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  • Medical Group Receives Valuable Training in Bolivia

    Members from the 163d Reconnaissance Wing Medical Group recently deployed with more than 30 Air Force medics to Bolivia to participate in a two-week long Medical Readiness Training Exercise called Operation MEDRETE. In attendance were Lt. Col. David Emery, Technical Sgts J. Carlos Hernandez, Philip

  • 163rd RW Civil Engineers Deploy to Silver Flag

    Approximately 40 Wing Civil Engineers deployed July 14-20 in support of Silver Flag, a war-task training exercise held at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. Air Force active-duty, National Guard and Reserve worked side by side during the five and one-half day training event/exercise to erect a city from

  • March's security forces all come home

    After a six month and 15,000-plus mile journey, one short escalator ride was all that stood between them and home. On the floor below, family members, friends and co-workers anxiously crowded the small passage area at the Los Angeles International Airport in Calif., waiting for the first glimpse of

  • ABU wear policy effective immediately

    Air Force officials at the Pentagon released the wear policy for the new Airman Battle Uniform. The policy comes in time to help many of the Airmen deploying to the AOR, as these Airmen will be among the first to get the ABU. Further ABU distribution plans will be based on production capability. The

  • NEWS BRIEFS

    Company Grade Officer's Council The CGOC will be meeting Saturday of both UTA's in Bldg 441, MEO/EEO conference room, from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. This month Maj. James Bullard, 452nd Air Mobility Wing Executive Officer, will give a short brief on the Reserve Officers Association followed by a general

  • Patriot Hook's a joint success

    Patriot Hook, a large-scale air mobility and contingency response exercise, took place in mid July for five days. An exercise that tests the viability of coordinated security, disaster and medical response operations, it involved more than 300 people who moved approximately one and one-half million