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  • Airman 1st Class Bernice Yunwe Kwasinyui, a 22nd Logistics Readiness Squadron aircraft parts store technician, sings the national anthem during a change of command ceremony Feb. 12, 2015, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Yunwe Kwasinyui, a Cameroon native, won a visa to come to the U.S. and joined the Air Force to give back to a country that has impacted her life. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Tara Fadenrecht)

    McConnell Airman, Cameroon native serves to give back

    The Air Force defines diversity as a composite of individual characters, experiences and abilities consistent with the Air Force core values and the Air Force mission.
  • Soldiers look on as service members disembark a bus upon arrival at Langley Transit Center Nov. 13, 2014, at Langley Air Force Base, Va. Service members from multiple branches of the armed forces will undergo a 21-day controlled monitoring period at the transit center after returning from fighting the spread of Ebola in West Africa in support of Operation United Assistance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jason J. Brown)

    First 90 returnees enter controlled monitoring period after Ebola response

    Ninety U.S. service members arrived at Joint Base Langley-Eustis' Langley Transit Center Nov. 13 to begin a 21-day controlled monitoring period prior to returning to their home stations.

  • Reserve Airmen support Ebola fight on the ground

    About 15 air transportation specialists from the 446th Airlift Wing here are scheduled to depart for Dakar, Senegal, Nov. 8, to support ground personnel for the campaign against Ebola during Operation Unified Assistance.

  • Defense Department officials establish Ebola medical support team

    When Capt. Stacey Morgan’s squadron commander sent her a text message saying that she needed to immediately call him, her first thought was, “Uh-oh. What did I do?” But after a minute or two of talking to her commander, her apprehension was quickly replaced by anxious excitement, as he asked her to become a member of a 30-person military Ebola medical support team.

  • Hagel: Monitoring returning troops provides 'safety valve'

    A 21-day monitoring period for U.S. service members returning from areas affected by Ebola in West Africa provides a margin of safety that troops and their families wanted, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said here Oct. 29.
  • Tech. Sgt. Saquadrea Crosby gets fitted for an N95 respirator by Airman 1st Class Aaron Gonzalez Oct. 17, 2014, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The N95 respirator is a device that is used to help prevent the spread of germs (viruses and bacteria) from one person to another. As members of the 86th Airlift Wing continue to support missions for Operation United Assistance, Airmen who are expected to interact with returnees from Ebola affected areas will be fitted for the N95 respirators. Crosby is the 86th Aerospace Medicine Squadron public health NCO in charge and Gonzalez is an 86th Bioenvironmental Engineering technician. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sara Keller)

    Ramstein Airmen support Ebola fight, mitigate risks at home

    As service members travel to Africa in support of Operation United Assistance, Ramstein Air Base here continues to establish itself as a power projection platform for Europe and Africa.
  • A group of 30 U.S. military personnel, including Marines, Airmen, and Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), board a C-17 Globemaster III Oct. 19, 2014, at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal. The service members are bound for Monrovia, Liberia, where U.S. troops will construct medical treatment units and train health care workers as part of Operation United Assistance, the U.S. Agency for International Development-led, whole-of-government effort to respond to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Maj. Dale Greer)

    Kentucky ANG Airmen support 101st Airborne Division’s movement to Liberia

    The Joint Task Force-Port Opening Senegal (JTF-PO) supported the 101st Airborne Division’s departure from Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport here Oct. 19, en route to Liberia, where the division will join hundreds of U.S. service members engaged in the fight against Ebola in West Africa.

  • Obama activates reserves for Operation United Assistance

    President Barack Obama has authorized the Defense Department to call up a small number of National Guard or reserve troops that possess special skills needed to aid efforts in stopping the spread of the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa.
  • Medical supplies from the Air Force Medical Operations Agency are loaded onto a C-17 Globemaster III Sept. 26, 2014, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The supplies were being sent in support of Operation United Assistance to help treat patients and halt the spread of the Ebola virus. The supplies will support field hospitals and aid workers battling the virus in Monrovia, Liberia. The C-17 is assigned to the 97th Air Mobility Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Justine K. Rho

    Altus AFB Airmen deliver aid to Liberia

    Ten Airmen from the 97th Air Mobility Wing here, delivered humanitarian and medical supplies to Liberia Sept. 25 - Oct. 3, in support of Operation United Assistance to provide aid to the Ebola stricken region.
  • Aerial porters from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group off-load the unit’s gear from a Mississippi Air National Guard C-17 Globemaster III Oct. 4, 2014, at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, in support of Operation United Assistance. More than 70 Kentucky ANG Airmen arrived with the gear to stand up an intermediate staging base at the airport that will funnel humanitarian supplies and equipment into West Africa as part of the international effort to fight Ebola. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Maj. Dale Greer)

    Kentucky ANG establishes cargo hub in Senegal for Ebola response

    More than 80 Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Contingency Response Group stood up a cargo hub here Oct. 5, that will funnel humanitarian supplies and equipment into West Africa in support of Operation United Assistance, or OUA, the international effort to fight Ebola.
  • Cargo is loaded onto the ramp of a C-130-J Super Hercules, Oct. 7, 2014, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. As the Ebola outbreak becomes a potential global threat, U.S. Africa Command is working in support of the U.S. Agency for International Development, the lead federal agency, as part of a comprehensive U.S. government effort to respond to and contain the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa as quickly as possible. This was the first flight launched from Ramstein AB to Monrovia, Liberia in support of Operation United Assistance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sara Keller)

    Ramstein launches first C-130J flight to assist Ebola outbreak efforts

    Airmen with the 37th Airlift Squadron here loaded a C-130J Super Hercules with needed supplies and launched their first mission Oct. 7, to West Africa in support of Operation United Assistance.
  • Staff Sgt. Ruta Shibeshi, deployed to the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, credits her military service for helping to pave a clear path for her in life. It provided her with the resources that have allowed her to find a sense of security and a diverse community to which to belong. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Russ Scalf)

    A place to belong

    Staff Sgt. Ruta Shibeshi is an Airman in the U.S. Air Force, and what sounds like a job title to most, to Shibeshi has meant family, friends and a place to belong.
  • Airmen load cargo onto a C-17 Globemaster III Sept. 26, 2014, at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. The C-17 was used to ship the Air Force’s Expeditionary Medical Support System, a modular and customizable treatment facility designed for austere conditions. Airmen from Langley partnered with representatives from the U.S. Public Health Service to deliver a modular medical treatment center, as part of a government-wide effort to support humanitarian relief operations in Ebola-stricken African nations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kayla Newman)

    Airmen deliver Ebola treatment facility to West Africa

    Airmen from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, partnered with representatives from the U.S. Public Health Service Sept. 26, to deliver a modular medical treatment center, as part of a government-wide effort to support humanitarian relief operations in Ebola-stricken African nations.

  • Annual African Air Chiefs Symposium begins

    Military leaders of 17 African nations and the U.S. gathered for the fourth annual African Air Chiefs Symposium to discuss air force capabilities and important regional issues.

  • Mauritania partnership flight wraps up

    The last full day of African Partnership Flight Mauritania was filled with a group intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance planning exercise, an ISR field capstone event, and the arrival of two Mauritanian Super Tucanos and a Cessna-208 Grand Caravan, Sept. 3, at Atar Airbase, here.

  • Ramstein AB Airmen discover body in C-130 wheel well

    Airmen at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, found the body of an adolescent boy in the wheel well of a C-130J Super Hercules July 27, Pentagon Press Secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby said July 29.
  • Rwandan soldiers wait in line Jan. 19, 2014, at the Kigali airport to get on a C-17 Globemaster III, based out of McChord Air Force Base, Wash. U.S. forces will transport a total number of 850 Rwandan soldiers and more than 1,000 tons of equipment into the Central African Republic to aid French and African Union operations against militants during this three weeklong operation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Ryan Crane)

    Ugandan troops support US airlift missions

    As U.S. airlift missions operating at the request of the French government and African Union authorities continue, Uganda maintains their role as a key U.S. strategic partner.
  • From left to right, Gen. Frank Gorenc, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa commander, Air Vice Marshal Michael Samson-Oje, Ghanaian chief of air staff, and Lt. Gen. Craig A. Franklin, 3rd Air Force commander, discuss the importance of regional cooperation with members of the local press in Africa, Aug. 20, 2013, Accra, Ghana. The Regional African Air Chiefs Symposium brings air chiefs together to discuss how their unique air capabilities can be collaborated to resolve regional issues.

    Regional African Air Chiefs Symposium begins

    The U.S. 3rd Air Force commander and the Ghanaian chief of air staff hosted opening ceremonies for the second Regional Air Chiefs Symposium at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center Aug. 20.
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