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  • Airmen provide airborne medical care

    Seats and stanchions line the inside of the cargo area as chilly morning air fills the aircraft. Aeromedical evacuation technicians move back and forth preparing the aircraft for patients by bringing in medical equipment, putting supplies in their proper place and making sure everything they will

  • Busy Incirlik mobility control center draws AMC recognition

    It's just another day at the office for the men and women of the 728th Air Mobility Control Center.Phones ring constantly, a stream of issues need addressing, a plane is landing and another one is ready to taxi. It is orchestrated chaos. "We are the premier cargo hub in this area of responsibility,"

  • MWD handler investigates possible 22,000 gallon bomb

    Staff Sgt. Joseph Null, 42nd Military Police Brigade military working dog handler, and his working dog, Lucca, were trained to sniff out explosives before they deployed. When the possible bomb could be a 22,000 gallon fuel bomb on the side of an Iraqi road, however, things get a little more

  • "Not your Air Force sort of girl" a Women's History Month perspective

    It is the middle of basic training. One female trainee is there; proud of the fact she is wearing Air Force blue for the first time. Sitting there, she listens to the instructors speak about military bearing and the importance of keeping it all times. Suddenly, the lights go out and darkness engulfs

  • Mentoring -- It starts with you

    "If you don't care about your people, you're failing them and you don't belong in the Air Force." For Master Sgt. Andrew Henne, 31st Force Support Squadron first sergeant and a 14-year veteran firefighter, mentorship is that cut and dry - you have to care about the people you work with. Close to 100

  • OPSEC not a concept to be tossed out

    In today's high-tech world, threats to personal identity have become common, and defense measures are constantly evolving to counter them. Despite the availability of sophisticated security programs both on- and off-line, some precautions are as simple as watching what is thrown out in the trash.

  • Long Walks on the "Fence"

    48th Civil Engineer Squadron, explosive ordnance disposal team marched seven miles around the RAF Lakenheath perimeter and searched for three simulated enemy weapons caches. EOD Airmen march around the base perimeter twice a month as part of a ground assault exercise, and their physical training

  • Climbing to new heights at the KMCC

    435 SVS Outdoor Recreation staff member, Gerald Leake, becomes acquainted with the indoor climbing wall at the Kaiserslautern Military Community Center recently at Ramstein Air Base. The climbing wall, located in Outdoor Recreation, is scheduled to open this spring.

  • 48th Security Forces Airmen train for the worst

    Airmen from the 48th Security Forces Squadron searched room-to-room during a training exercise March 4, 2009 at RAF Feltwell, England. The Airmen participated in an "Active Shooter" scenario which teaches security forces Airmen how to handle a school shooting. The training included a critique on how