• Base pools open for summer

    The Berkley and Olympic pools are open for weekend swimming Memorial Day weekend, just as the first day of summer creeps near and the days begin to heat up.The Berkley pool hours of operation are from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 29-31 and June 5-6. The Olympic pool hours of operation are from 1-6 p.m. May

  • Breathe in, breathe out

    Airmen from the 4th Logistics Readiness Squadron issued the M-50 Joint Service General Purpose Mask to approximately 3,200 Airmen here. The M-50 JSGPM is the new standard gas mask for all military branches. The Air Force is in the process of systematically replacing all MCU-2A/P masks service-wide.

  • Milestones

    Congratulations to the following Airmen who were recently recognized for their outstanding performance:First Sergeant Academy Commandant Award winnerMaster Sgt. Joe Cason, 4th Maintenance Operation SquadronAirman Leadership School Class 2010-EJohn Levitow AwardSenior Airman Peter Ising, 4th Fighter

  • Air Force officials launch language program for Airmen

    Officials at the Air Force Culture and Language Center here recently launched a program designed to identify Airmen with foreign language abilities and foster those skills throughout their careers. The Language Enabled Airman Program is the first career-long program designed to offer

  • 4th CMS keep engines running

    The 4th Component Maintenance Squadron provides equipment maintenance support for more than 110 F-15E and C model aircraft assigned here and at Langley Air Force Base, Va. The fleet as a whole is worth more than $6 billion. The Airmen perform avionics, electronic weapons, egress, pneudraulics,

  • JAG Corps announces law school programs

    The U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General Corps is accepting applications for the Funded Legal Education Program and Excess Leave Program from Jan. 1 to March 1, 2011. "Our Air Force missions are constantly changing, and commanders deserve to have access to legal advisors with a broad background of

  • All in a day's work: Emergency management

    Staff Sgt. Brian Garrigan is an emergency management craftsman with the 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron at a non-disclosed base here.Sergeant Garrigan is deployed from the 4th Civil Engineer Squadron at Seymour-Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., and his hometown is Newfield, N.H. As a civil

  • Kennel master ensures K-9 teams are mission-ready

    The idea of working alongside a partner that is always happy to see you, obedient and low maintenance would seem like the perfect job for most people, even if that partner is covered in fur and walks on all fours. Having spent the last 15 years of his career as a military working dog handler and

  • OPSEC more important with new Internet capabilities

    As the Air Force opens its network to Internet-based capabilities including social networking services, the 4th Communication Squadron needs Airmen to keep operations security, network protection and professionalism at the forefront.The Air Force opened the network to Internet-based social

  • Turkey shoot determines star performers

    Aircrew, maintainers and support personnel battled it out to see what units here were the best in a Turkey Shoot competition May 6-7. The Turkey Shoot tested the ability of how the four fighter squadrons on base work cohesively as a team to generate an aircraft, prep aircrews for flights and take to