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  • NC Guard returns to wildfire missions in Idaho

    The North Carolina Air National Guard's 145th Airlift Wing will return to flying MAFFS Aug. 14, six weeks after four of the unit's Airmen were killed in a C-130 crash during a fire fighting mission in South Dakota."Charlotte's MAFFS 8 will replace MAFFS 9, from California, for three weeks while the

  • Emergency managers plan for worst, hope for best

    Bombs are exploding, chemical weapons have contaminated half the base, badly injured airmen are scattered everywhere, communication systems are down and there's a fire inside the wing headquarter building.This could very well be the scene during the 446th Airlift Wing's Operational Readiness

  • Mental health nurses help Airmen navigate life's rough patches

    For some airmen, finding a kind ear and expertise from someone in the mental health profession can mean the difference between life and death. Maj. Brian Cunningham, a 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron mental health nurse here, finds a sense of purpose by caring, listening and teaching mindfulness

  • Chaplain candidates experience Charleston's warmth, hospitality

    Twenty two second lieutenants sat comfortably in the spacious C-17 Globemaster as the jet's wheels touch the ground at Joint Base Charleston, Aug. 8, 2012.The young officers, the latest group of Air Force chaplain candidates, were about to start the last leg of their summer tour of Air Force bases

  • Reserve pilot reaches 4,000 hour mark in F-16

    An Air Force Reserve F-16 pilot here joined an elite group of aviators when he surpassed the 4,000 flying hour mark Aug. 8. Col. Kurt "Huevos" Gallegos, 301st Operations Group commander hit the milestone in a 457th Fighter Squadron "Spad," tail number 85-1484, the plane that bears his name. He

  • Defense Secretary visits Niagara Falls ARS

    Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta met with military and civilian personnel here August 9 to thank them for their service."My main purpose in being here is to first and foremost say thank you. Thank you for your service to our country," said Panetta. "It's a personal honor for me to be here, to

  • Command names Lt. Gen. James E. Sherrard III Award recipient

    The 507th Air Refueling Wing, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is the recipient of the Airlift/Tanker Associations' Lt. Gen. James E. Sherrard III Award for 2012.According to the A/TA website, the award "recognizes the Air Reserve outstanding Wing/Group contributing to the overall success of the

  • AFRC looks outside the fence to manage bases

    A new Air Force Reserve Command program has mission support group commanders thinking more like city and county managers.The MSG as City Managers Initiative began at a conference in June where more than 60 MSG commanders and deputy commanders from across the United States gathered to learn how they

  • Not Standing Idly By

    The thing that 1st Lt. Charles Ferree remembers most about Dachau was the stink."The smell burned my nostrils and permeated my pores," he said. Ferree, an Army Air Corps pilot with the 9th Air Force said the only way he could get rid of the smell was to burn his uniforms.In the Spring of 1945 Ferree