Jan. 18, 2008 SFS officer receives USCENTAF award A security forces officer received the Outstanding Security Forces Company Grade Officer of the Year award for U. S. Central Command Air Forces here Jan. 18. Capt. Jeff Spencer, 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron operations officer, earned the award for his work here during his yearlong
Jan. 16, 2008 ROCK SOLID WARRIOR Capt. Jason MountainEC-130H Compass Call co-pilotHome unit/base: 43rd Electronic Combat Squadron, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.How do you support the mission here? I fly the EC-130H aircraft. I execute precision electronic combat attacks for coalition air, ground, naval and special operations
Jan. 16, 2008 Comics provide side-splitting humor to servicemembers Nearly 200 servicemembers assigned to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing received a healthy-sized prescription of knee slapping, gut busting humor from four of America's funniest people Jan. 15 at the base theater. Here to bring the troops a little taste of home, the 'Comics On Duty World Tour'
Jan. 16, 2008 Flight kitchen serves up mission-ready Airmen The 386th Expeditionary Services Squadron put another notch on their customer service belt Jan. 14 during a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Desert Breeze flight kitchen which serves up more than 400 meals daily to the Airmen who maintain and protect the C-130 Hercules and transient aircraft as well
Jan. 13, 2008 Airmen receive 'Yellowcard' for good behavior More than 250 servicemembers assigned to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing were infected with a special blend of rock and pop Jan. 12 when 'Yellowcard' performed live for an hour at the base theater. Yellowcard, a Los Angeles-based band formerly from the Jacksonville, Fla. area, energized
Jan. 12, 2008 ROCK SOLID WARRIOR Staff Sgt. Earl Mills Jr.NCO in charge of the armory Home unit/base: 49th Security Forces Squadron, Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. How do you support the mission here? As the NCO in charge, I support the mission by making sure security forces, force protection and other tenant units have all duty
Jan. 7, 2008 AMC commander: ‘Modernization vital for continued success’ Deployed Airmen need modern aircraft and equipment to continue to effectively prosecute the global war on terrorism, said the commander of Air Mobility Command during a recent tour of Middle East air bases.Gen. Arthur Lichte was making his first trip downrange since taking command of AMC in
Jan. 4, 2008 Rock Solid Warrior Tech. Sgt. Gregory Brannan NCO in charge of readiness and emergency management Home unit/base: Headquarters, United States Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany How do you support the mission here? I provide emergency and disaster response capabilities for approximately 600
Dec. 31, 2007 Santa visits Camp Bucca, Iraq Santa Claus traded in his sleigh and reindeer for a Black Hawk helicopter and he visited Airmen here Dec. 24 and 25. Col. Robert Swisher, 386th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, dawned the red suit, black boots, body armor and 9 mm pistol and flew into Iraq with a bag of candy canes to spread