Flying with the Pave Hawks

Updating education just clicks away for civilians

Air Force civilian employees who wish to update education information in their civilian personnel records have a new, easier way to do so: through the "MyBiz" Web site. MyBiz is the self-service module in the Defense Civilian Personnel Data System. Instead of faxing their transcripts and waiting for

Travis, California firefighters extinguish blaze

Travis Air Force Base emergency responders and members from several fire departments from the local area battled through the night and into the morning to prevent an eight-alarm blaze from potentially spreading through base housing Aug 16. The fire initially started off base at approximately 3 p.m.

Registration figures up for 2008 Air Force Marathon

Registration figures for the 2008 Air Force Marathon continue to outpace the numbers from this time last year and remain on track to break 2007's overall record of more than 6,700 runners. As of Aug. 4, the total number of runners registered for the 12th annual event stood at 4,550, which compared

Offutt Airmen hold airshow for special needs families

Airmen here pulled out all the stops to make several hundred people smile a little more during the Aug. 15 Air Force Week in the Heartland Special Needs Airshow. Offutt Air Force Base Airmen brought community members who would have difficulties attending the official airshow schedule because of

New Global Hawk exhibit opens at museum

Officials from industry, the Air Force and the National Museum of the United States Air Force gathered for the opening of the new RQ-4A Global Hawk exhibit Aug. 12 here. The Global Hawk is a high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft system that sends near-real-time reconnaissance imagery to

Operation Air Force puts cadets in the air over Europe

The airlift mission prepping to depart here was nothing out-of-the-ordinary for the seasoned C-130 Hercules crew of six. It was another weekly training sortie putting cargo in a drop zone 150 miles away. For two U.S. Air Force Academy cadets invited to fly with the 37th Airlift Squadron as part of

Falcon Hill Enhanced Use Lease agreement announced

"Falcon Hill has finally gone from a dream to a reality!" Maj. Gen. Kathleen Close, commander of the Hill AFB Ogden Air Logistics Center, proudly stated at the Aug. 13 signing of the Master Lease and Master Development Agreement between the Air Force and Sunset Ridge Development Partners, LLC. The

C-130s bring humanitarian assistance to Georgia

Humanitarian aid to the former Soviet republic of Georgia continued today, as two C-130 Hercules aircraft arrived in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, carrying pallets of cargo, including emergency shelter items and medical supplies. Military forces throughout U.S. European Command's area of

Georgian humanitarian mission builds

The humanitarian mission under way in Georgia is intended to alleviate suffering for now and will move into longer-range help in the future, officials said at a Pentagon news conference Aug. 15. The Air Force has sent two supply-filled C-17 Globemaster III transports into Georgia's capital of