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  • CARE modifications place pilots at better elevation

    While mechanics from Lockheed Martin upgrade the cockpit structure of the U-2 intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft, it looks like a pile of parts at the local junk yard. However, the modifications allow the aircraft to fly just as true as before while improving pilot safety and

  • Equipment scheduled to arrive for joint U.S.-Belizean exercise

    Construction equipment and materials for a joint U.S. - Belizean exercise is scheduled to begin arriving into ports in Belize in the spring for New Horizons 2013, a major event that will test U.S. military members' ability to deploy while building partnerships with host-nation medical and civil

  • Tinker Airman earns Bronze Star

    The White Aircraft Maintenance Unit Superintendent in Tinker's 552nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron has joined one of his brothers as a recipient of the Bronze Star for meritorious service in Iraq.Senior Master Sgt. Jesse A. Collins III was awarded the medal for "exemplary leadership, personal

  • Holloman Airman wins Air Force Medical Service Award

    The Air Force Medical Service announced the 2012 award winners on Feb. 5, recognizing a local Master Sgt., Christopher Dwyer 49th Aerospace Medicine Squadron superintendent, for the Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Leadership Award.The SNCO Leadership Award focuses on the ability to lead a team

  • Contract Field Team expedites maintenance

    A cadre of 33 former U.S. Air Force aircraft maintainers - now serving as Department of Defense contracted civilians - work alongside Ellsworth Airmen to create a unique shop that represents various career fields and years of experience geared toward expediting maintenance. The group - official

  • The season for hearts brings spouses of deployed together

    More than 80 spouses and children of deployed Airmen came together for a Hearts Apart Dinner at the Contrails Inn Dinning Facility Feb. 6.The Airmen & Family Readiness Center together with Beale's first sergeants hosted the dinner for families to get together for a night of food, fun and

  • Fueling the high flyers- How America’s high-flying aviators stay fueled

    Peach cobbler, chicken-a-la-king, key lime pie, or even the classic sloppy joe don't compare to a home cooked meal, but U-2 Dragon Lady pilots say the food they eat while flying long missions is delicious.While wearing a fully pressurized suit, pilots aren't able to open the visors on their helmets

  • 7th OSS comes together, saves

    Airmen from the 7th Operations Support Squadron finished a consolidation project Feb. 6, 2013 at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas.The project brought the oxygen section and flightline section into one facility."This will give us a better product," said Tech. Sgt. Raymond Norris II, 7th OSS. "We're able