Pope Field getting 'green' control tower

Construction crews on are busy putting finishing touches on the new $8 million air traffic control tower overlooking the flightline here. "The new 135-foot 11-story structure brings a host of capabilities to Fort Bragg that the long-standing 1970s-era tower had grown too outmoded to provide," said

Hawaiian communities welcome Tropicare 13

"My sons have not seen a doctor in a long time. I just want to know if I can bring them here." The lady on the other side of the fence seemed to be talking to no one in particular. Without making eye contact, she continued, "And my husband, he's in such pain with two bad teeth. I just want to know,

Command group for national airborne fire fighting system activates

The national command headquarters for military air tanker aircraft assigned to fight wild land forest fires activated at the National Interagency Fire Center here June 13."Our first priority is protecting the lives and property of Americans threatened by wild land forest fires," said Air Force Col.

Wright-Patt C-17 delivers half million meals to Haiti

Comptroller offers glimpse of post-sequester options

The budget storms assailing the Pentagon are unprecedented, the Defense Department's chief financial officer said in Washington June 13."I've never seen anything like this," Pentagon Comptroller Robert F. Hale told an audience attending the 2013 Defense Communities National Summit, "and I hope we

Refueling the BUFF

A B-52 Stratofortress from the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base, S.D., receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., during an air refueling training mission, June 14, 2013.  The KC-135 aircrew was made up of Air Force Reservists from the 18th Air Refueling

Dover fuels shop hauls in command award

The 512th Airlift Wing's flying squadrons may represent the Team Dover mission in the air, but they rely on ground forces to get them there. One group of Airmen, the fuels management flight in the 512th Logistics Readiness Squadron, did their job so well that they won Air Force Reserve Command's

In the fight

Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, or "MAFFS"-equipped C-130s from the Air Force Reserve's 302nd Airlift Wing performed additional fire retardant drops June 13 on the Black Forest fire in northern El Paso County, Colo. To learn more about the MAFFS mission, click here.

Reserve CES repairs World War II era airfield

More than 50 Reservists from the 477th Civil Engineer Squadron completed repair work on a World War II era airfield during their annual tour May 27 - June 8. Fletcher Field in Clarksdale, Miss. was opened July 5, 1942. It was used by the United States Army Air Forces as a contract basic flying

AF Reserve announces mobilization assistant moves

Lt. Gen. James F. Jackson, chief of Air Force Reserve, announced the following mobilization assistant changes June 13. Brig. Gen. James F. Mackey, from mobilization assistant to the Director of Operations, Plans and Policy, Pacific Air Forces, Joint Base Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to reserve deputy