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  • QA: The ‘bad guys’ we root for

    Have you ever watched a movie, or professional wrestling, and find yourself rooting for the villain at the end?Around the flightline, there’s a group of ‘bad guys’ that represent their career field’s most knowledgeable maintainers and make up the office known as Quality Assurance.“We are the eyes

  • Fueling Airmen one dish at a time

    Nearly 1,500 pounds of T-Bone steak, 600 pounds of lobster and 480 pounds of Cornish hen.Sounds like a plate full, right? On average, the three base dining facilities here serve a combined 3-5K pounds of meat a day. However, this is what it takes to serve nearly 4,000 Surf and Turf meals at the

  • Providing day, night overhead eyesight

    Airmen with the Dragon Aircraft Maintenance Unit may not spit fire or crack boulders into splinters with their massive talons, but what they do possess are the skills necessary to ensure the all-seeing eye remains high in the sky.The U-2 Dragon Lady provides high-altitude, all-weather surveillance

  • Small but mighty: ECONS packs a punch

    As a deployed member here in Southwest Asia, we might say that life here is pretty great with all the little things most people take for granted. Now imagine being deployed but this time instead of eating at a dining facility you are eating Meals Ready to Eat, you are having GI parties, you have no

  • Extending combat airpower to all corners of the globe

    Airmen with the Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Extender Aircraft Maintenance Unit here waste no time when answering the call to defend the nation -- even with little to no notice. Although the KC-l0 Extender’s primary mission is aerial refueling, it can combine the tasks of a tanker and

  • More than just a voice

    There is more to the “giant voice” than one might think. Fortunately, you don’t have to travel all the way to Oz to find the true identity of the Airman behind the curtain, or in this case, behind the locked door.Although tasks vary from base to base, Command Post Airmen are responsible for ensuring

  • Airmen ensure F-22 provides lethal, decisive airpower

    Airmen with the Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Raptor Aircraft Maintenance Unit prove every day just how ‘Bad to the Bone’ they are by the teamwork that goes into ensuring the F-22 Raptor is mission ready.The F-22 Raptor, which became operational in 2005, is the Air Force's newest

  • Clear communication from the ground up

    Signals, wires, frequencies, cables, antennas and “magic”…while the components may be purchased, Airmen in the radio frequency transmission shop, commonly referred to as ground radio, are the wizards charged with ensuring clear transmission of signals between command and control support

  • PSD Airmen: Earning trust, ensuring mission success

    It can take years to build trust, but Airmen from the physiological support detachment in the Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron here are proving that they are an exception to the rule. “Our primary mission is to keep our pilots safe,” said Staff Sgt. Lynette, launch and recovery supervisor.

  • New machine save EMDG time, money

    The Expeditionary Medical Group medical support flight can now save Airmen a seven hour trip to the emergency room thanks to the arrival of a new Coulter AcT diff2 complete blood count machine.After an eight month wait, the $24K machine represents a major increase in capability for the EMDG.“The