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  • Cryogenics Airmen ensure quality O2

    Every 90 days, petroleum, oil and lubricants Airmen inspect liquid oxygen tank locks for leaks and tests the oxygen's purity. Liquid oxygen is necessary for pilots while flying at high altitudes. To handle the -238 degree liquid oxygen, Airmen must wear proper personal-protection equipment, which

  • 100th LRS roll out new DUI prevention application

    The issue of preventing drunk driving incidents is ongoing for all commanders and their units. The Air Force can't afford a single loss of an Airman or their family members through a DUI.The 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron leadership aim to ensure their members are practicing prevention of any

  • US begins Icelandic Air Surveillance and Policing 2015

    The 871st Air Expeditionary Squadron began the Icelandic Air Surveillance and Policing mission Friday, April 17 at Keflavik International Airport, Iceland.Part of an ongoing NATO commitment in the region, IAS is a recurring mission designed to help keep Icelandic airspace safe and secure.Since 2008,

  • Senior NCO's professionalism earns two medals

    A senior master sergeant from the 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron received two medals during a presentation ceremony before the 52nd Mission Support Group commander's call April 16 at the Skelton Memorial Fitness Center here.U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Christopher Collins, 52nd CES facilities

  • Fire station becomes second home, family

    Firefighters of the 48th Civil Engineer Squadron perform 24-hour shifts at the fire station every other day.As a result, the fire station becomes more than a workplace. It can be a second home, and everyone in it becomes a family."Because of the inherent dangers in our job, we form a brotherhood

  • 606th ACS returns home from deployment

    Family members, coworkers and loved ones welcomed home more than 80 U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 606th Air Control Squadron who just returned from deployment April 17, 2015, at their squadron.The squadron served in Southwest Asia in support of Operations Enduring Freedom, Inherent Resolve,

  • Romania, US reaffirm commitment to European security

    Leadership from the Romanian Ministry of National Defense and the U.S. Air Force's 3rd Air Force conducted a visit of Romanian and U.S. Air Forces executing a bilateral training deployment at Campia Turzii, Romania, April 16. Mircea Dusa, Romanian Minister of National Defense, U.S. Air Force Lt.