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  • Small unit, big impact

    A requirement to train more than 2,000 Liberty Wing aircraft maintainers is a dynamic task for a large shop. At least that's what most would think. Instead, the 372nd Training Squadron, with less than 20 personnel, undertakes this duty."Not many people outside of the maintenance community know who

  • Airmen keep watchful eye from tower

    It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman! No, scratch that. It was just a plane - a plane being directed by 39th Operations Squadron Airmen in the tower. In a position where multitasking is implemental to their mission, air traffic controllers work 24 hours a day ensuring approximately 25,000

  • One last hug: James Pinkerton's final mission

    Grasping a fist full of pound sterling, 87-year-old James Pinkerton hailed a taxi outside London Heathrow Airport, insisting the driver bring him directly to the Cambridge American Cemetery by the quickest and most-direct route.It had been more than 50 years since Pinkerton, a Purple-Heart veteran,

  • 90th EARS is force multiplier

    By definition, a force multiplier is a capability that, when added to and employed by a combat force, significantly increases the combat potential of that force and thus enhances the probability of successful mission accomplishment. That is exactly what the 90th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron

  • Air Force life motivates Airman after devastating incident

    Airmen may think they have an issue with the Air Force fitness test, especially during a profile after an injury, but Master Sgt. Monica Strong, 65th Logistics Readiness Squadron's quality assurance superintendent, has overcome her challenges.Strong recently finished sixth in her age group in a

  • Unit relays cargo across globe

    The 728th Air Mobility Squadron is at the frontline of efforts to deliver lifesaving cargo to several key locations across Eastern Europe, Southwest and Central Asia, and Northern Africa.The 728th AMS is a tenant unit to the 39th Air Base Wing and is comprised of about 300 permanent-party Airmen,

  • Making friends 235 years later

    Much has changed in the 235 years since the Declaration of Independence was signed.Back then, the newly declared United States of America didn't want anything to do with the United Kingdom.Today, however, Americans and British have a unique friendship, one so strong that the two communities can come

  • Transportation support keeps Allied Strike 2011 rolling

    Getting people where they need to go is no easy task when it involves nearly 350 U.S. and NATO servicemembers coming and going all day long. That is the challenge transportation personnel are tackling at Allied Strike 2011, Europe's premier Close Air Support exercise.Each day of the exercise has

  • Combat Communications Airmen bring unique skills to Allied Strike 2011

    Eleven Airmen from the 1st Combat Communications Squadron at Ramstein Air Base, Germany have been critical to the success of Allied Strike 2011, the largest Close Air Support exercise in Europe. "We have the capability to bring large-scale communications packages to support command and control for

  • Allied Strike 2011 mayor cell: A big task, but rewarding

    Feeding, billeting and taking care of the logistical needs of nearly 350 U.S. and NATO military personnel from 14 countries is a daunting task. This is the responsibility of the five-person mayor cell here at Europe's premier Close Air Support exercise, Allied Strike 2011. The mayor cell team, from