Signing event signifies environmental milestone

Air Mobility Command, state and federal officials signed a record of decision May 12 for the last two of the base's contaminant release sites, reaching a major milestone in the environmental program here. The base's 59 contaminant sites put Dover on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund

Command Post awards announced

Air Force officials announced the winners of the 2005 command post annual awards. They are: - Unit Level Command Post Airman of the Year: Senior Airman Tina M. Loos, 18th Wing, Kadena Air Base, Japan - Unit Level Command Post Noncommissioned Officer of the Year: Tech. Sgt. Chastity M. Degroat, 701st

Forensic experts identify keys to crimes

For forensic science consultants at the Air Force Office of Special Investigations' 33rd Field Investigations Squadron, criminal investigations in the Air Force begin at the crime scene.The work of Air Force forensic science consultants is similar to that of criminal investigators in the television

Transient alert provides Bagram its staying power

Imagine parking hundreds of cars and trucks in a convenience store parking lot. Now imagine parking those cars if they were the size of C-17 Globemaster IIIs. That image makes the task facing the transient alert team at the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing here a little clearer. “It’s kind of like a

Maintenance unit keeps aircraft flying

Airmen from the 777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron prepare a C-130 Hercules for takeoff from Balad Air Base, Iraq, on May 17, 2006. The squadron arrived at Balad in January 2006. Since then, the unit has flown more than 3,700 sorties and moved more than 54,200 people and 11,790 tons of cargo. The

C-17 airdrop training mission

C-17 Globemaster IIIs from the 535th Airlift Squadron at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, participate in an airdrop training mission May 16, 2006. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo)

Arming an MQ-1 Predator

Nature's fireworks

Lightning strikes near the control tower and a taxiing C-130 Hercules at Balad Air Base, Iraq, on Tuesday, May 16, 2006. Balad handles more than 750 cargo flights each month and is the Department of Defense's busiest single runway. Using C-130s to fly in-theater airlift missions has reduced the

Airmen call in 'air strikes' on Louisiana communities

Fighter jets and bombers fly overhead making multiple passes to intercept and destroy enemy targets called in by Air Force joint terminal air controllers. One pass is to destroy a building with enemy snipers. Another pass is to track a man riding a motorcycle suspected of carrying a bomb in his

Whatever you do this summer, stay safe

Each year, the Air Force stresses the importance of zero mishaps during the 101 Critical Days of Summer through PowerPoint slides, commander’s calls and safety briefings. For the most part, Airmen do their part to put safety at the forefront. But what about those safety issues that tend to fall