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  • Scott Airman clears explosives in Afghanistan

    If you ask Staff Sgt. Brandon Chism how he likes his job, he'll jokingly tell you "it's a blast!" That's certainly one way to describe his job as an explosive ordnance disposal technician deployed from Scott Air Force Base.The Villa Rica, Ga., native joined the Air Force in 2004 as a missile maintainer, but his heart was always in EOD."I've always

  • 18th Air Force Airmen recognized as "outstanding"

    18th Air Force Airmen have earned the Air Force's largest Numbered Air Force the service's prestigious Outstanding Unit Award.The AFOUA, awarded by the Secretary of the Air Force, recognizes units which have distinguished themselves by exceptionally meritorious service. Airmen assigned to the 18th Air Force from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30, 2011 are
  • 18th Air Force Vice Commander Brig Gen. Bryan Benson (far left) and18th Air Force Command Chief Chief Master Sgt. Jeffrey Williams (far right), with winners of the Headquarters, 18th Air Force Third Quarter Awards here Oct. 13. From left to right: Capt. Cynthia Fields (Company Grade Officer of the Quarter), Maj. Anthony Calabrese (Field Grade Officer of the Quarter), Barbara Jacob (Civilian of the Quarter, Category III), Master Sgt. Emily Noel (Senior NCO of the Quarter), Tech Sgt. Jason Schaub (NCO of the Quarter), Senior Airman Nathalia Robles (Junior Enlisted Member of the Quarter), and Christopher Wren (Civilian of the Quarter, Category II). (U.S. Air Force Photo by 1st Lt. Marshel Slater/Released.)

    Award winners

  • MARIETTA, Ga. - A C-130J Super Hercules piloted by Brig. Gen. Bryan Benson, 18th Air Force Vice Commander, takes off from the Lockheed Martin plant here enroute to Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 12. The aircraft became the newest addition to Dyess' 317th Airlift Group, and the 9th of 28 C-130Js to be delivered by 2013 to replace the aging C-130H fleet.

    18 Air Force vice commander delivers new Super Herc to Dyess

  • Historic 'surge' exercises airlift crisis, contingency response

    An historic "surge" of the nation's largest military airlifters will more than double their normal day-to-day workload, exercising the ability of United States Transportation Command and its air component, Air Forces Transportation, to rapidly provide strategic airlift in response to large-scale crises and contingencies, according to officials
  • SCOTT AFB, Ill. - Lt. Gen. Mark Ramsay, Commander, 18th Air Force (left) and Chief Master Sgt. Jeffrey Williams, 18th Air Force Command Chief (far right), presented the command's hadquarters-level third quarter awards here October 4. From left to right, Renee Monday, Civilian of the Quarter, Category II; Barbara Jacob, Civilian of the Quarter, Category III; Senior NCO of the Quarter, Master Sgt. Larry Jackson; NCO of the Quarter, Tech. Sgt. Daniel O'Brennan; and Field Grade Officer of the Quarter, Maj. Brian Tavernier (U.S. Air Force Photo/Maj. Michael Meridith).

    18 AF Award Winners

  • SCOTT AFB, Ill. - Gen. Raymond E. Johns, Jr., Commander of Air Mobility Command (left) passes the 18th Air Force flag to Lt. Gen. Mark F. Ramsay, during a change of command ceremony at the Scott Club here Sept. 23. Ramsay is the 18th Air Force's sixth commander, and is responsible for a worldwide operational mission conducted by more than 43,000 active-duty Airmen and approximately 1,300 airlift and air refueling aircraft. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Divine Cox).

    18th Air Force welcomes new commander

    Lt. Gen. Mark F. Ramsay formally assumed command of the 18th Air Force from Lt. Gen. Robert R. Allardice in a change of command ceremony today at the Scott Club here. "The flag that we're passing today is significant ... it's the flag, it's the guidon, it's the colors of the Eighteenth Air Force," said General Raymond E. Johns, Jr., commander of

  • MEDIA ADVISORY: 18th Air Force to welcome new commander

    Lt. Gen. Mark F. Ramsay will assume command of the 18th Air Force from Lt. Gen. Robert R. Allardice in a change-of-command ceremony Sept. 23 at 9 a.m. at the Parade Field here. The 18th Air Force is Air Mobility Command's (AMC) sole warfighting numbered air force (NAF), the Air Force's largest NAF, and is responsible for AMC's worldwide operational
  • SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. - Fire trucks create a water "curtain" over a KC-135 Stratotanker piloted by Lt. Gen. Robert R. Allardice, 18th Air Force Commander, here Sept. 13. The flight took Allardice past the 5,000 flight hour milestone and represented one of his last flights as 18th Air Force Commander. General Allardice hands over command to Lt. Gen. Mark F. Ramsay Sept. 23 as he goes on to his next assignment as Vice Commander of Air Mobility Command. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Divine Cox, 375 Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs)

    Standing on the shoulders of giants

    "I feel like today we stand on the shoulders of giants, fellow Airmen who have endured with incredible purpose, Airmen who have endured incredible perils," said Lt. Gen. Robert R. Allardice when he assumed command of the 18th Air Force here Aug. 19, 2009. Over the course of the next two years the Airmen "giants" of the 18th Air Force have continued
  • DYESS AIR FORCE BASE, Texas - A marshaller brings in the 317th Airlift Group's newest C-130J here Sept. 8. The delivery, by Lt. Gen. Robert R. Allardice, Commander, 18th Air Force, was the sixth in the 317th's continuing transition to the new aircraft. Dyess is slated to become home to the Air Force's largest C-130J fleet when it receives its 28th and final C-130J in 2013.

    18th Air Force Commander delivers newest Super Herc to Dyess

    The commander of the 18th Air Force flew and delivered a brand new C-130J Super Hercules to the 317th Airlift Group here September 8. The delivery by Lt. Gen. Robert R. Allardice from a Lockheed-Martin Plant in Marietta, Ga., was the sixth in the 317th's continuing transition to the new aircraft. Dyess is slated to become home to the Air Force's
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