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  • Fire muster promotes teamwork, awareness

    The four-man team from the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron lined up next to their final competitors, another four-man team from the Bravo 5-52nd Air and Missile Defense Battery. They all knew that their completion time would determine who would take home the first place trophy.

  • Orchestrating airpower: Pyramid decisively delivers

    Inside a dark room lit only by computer monitors and LCD displays, Airman 1st Class D'Angelo Sewell constantly scans each of his eight monitors for conflicts between air assets. At any one time, he is monitoring up to 90 aircraft.Sewell had no idea that a little over a year after leaving for basic

  • An eye on the sky: 108th ADA defends the region

    The five team members of the Bravo 5-52nd Air and Missile Defense Battery walk toward their launcher station. Each Soldier stares at the battery intently, ready to accomplish their set objectives. U.S. Army Capt. Juene Lowry, Bravo 5-52nd AMD battery commander, signals the alert.Each soldier sprints

  • Deployed Airmen raise funds for Air Force Enlisted Village

    When the Air Force Association discovered that more than 50,000 widows of enlisted Airmen were living in poverty through a survey in 1967, an idea was born: the Air Force Enlisted Village.Forty-five years later, there are three complexes in Florida that offer housing and financial assistance to many

  • Students visit base, learn 379th mission

    Children from a local school got a rare view of the base Sunday as part of the Jar Saleh STAR (Science & Technology Advancement and Relationship) program. Thirty-two students and two teachers saw demonstrations from the Fire Department, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, and the Fabrication Flight. The

  • Minnesota Maintenance: Reservists power Herc check

    The C-130 Hercules, a workhorse for the Air Force since the 1950s, has changed over the years, with improved systems and upgrades. However, one thing that hasn't changed is the dedication of the Airmen who keep the aircraft functional."As a crew chief, that plane is your responsibility," said Tech.

  • B-1 flies 10,000th combat mission

    Staff Sgt. Deidre Nickolson-Edie stood on the windy flight line at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, reading a book filled with maintenance checklists. It was December 1998, the start of Operation Desert Fox, and Nickolson-Edie, an avionics specialist, was part of the maintenance team that would soon

  • No Comm, No Bomb: Cable dawgs wire base for war

    Regardless of the mission, every organization on base relies on one common factor--communication.The 379th Expeditionary Communications Squadron Cable Maintenance shop is responsible for ensuring that necessity is intact and functioning properly."We work on everything," said Staff Sgt. Carla

  • Seminar strengthens relationships; builds resilience

    More than 150 service members attended a relationship building seminar and information fair at the Blatchford-Preston Mall here Feb. 14.The seminar, sponsored by the wing chaplain's office was geared toward strengthening family relationships and offering programs for service members and their

  • The Lifeline: Volunteers re-certify individual first aid kits

    The first item service members reach for when someone needs immediate medical care is the individual first aid kit, which includes items that allow lives to be saved.Fourty-seven volunteers dedicated their day here to re-certify these life-saving kits Feb. 14."The IFAK is standard issue for all