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Staff Sgt. Whitney Amstutz, 62nd Airlift Wing on January 25th, 2018
There are many who believe there is no such thing as coincidence; things happen for a reason and people enter their lives for a purpose. If retired Marine Corps Lt. Col. Ronald Price and Staff Sgt. Daniel Watkins, 627th Security Forces Squadron unit training manager, did not count themselves among those
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Staff Sgt. Whitney Amstutz, 62nd Airlift Wing on January 18th, 2018
The 62nd Airlift Wing partnered with fellow mobility forces and the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division for a joint forcible entry exercise, Dec. 8-11, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The purpose of the exercise, which featured a record-breaking C-17 Globemaster III formation of 36 aircraft, was threefold: to practice taking operational control
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Staff Sgt. Whitney Amstutz, 62nd Airlift Wing on December 7th, 2017
During what will likely be remembered as one of the fiercest hurricane seasons in a century, the Caribbean island of Dominica was devastated by Hurricane Maria, which made landfall in mid-September as a Category 5 hurricane. In response, the 62nd Airlift Wing deployed members of the 62nd Aerial Port Squadron to
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Staff Sgt. Whitney Amstutz, 62nd Airlift Wing on September 21st, 2017
In the brief respite between Hurricanes Irma and Jose, members of the 62nd Airlift Wing were able to partner with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to deliver much-needed supplies to San Juan, Puerto Rico, as well as St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. "Friday (Sept. 8) at approximately 2:15 a.m., we
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Staff Sgt. Whitney Amstutz, 62nd Airlift Wing on May 19th, 2017
As Aluminum Overcast, a 77-year-old B-17 Flying Fortress, roared to life on the tarmac at the Olympic Flight Museum, the cabin filled with smoke and the passengers, wearing smiles and snapping photos, filled with anticipation. Anticipation was not a foreign feeling aboard Aluminum Overcast. Decades before in the upheaval of WWII,
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Staff Sgt. Whitney Amstutz, 62nd Airlift Wing on March 30th, 2017
Nyah Hall, dependent of Tech. Sgt. Quincy Hall, 62nd Operations Support Squadron loadmaster and a sophomore at Clover Park High School, spoke to an audience of distinguished guests about the impact the Boys and Girls Club has had on her life, and her vision for the youth of America in
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Staff Sgt. Whitney Amstutz, 62nd Airlift Wing on March 30th, 2017
Team McChord's newest pilot had a busy first day. "Pilot for a Day" participant, Stillen Rivera, along with his mother, sister and grandparents, tested out the emergency evacuation hanging harness and climbed to the top of the command tower; they got the chance to try out night vision goggles with the
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Staff Sgt. Whitney Amstutz, 62nd Airlift Wing on March 30th, 2017
The deal was sealed in 2012, when Tiffany unleashed a pick-up line so Air Force it would make Uncle Sam blush, and asked T.J. for help perfecting her 90-degree push-up form. "I had been a personnelist for twelve years when I received an order of retraining into logistics plans," Tiffany said.
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Staff Sgt. Whitney Amstutz, 62nd Airlift Wing on March 16th, 2017
According to the Air Force Aid Society (AFAS) website, the charitable organization dates back to the beginning of American involvement in World War II when Gen. Henry "Hap" Arnold, commanding general of the Army Air Forces, and his wife, Bee, turned the ideal of "airmen helping airmen" into a reality. "The
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