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  • A C-130J from the California Air National Guard’s 146th Airlift Wing is prepared for possible use against wildfires. The aircraft from the California Air National Guard is equipped with the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems, or MAFFS, and can drop up to 3,000 gallons of fire retardant. (Courtesy photo)

    Calif. ANG battles raging wildfires

    The California Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing is providing two specialized firefighting C-130J aircraft and crews to assist with wildfires raging across the state.Acting on a request for support from state emergency agencies, Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. directed Army Maj. Gen. David S. Baldwin, California's adjutant general, to provide the
  • Airman from the 386th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron and Air Mobility Command work together to load pallets of non-lethal aid on to a C-17 aircraft at an undisclosed base in Southwest Asia Apr 30, 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Austin Knox)

    Airmen deliver food, medicine to Syrian refugees

    U.S. Air Force members from the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing loaded pallets of non-lethal aid on to a C-17 aircraft early April 30 at an undisclosed airbase in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.The American Airmen, deployed to a U.S. ally nation, loaded the Air Mobility Command C-17 Globemaster III, based out Dover Air Force Base,
  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Endro Accettola, an electrical systems journeyman, talks to Tech. Sgt. John Graham, site three lead, during Pacific Angel 13-2 at Yogyakarta, Indonesia, April 25, 2013. PACANGEL is a joint and combined humanitarian assistance exercise held in various countries several times a year and includes medical, dental, optometry, engineering programs and various subject-matter expert exchanges. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kia Atkins)

    Airman returns home to provide humanitarian support

    Staff. Sgt. Endro Accettola, an electrical systems journeyman from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, left his hometown of Balikpapan, Indonesia, in 2002 at the age of 14. His first time back to Indonesia was with the U.S. Air Force on a humanitarian operation called Pacific Angel.PACANGEL is a joint and combined humanitarian assistance
  • During a cholera outbreak in Mali in 2011, 193rd Special Operations Medical Group personnel Major Plante (left) and Capt. Cindy Innella explain hand-washing techniques and hygiene to visitors during a scheduled village medical encounter.

    Timbouktu and back: ANG med unit conducts 'irregular' operations

    "Have you heard of Timbouktu? Well, our medical personnel have been there, providing military support in some unconventional ways," said Lt. Col. Kevin Hinkle, 193rd Special Operations Medical Group chief of medical operations.Timbouktu is a region in Mali, located in the northwestern part of Africa, which includes a large section of the Sahara
  • U.S. Air Force Col. Tamara Averett-Brauer, aeromedical evacuation subject-matter expert exchange team lead, speaks at a lecture during Pacific Angel 13-2 at Yogyakarta, Indonesia, April 24, 2013. PACANGEL is a joint and combined humanitarian assistance exercise held in various countries several times a year and includes medical, dental, optometry, engineering programs and various subject-matter expert exchanges. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kia Atkins)

    Indonesian, U.S. forces practice humanitarian evacuation

    After two days of in-class lectures, U.S. and Indonesian service members and civilians from the Muhammadiyah Disaster Management Center participated in an aeromedical evacuation subject-matter expert exchange here, April 24.During the exchange, a disaster scenario was simulated in which patients needed to be taken from the disaster location to a
  • Staff Sgt. Christina Marie Smith, 31st Aerospace Medicine Squadron ambulance service technician, monitors the vital signs of a simulated infant being transported to the Pordenone Hospital from Aviano Air Base, Italy, March 14. Base and Pordenone medical personnel teamed up for the region's first international exercise to strengthen their working relationship and provide better care to patients. (Courtesy photo)

    Air Force, Italian medics simulate joint patient care

    Members of the 31st Medical Group at Aviano Air Base and the local Italian hospital in Pordenone, Italy, came together April 17 to discuss the results of the region's first international patient care simulation.The collaboration, which took place in early March, encompassed all levels of care needed to transport a newborn infant from the Aviano
  • Luke Air Force Base volunteers worked Saturday to package meals to send to Afghanistan to feed hungry children. The food is provided by Food for Kidz and the packages are a mixture of rice, soy flour, dehydrated vegetables, vegan protein powder and spices which are sealed in industrial-grade plastic bags and have a shelf life of seven years. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Louis Vega Jr.)

    Airmen fight hunger through 'Food for Kidz'

    Global hunger took another hit today by Luke Air Force Base service members and their families April 13 as they worked alongside community organizations to build "Food for Kidz" boxes.Approximately 165 volunteers from Luke AFB spent about six hours packaging 105,000 meals, which will be sent to Afghanistan to feed hungry children. The event was
  • Afghan students participate in an English lesson at the Korean Vocational Training Center on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, April 10, 2013. Teams of American Airmen and Soldiers volunteer to lead the classes for the students whose other courses include skills such as carpentry and plumbing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. David Dobrydney)

    Deployed Airmen bridge cultures with words

    Airmen and Soldiers give lessons in conversational English to Afghan students at the Korean Vocational Training Center here, as part of the effort to create a better future for coalition partners.Master Sgt. Dean Regazzi, 455th Expeditionary Medical Group first sergeant, coordinated the 51 American service members who volunteered to teach. The
  • Personnel from the National Science Foundation depart a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, on October 28, 2010. The U.S. Air Force, Navy, Army, and Coast Guard are lending operational and logistical support to the NSF's research and exploration efforts in Antarctica. This support is provided by the Joint Task Force Support Forces Antarctica, led by 13th Air Force at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. JTF SFA coordinates strategic intertheater airlift, tactical deep field support, aeromedical evacuation support, search and rescue response, sealift, seaport access, bulk fuel supply, port cargo handling, and transportation requirements. Operation Deep Freeze is scheduled through Feb. 24, 2011. (courtesy photo)

    Operation 'Deep Freeze' wraps up for the season

    Following the arrival March 18 of SKIER 75 - the last LC-130 "Skibird" aircraft to depart the Operation Deep Freeze Joint Operating Area, the 2012-2013 ODF season completed another successful, yet challenging campaign.The Skibird's arrival at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam marks 55 years that Operation Deep Freeze  has served as the U.S. military's
  • A flight crew with the Alaska Air National Guard's 210th Rescue Squadron conducts training with an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter near Bryant Air Field on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Jan. 29, 2013. (Photo by Maj. Guy L. Hayes)

    ANG Airmen rescue researcher from glacier

    Airmen with the Alaska Air National Guard's 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons rescued a snowmobiler who fell 80 feet into a glacier crevasse April 4.According to the Associated Press, Tom Douglas, 41, of Fairbanks, landed unhurt on his feet on a ledge at Jarvis Glacier near Delta Junction.Alaska State Troopers notified the 11th Air Force
  • 1st Lt. Joey Brewer, 16th Airlift Squadron pilot from Joint Base Charleston and his wife, Tori Brewer, pose with children during a two-week trip to Cambodia, March 1 – 15, 2013, in support of Vets with a Mission, a not-for-profit agency that conducts humanitarian missions in Vietnam and Cambodia. (Courtesy photo)

    Airman, wife make a difference

    When this Airman dons his uniform, he flies a C-17 Globemaster III on missions transporting supplies and Airmen to where duty calls. But when he takes his uniform off, he still finds ways to make a difference in the world. First Lt. Joey Brewer, 16th Airlift Squadron pilot, and his wife, Tori, recently returned from a two-week trip to Cambodia in
  • GUNMA PREFECTURE, Japan -- Shinyu Kizaka, temple priest and host of the event, recites a sutra during the unveiling of a memorial monument in honor of fallen B-29 aircrews March 20, 2013, at Gunma Prefecture, Japan. Kizaka was just 12 years old when the U.S. service members crashed in his home town, and 68 years later he helped honor the aircrew by using his temple as resting ground for the memorial. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Cody H. Ramirez)

    Airmen, Japanese remember the past, honor the present

    Airmen from Yokota Air Base, Japan, joined local Japanese citizens March 20 here, to remember American B-29 Superfortress flight crews who lost their lives during a World War II raid over the city and unveil a memorial monument in their honor. Since 1971, service members stationed here have traveled to prefectures throughout the area to participate
  • U.S. Air Force Maj. Chad Simpson and a volunteer nurse treat an optometry patient at the Operation Pacific Angel-Philippines medical site at Dumaguete, Philippines March 7, 2013. American and Filipino doctors treated hundreds of patients each day during the mission. Simpson is an optometrist from Misawa Air Base, Japan. Operation Pacific Angel is a joint and combined humanitarian assistance mission held in various countries several times a year and includes medical, dental, optometry, engineering programs and various subject-matter expert exchanges. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. J.C. Woodring)

    PACANGEL-Philippines team treats nearly 7,000 patients

    The Operation Pacific Angel-Philippines medical mission officially ended March 9 here with 6,885 patients treated at two medical sites nearby, far exceeding the projected 4,500 mark.Hundreds of patients waited outside a sports and cultural center in Dumaguete seeking treatment on the final day of the mission. Providers in optometry, dental, primary
  • A student from Air Command and Staff College prepares for one leg of the ACSC Warrior Relay from Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Ala., to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., March 8. They raced to the United States Special Operations Command to raise money in support for families of lost military members from special operations missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class William Blankenship)

    Airmen bike, run 465 miles in 48 hours

    A team of students, faculty and staff members from Air Command and Staff College hit the ground running and riding March 7 to raise money for the children of fallen special operations members. The team of 63 left Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., on a 465-mile, 48-hour run and bike relay to the finish line at MacDill AFB, Fla., home of U.S. Special
  • Cadets create a log berm Sept. 30, 2012, to reduce flood risk on Blodgett Peak, which was burned during the Waldo Canyon Fire in June. Approximately 400 cadets helped local wildfire mitigation efforts with cleanup and erosion control in ravines near Blodgett Peak and Ormes Peak, on the western side of Colorado Springs, Colo. Cadets are scheduled to continue their work on Blodgett Peak in May 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo/John Van Winkle)

    Academy honored for community service

    The U.S. Air Force Academy was placed on the 2013 President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll March 4 in recognition of its community support. One of several institutions honored by the Corporation for National and Community Service, the Academy was cited for its achievements in general community service or in one of two special focus

  • Humanitarian award nominees sought

    Air Force officials are seeking nominations for the 2013 Zachary and Elizabeth Fisher Distinguished Civilian Humanitarian Award.The Fisher Award is presented annually to an individual or organization outside the Department of Defense that has demonstrated exceptional patriotism, generosity and selfless dedication to the members of the United States
  • ISTRES, France – A U.S. Airman from the 621st Contingency Response Wing looks on as a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft taxis onto a loading ramp in Istres, France, Jan. 22, 2013. The U.S. pledged support to the French military for their operations in Mali, and provided C-17s and Airmen for logistical support. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nathanael Callon/Released)

    AF airlift support to Mali hits 2 million-pound mark

    The Air Force reached a major milestone Feb. 12 when the service hit the 2 million pounds of cargo transported mark during airlift operations from Istres, France to Bamako, Mali and other partner nations in support of French military operations in Northern Africa. At the request of the French government, airlift operations began on Jan. 21 and the
  • Newly freed prisoners of war celebrate as their C-141A aircraft lifts off from Hanoi, North Vietnam, on Feb. 12, 1973, during Operation Homecoming. The mission included 54 C-141 flights between Feb. 12 and April 4, 1973, returning 591 POWs to American soil. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    Operation Homecoming for Vietnam POWs marks 40 years

    Forty years ago today, a C-141A Starlifter transport jet with a distinctive red cross on its tail lifted off from Hanoi, North Vietnam, and the first flight of 40 U.S. prisoners of war began their journey home through Operation Homecoming.By the day's end, three C-141A aircraft would lift off from Hanoi, as well as a C-9A aircraft from Saigon,
  • U.S. Airmen and local Afghan children pump water from the recently fixed water well located in a village near Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 26, 2013. The Airmen teamed up with local Afghan leaders to fix the broken well and bring the fresh groundwater back to the village. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Chris Willis)

    Airmen and Afghans join forces to repair local wells

    Airmen and local Afghan elders gathered around a broken water well in a small nearby village here and traded ideas about how to fix a pump and bring fresh groundwater back to the village.Members of the 777th Expeditionary Prime Base Engineer Emergency Force Squadron took on the task of fixing multiple well pumps with help from Airmen from the 755th
  • GOODFELLOW AIR FORCE BASE, Texas- Master Sgt. Christopher Doggett, 17th Training Wing military training leader, poses with his wife and children for a photo. Doggett was awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal for his outstanding achievement in Midland, Texas where he acted as a first responder to those injured in the Hunt for Heroes parade, Nov. 15 2012. (Courtesy photo)

    Senior NCO used lifesaving skills during parade tragedy

    To some, Self-Aid and Buddy Care is just another training course but to others, it has meant life or death during their career. One Airman proves just how important this course was in last year's Hunt for Heroes parade tragic accident. Master Sgt. Christopher Doggett has served in the Air Force since 1992. Throughout his career he has deployed
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