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RANDOLPH AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) -- The road to higher education can be a little easier for members of Air Force clubs around the world, or their dependents, through the 2011 Club Membership Scholarship program, officials said. "Twenty-five $1,000 scholarships will be awarded to club members or
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SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill -- He "deployed" to Fort Hunter-Liggett, Calif., to help "save lives" - in practice of course. Staff Sgt. Martin Duran, an Air Force Reserve aeromedical evacuation technician with the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., was one of many Airmen
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DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AFNS) -- In order to fill its mission requirements, the Air Force employs service members in specialized positions to perform a specific duty. These special duties allow Airmen to step outside their conventional roles and experience a completely new side of the Air
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NEW AL-MUTHANA AIR BASE, Iraq - More than 160 Iraqi airmen graduated from a two-week long enlisted professional development course taught by U.S. Air Force advisors, here May 28. The students, who learned skills designed to make them more effective leaders, supervisors and managers, were praised by their American advisors as
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He "deployed" to Fort Hunter-Liggett, Calif., to help "save lives" - in practice of course. Staff Sgt. Martin Duran, an aeromedical evacuation technician with the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., was one of many Airmen supporting Global Medic 2011 and Warrior
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SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C., May 18, 2011 - When Air Force Maj. Jaime Nordin saw her first airshow as a child, she knew she wanted to fly fighter jets. Air Force Maj. Jaime Nordin drops off her daughter Caleigh at the child development center at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C.,
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LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (AFNS) -- Air Force Maj. (Dr.) Van Adamson never imagined he would appear on a national syndicated TV talk show, standing next to Hollywood's biggest celebrities as a result of a college scholarship he received 13 years ago. In her second-to-last episode on Tuesday, May 24, popular day-time
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Several year groups and competitive categories no longer will be required to meet the September 2011 reduction-in-force board. Air Force officials announced that RIF-eligible officers from previously announced competitive categories for chaplains, medical service corps and 1999 and 2000 judge advocate general year groups will not meet this year's RIF board.The
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AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy -- A C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., landed at Aviano Air Base on a mission in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn on March 20, 2011. Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn is the U.S. Africa Command task force established to support the larger international response to the
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SAN ANTONIO -- Air Force Services Agency officials here recently announced the call for three Air Force teen camps for 2011.The annual camps are designed to help Air Force youth build leadership skills and/or aspire to careers in space or aviation.The Teen Aviation Camp will be held June 4-9 at the Air Force
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SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Whether it's at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., or Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, these are just some of the areas where mobility Airmen and other people from Air Mobility Command bases are stepping up to help people returning from Japan.Shortly after an 8.9-magnitude earthquake and
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SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. - Air Mobility Command officials here announced winners of the command's 2010 AMC Judge Advocate General Corps Awards on March 21. In a message from the AMC Staff Judge Advocate, Brig. Gen. David C. Wesley, the winners were highlighted."The winners in each category will compete in
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SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Two Air Mobility Command C-17 Globemaster IIIs departed the United States on March 12 and delivered search and rescue, or SAR, equipment and personnel to Japan in support of humanitarian relief efforts after an earthquake and tsunami struck the island nation Friday. President Barack Obama pledged U.S.
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U.S. forces are swinging into action to assist Japan in the wake of a magnitude 8.9 earthquake that struck early this morning."We are assessing the situation and positioning forces so that they are ready to respond and provide disaster relief if directed," said Navy Cmdr. Leslie Hull-Ryde, a Pentagon spokeswoman.Japan
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SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- The commander of Air Mobility Command, Gen. Raymond E. Johns Jr., announced in a message March 7 the finalists for AMC's first sergeant of the year and outstanding Airmen of the year for 2010.Twelve Airmen from across AMC have been selected for the competition. In his
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SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- AMC Public Affairs recently announced the winners of its 2010 Public Affairs Media Contest Awards. These annual awards recognize individuals and organizations who demonstrate excellence in telling the Air Force and AMC story through various public affairs processes and products, including print and broadcast journalism, photography,
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More than 200 Airmen have been selected for promotion to the next higher rank as part of the February enlisted supplemental promotion process. The enlisted supplemental promotion release announces those Airmen selected for promotion who tested outside of their required cycle due to an extended temporary duty or deployment in support
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WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Gen. Philip M. Breedlove took over as vice chief of staff of the Air Force Jan. 14, succeeding Gen. Carrol H. "Howie" Chandler who held the position since August 2009.General Breedlove most recently served as the Air Force deputy chief of staff for operations, plans and requirements, a position
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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFNS) -- The Air Force's ongoing alternative fuels certification efforts reached a new milestone Aug. 27 when a C-17 Globemaster III from here flew on all engines using jet fuel blended with a combination of traditional petroleum-based fuel, or JP-8, biofuel derived in part from animal
