http://airforcedad.com Because we're proud to be an Air Force dad! Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:08:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 en http://airforcedad.com/http:/airforcedad.com/2010/multi-aircraft-mission-provides-key-training-in-thailand/ http://airforcedad.com/http:/airforcedad.com/2010/multi-aircraft-mission-provides-key-training-in-thailand/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:08:00 +0000 Tech. Sgt. Rey Ramon http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123194053 C-17 Globemaster III aircrews integrated with multiple aircraft types to complete an airdrop training mission as part of Cope Tiger 2010 March 8, here.

The C-17s from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, flew in a three-ship formation to conduct airdrops while under escort of A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from Osan Air Base, South Korea; F-15 Eagles from Elmendorf AFB, and Singapore air force F-16s.

C-130 Hercules from Yokota AB, Japan, also participated in the mission.

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Just hours after taking that call, Sergeant Grove and his nine-person team of combat controllers from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron here were deploying to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in response to the earthquake.

Living up to their motto, "first there," the Air Force Special Operations Command combat controllers arrived at the Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport around 6 p.m. Jan. 13 with much work ahead of them.
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Because of the safety, efficacy and cost-savings provided by generic drugs, it is Department of Defense policy that all Tricare beneficiary prescriptions are filled using generic-equivalent medication when available.
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Air Operations in Afghanistan:

Close Air Support

Musa Qala
Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II pilots provided armed overwatch for friendly forces. The pilots conducted a show of force to deter enemy forces from firing rocket-propelled grenades. The show of force was deemed successful when enemy fire ceased.
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CCS Increment-1 will enable active defense of the Air Force network by automating and simplifying data feeds that provide network operators real-time information on network anomalies, which could represent threats or even active attacks.
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Air National Guard officials are riding that wave with more personal interactivity in their public recruiting and retention Web site, using video and photo stories to tell Air Guard-member stories directly to online visitors.

The revised recruiting Web site went live in February. Its revised design draws upon navigation links with the newest Web design technologies to present the Air Guard experience in a calendar format.
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Maj Gen Frederick Roggero, the Air Force chief of safety, said the Air Force has many safety achievements to be proud of in 2009 including the safest year ever in aviation safety. The Air Force nuclear surety program was strengthened through functional-expert visits to field units, publication of the Nuclear Surety Bulletin and by providing deficiency analysis through quarterly Dull Sword reports.  Explosive Site safety planning improved significantly throughout the Air Force resulting in more than 950 sites approved in FY 2009.
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The percentage of people with severe disabilities employed by the federal government has fallen steadily in recent years, dropping from 1.24 percent in 1994 to 0.88 percent in 2008, said Jo Linda Johnson, director of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Training and Outreach Division. Many more people with disabilities are willing and able to make important contributions working for the federal government, she said.
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Though, now Captain Dombert, the 8th Fighter Wing director of staff at Kunsan Air Base, isn't flying for the Thunderbirds; she is doing what she always wanted to do: flying the F-16.

Captain Dombert's first experience with the military wasn't from that fateful day when she was 10. Her father had served in the Army as a helicopter pilot.
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Sergeant Raimondi, a broadcaster, and Sergeant Gallahan, a print journalist, are traveling throughout Afghanistan for 30 continuous days visiting each of the five regional commands and giving a first-hand perspective of the counter-insurgency mission. The two reporters will produce video and print news stories as well as document daily adventures through blogs and video blogs to showcase the troops in an interactive manner.
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