Tag: air guard
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Air Force fighters won’t pull punches
The mock rescue of a plane seized by terrorists was the basis for a computer-based joint exercise by NORAD and the Russian Federation Air Force that ended Wednesday with representatives from both entities agreeing that it will serve as solid preparation for next year’s event. The annual event, part of the Vigilant Eagle exercise series,…
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Second chances
If you’re headed downrange or you are based in some other place where it is wicked hot, you will soon be able to buy the new lightweight airman battle uniform. The new uniform will be available in Army and Air Force Exchange Service military clothing stores on 16 bases by mid-June, and it will be…
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Panthers prowling for state title
The Peterson Air Force Base fire department is conducting fire training exercises from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Friday. Crews will be working at the base’s fire training center located on the west side of the installation near Airport Road and Powers Boulevard. This routine training is conducted periodically to ensure base emergency responders are…
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Still not enough
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas – High year of tenure changes announced in December (see story) will go into effect in September 2013, Air Force Personnel Center officials reminded affected Airmen today. Changes will affect senior airmen, staff sergeants and technical sergeants, said Lt. Col. Tara White, AFPC retirements and separations chief, who explained that high…
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Cup half full
JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C., Aug. 15, 2012 – Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Proffitt reacted quickly at the beach to save the life of a drowning little girl. It started out as a beautiful weekend summer day on the ocean at Sullivan’s Island, S.C. Desperate cries for help were echoing faintly over the rolling ocean…
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Title at stake for CC, Denver
The Peterson Air Force Base fire department will conduct fire training exercises from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at the base fire training center located on the west side of the installation near Airport Road and Powers Boulevard.This routine training is conducted periodically to ensure base emergency responders are prepared to handle a wide…
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Kadets move on after drawn-out win
Small details become exaggerated when the dust from an insurgent’s bomb settles.Fine chemical compounds left behind near the blast zone — as tiny as the dust from a package of TNT, sometimes invisible to the naked eye — could unlock clues about the explosives used in the blast and who detonated it.Such investigations depend on…
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High-flying hopes
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 13, 2012 – More forest fires in the western United States have prompted the U.S. Forest Service to call in two additional C-130s equipped with the Mobile Airborne Fire Fighting System, or MAFFS. Those aircraft, expected to be operating by tomorrow, will come from the Wyoming Air National Guard’s 153rd Airlift Wing…
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East has an Answer
JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md., Aug. 10, 2012 – The Defense Department bid farewell to one of its service chiefs today as Air Force Gen. Norton A. Schwartz was honored for 39 years of service during a retirement ceremony here which also welcomed his successor. “It is a real honor and a pleasure to be able…
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Still sensational
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany, Aug. 10, 2012 – An airman with the 86th Airlift Wing Judge Advocate office here has realized his dream of being a pilot, at least for one exciting mission over Germany. Airman 1st Class Nicholas Fennen, a discharge paralegal, was selected to participate in the Ramstein Daedalians Aviation Incentive Flight program,…