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  • Airman finishes Marine NCO course with honors

    More than 90 gunnery sergeants in pressed khaki shirts and green pants marched up individually to receive their Marine Corps Staff NCO Academy, Advanced Course certificates. During the ceremony, a lone Airman in blues stood up, walked to the front and received his certificate of training. Upon

  • Airmen team with base leadership for cooking contest

    Ranks and titles were left at the swinging kitchen door Jan. 22 when three cooks from the Food Services teamed up with base leadership to compete in the base's first-ever "Cooking with the Stars" competition.The two-person teams had to prepare and present three courses within an hour and a half time

  • Waterproof: Missile retrievers not afraid to dive in

    When the weather channel reports tall waves, mean currents and high winds, the last thing anyone is eager to do is jump into open water.But, for Ray Gallien and Chris Geradine, commercial divers aboard one of three 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron's Missile Retrievers, it sometimes becomes part of the

  • AFMC outlines near-term budgetary guidance

    The budgetary uncertainties currently facing the Department of Defense, combined with a projected $1.8 billion shortfall in Air Force funding for overseas contingency operations, require prudent steps to mitigate budget execution risks, according to Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, Air Force Materiel

  • New vision and mission to guide AFMC

    New vision and mission statements are at the foundation of a new command strategy designed to ensure Air Force Materiel Command continues to deliver preeminent support to the warfighter.The command's vision is "one team, delivering capabilities to fly, fight and win ...today and tomorrow." AFMC will

  • Air Force begins testing new pod capability

    The Air Force completed testing this month on a flying wireless router to ground troops with almost instantaneous communications. The biggest difference between the router in most homes and the new flying router... the Air Force's version is attached to a 30mm Gatling gun.The flying router is a new

  • Former honorary commander wins humanitarian award

    Chris Sehman, a former 36th Electronics Warfare Squadron honorary commander, recently won the Zachary and Elizabeth Fisher 2012 Distinguished Civilian Humanitarian Award.The award was presented Jan. 10 by Michael Donley, the Secretary of the Air Force, and Crystal Fisher, the daughter of Fisher