3 Jan 2008

IN RETROSPECT 2007: A collective look at Team March's missions over the year

3 Jan 2008

IN RETROSPECT 2007: A collective look at Team March's missions over the year

3 Jan 2008

Navy, DMC advance to base championship

17 Dec 2007

Trees for Troops

16 Dec 2007

Band of the Golden West heads South

16 Dec 2007

Fire department receives early Christmas present

It's big, bright, shiny and even though it couldn't fit under the tree, came just in time for the holiday. The 452nd Fire Department received a new addition to its fire fighting fleet - a Striker T 1500. The most modern vehicle in Air Force fire fighting inventory, it is equipped with the latest and greatest technology and according to the

14 Dec 2007

War's end meant 452nd's demise...for 20 months

Final in an 11-part seriesThe 452nd Bombardment Group was quickly deactivated following the end of World War II, its men returning to the civilian jobs or college studies they had put on hold to battle the Axis powers. The unit, predecessor to March Field's 452nd Air Mobility Wing, ceased operations Aug. 28, 1945, following the Japanese surrender.

11 Dec 2007

Hundreds in 452nd held as POWs in WWII

10th in a seriesMore than 750 men from the 452nd Bombardment Group were shot down in B-17 Flying Fortresses over Europe in World War II. While most became prisoners, 61 evaded capture and 74 made it to neutral countries, according to the 452nd Bomb Group Association, a fraternal organization made up largely of unit veterans and their families. "I

9 Dec 2007

452nd felt early frost in Cold War

Ninth in a seriesTwo weeks after the D-Day invasion, 47 B-17s from the 452nd Bombardment Group and other Army Air Forces units were destroyed by German aircraft at a largely undefended Russian airfield. The attack, which began about 12:30 a.m. June 22, 1944, destroyed nearly 2/3 of the 73 Flying Fortresses parked at a base in Poltava, Ukraine,

9 Dec 2007

Metal mania