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  • Welsh 'humbled' to serve as Air Force chief of staff

    The Air Force chief of staff flag passed to the service's 20th chief in a ceremony here Aug. 10.Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, a 36-year Airman, stepped into the position, taking over for Gen. Norton Schwartz, who also retired from the Air Force during the ceremony."Mark is respected throughout the Air

  • Air Forces Northern medical staff participates in Vibrant Response 13

    Two medical experts from the Air Forces Northern (AFNORTH) command surgeon's office returned August 1 from an observation visit to Vibrant Response 13 exercise and described the visit as a valuable validation of practicing critical medical skills during consequence-management situations.Col. (Dr.)

  • Additional MAFFS aircraft head to Boise

    The U.S. Forest Service has modified its request for assistance for the MAFFS-equipped C-130s. The new request, received late yesterday, tasks an additional two C-130s using Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems, to assist with fires in the Rocky Mountain area.The two aircraft from the 302nd

  • AF medical team integral part of mass casualty exercise

    The "walking wounded," arrived first to the field hospital set up by the 779th Medical Wing. The warbling siren from an ambulance heralded the arrival of patients on litters. The doctors, nurses and medical technicians greeted them with the initial care that could save their lives or at a minimum

  • Air Forces Northern deploys JACCE teams to Vibrant Response 13

    Air Forces Northern's Joint Air Component Command Element (JACCE) team deployed to participate in Exercise Vibrant Response 13, using the training venue to complete annual task force concept certification. According to Col. Craig Campbell, AFNORTH director of programs and requirements, the

  • Colorado Reserve C-130s, crews continue aerial fire fighting

    Two Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130 Hercules from the Air Force Reserve Command's 302nd Airlift Wing here, moved operations to Boise, Idaho, to continue to provide aerial fire fighting support to the U.S. Forest Service as fires continue to rage in the Rocky Mountain

  • MAFFS request modified for four C-130s

    The U.S. Forest Service has modified its request for assistance for the MAFFS-equipped C-130s. The new request, received late yesterday, releases two of the six C-130s using Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems to assist with fires. The C-130s have been stationed at Hill Air Force Base, in Utah,

  • MAFFS operations move west

    Military C-130s equipped with the U.S. Forest Service's Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems have moved staging operations from Cheyenne and Colorado Springs, Colo., to Boise, Idaho, and Salt Lake City.Four of the aircraft, from the 153rd and 302nd Airlift Wings are operating from Boise Air

  • Departments of Interior, Agriculture honor MAFFS 7 crew

    The U.S. Departments of the Interior and Agriculture is honoring the four North Carolina-based MAFFS 7 crewmembers killed during wildfire fighting operations July 1 by flying flags at half-staff today at all DoI and DoA locations, including all national parks and national forests.Lt. Col. Paul K.

  • America's AOC hosts first-of-its-kind virtual tour

    The 601st Air and Space Operations Center, often referred to as America's AOC, recently benchmarked a new first as students of Collinsville Middle School in Collinsville, Okla., got a first-hand look at the AOC's operations floor by way of a live virtual video tour over the internet."The live video