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  • 1st ANGLICO utilizes MHAFB Range, conducts JTAC training

    Seventeen Marines with the 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company began conducting joint tactical air control party maneuvers, Oct. 2, at the Saylor Creek Range during day two of exercise Mountain Roundup 2013.The 1st ANGLICO team members called in air support during the exercise to re-qualify JTACs

  • No FY14 budget, tuition assistance suspended

    With the U.S. government failing to pass a fiscal 2014 budget, all tuition assistance for classes starting on or after Oct. 1 will be suspended until further notice. As a result, effective immediately, the ability to apply for TA through the Air Force Virtual Education Center is on hold. "Airmen

  • Air Force Aid Society provides services during government shutdown

    Due to the government shut down we are being told many Airman & Family Readiness Centers to include their Air Force Aid sections will be closed. If you have an emergency travel situation or need funds to avoid privation please call the American Red Cross at 1-877-272-7337 -- Service to the Armed

  • 37th Bomb Squadron departs for Green Flag

    B-1 bomber aircrews assigned to the 37th Bomb Squadron and a myriad of support personnel from several other groups departed Ellsworth recently to conduct training missions over Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., from Sept. 26 to Oct. 9.Capt. James Lebeau, 37th BS B-1 pilot, explained that the Green Flag

  • Dyess completes flying hour program

    On Sept. 25, Team Dyess surpassed its number of yearly allocated flying hours for the first time in six years.Each year, major commands dedicate flying hours to bases depending on budget and expenses, which are completed throughout the year. In the past, Dyess has returned portions of those hours to

  • Hagel issues message to workforce as potential shutdown looms

    With a government shutdown possible in the absence of federal funding beyond fiscal 2013, which ends at midnight tonight, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel today issued a message to the Defense Department workforce.Here is the text of the secretary's message:As you know, the government's annual funding

  • DOD spells out closure contingency plan guidance

    DOD officials today issued guidance to the force in the event appropriations lapse Oct. 1 and a government shutdown results. Officials emphasize they still hope Congress can avoid that but say it is prudent to take such steps.The eight-page document gives basic guidance to commanders and directors

  • Multinational joint exercise kicks-off today

    A multitude of various planes arrived while others already took to the skies near Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, today as the multinational combined-joint exercise dubbed Mountain Roundup 2013 kidcked-off.The exercise is part of the German Air Force Tornado Fighter Weapons Instructor Course