 315th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, conducted C-17 mission readiness training and airlift support for aeromedical teams from the 459th Air
March 3, 2015 Niagara dentists provide care, comfort in Haiti A humanitarian trip to assist the less fortunate provided an opportunity to weave professional duties while enhancing a sense of self for two dentists here.Col. Victor D. Brown, 914th Aeromedical Staging Squadron commander and Maj. Stanley N. Michel, general dentist, 914th ASTS, traveled to the