1986 to 2016: The AMC Museum turns 30

Boasting a collection of more than 35 aircraft, a staff of more than 180 volunteers and an overall experience that rivals all other military museums, the ever-growing Air Mobility Command Museum, the only museum in the U.S. dedicated to military airlift and air refueling, celebrated its 30th

Team Dover survives GORUCK challenge

Chiefs' longtime rivalry still going strong

A sit-down interview with two chief master sergeants at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, recently mirrored a casting call for the next rendition of a “Grumpier Old Men” movie. The lightning fast quips and slams shared between Bryan Ford and Robert Wright dates back to the 1980s, when the two lived

Hatch Act: a timely refresher

The Hatch Act is an act passed by congress to deter federal employees from trying to influence elections while in their official capacity.This article contains a list of Hatch Act do's and don'ts for federal employees that fall into the “Less Restricted Employees” category. Federal empoloyees who

Aerial Porters participate in pre-deployment

Gutermuth assumes 512th OG command

Reserve Lieutenant Colonel promotions announced

Air Reserve Personnel Center officials announced results for the Calendar Year 2016 Air Force Reserve Line and Non Line Lieutenant Colonel Promotion Selection Boards today. The boards selected more than 600 Citizen Airmen for promotion.The selection boards convened at ARPC June 13-17 to determine

VLPAD adds multiple career fields, vacancies

The Air Force’s Voluntary Limited Period of Active Duty program, or VLPAD, has added a number of career fields for selected air reserve component line of the Air Force officers. For three years and one day, Reserve and Air National Guard officers from certain Air Force specialties can fill vacant

Seizing an airfield

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan – Standing at the edge of the open ramp on an MC-130J Commando II, 13,000 feet above their target with the cold wind whipping through the aircraft, they wait for the green light and the aircraft’s loadmaster to give the go sign allowing them to jump from the ramp and parachute

Lost, found, repatriated

In early May 2016, Andy Fuller, a groundsman from Royal Air Force Honington, England, swept his metal detector over the soil of what used to be known as RAF Knettishall. Once designated as U.S. Army Air Force Station 136, the base was home to the B-17 Flying Fortress, an aircraft utilized for