Local lieutenant sweeps awards at pilot school, returns home to live his dream

When Charles Conder III was a child, he rode his bike to the top of the hill by the old weapons storage area and look down at March Field in awe watching as KC-10s would fire up their engines and fly off into the somber sky, daydreaming of one day being a pilot. Today, after recently graduating top

Bringing island flavor to March Air Reserve Base during Asian Pacific American Heritage month

Guy with the guns takes top honor

"We've got claymore mines. We've got grenades, grenade launchers, explosives and missiles - just a little bit of everything." Being the 452nd Air Mobility Wing's weapons safety manager, that "little bit of everything" falls right on Vic Flores' shoulders. "I'm in charge of anything that has to do

High school senior makes chief petty officer

Cody Blackshear is 17 years old, a high school senior and, on Saturday, just became a chief petty officer. No; not in the actual Navy, but in the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps during a ceremony conducted at the Navy Operational Support Center here. Nonetheless, to Cody, it was just as significant.

A blue and white tribute

A March Field pilot who received the Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions in Iraq was honored April 9 at the Los Angeles Dodgers season-opening baseball game. Maj. Paul Sonstein, a C-17 pilot who was then stationed at McChord AFB, Wash., was flying continuous missions back and forth from Iraq.

Broken Shaft

50th APS change of command

A need for speed

Constant training makes for consistent success

Always vigilant and ever prepared is the Air Force way.  Staying in tune to this philosophy, March Air Reserve Base is holding a two-week training course ending today on operational procedures for our Tunner 60K loaders, a piece of equipment exclusive to the military. The Tunner 60K, named after

From Vietnam to March: 37 years of selfless service

She has a career that spans nearly 37 years, starting as a young nurse in her early twenties serving with the Twelfth Air Force Hospital at Cam Rahn Bay, Vietnam, in 1971 and 1972.  And today, when you talk candidly to her, she will emphatically tell you she loves every bit of what she does. So, the