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  • Reserve launches new Wingman Toolkit website

    There's a new Air Force Reserve Wingman Toolkit website. The site has a new look and tools but the same mission as the old Wingman Project website: to provide Citizen Airmen and their families with everything they need to be resilient wingmen."The Wingman Toolkit is your training center for being a

  • U.S. Forest Service requests increase in MAFFS operations

    Increased fire activity in the Western United States has prompted the U.S. Forest Service to call two additional MAFFS-equipped C-130s to resume operations by Aug. 14. Those aircraft will come from the Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing, in Cheyenne, Wyo."This has been an interesting

  • Marilyn Monroe and the general

    Plastered across the pages of many magazines, blogs and newspapers last week were photos and stories about the untimely death of actress Marilyn Monroe 50 years ago. Some authors went beyond just simply discussing her beauty or sexual exploits and opined she was actually quite brilliant. Sources

  • Welsh 'humbled' to serve as Air Force chief of staff

    The Air Force chief of staff flag passed to the service's 20th chief in a ceremony here Aug. 10.Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, a 36-year Airman, stepped into the position, taking over for Gen. Norton Schwartz, who also retired from the Air Force during the ceremony."Mark is respected throughout the Air

  • 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