Sixty-four new and expecting moms at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey took home a new crib, a rocker seat, an air purifier, a $100 gift card and a host of other gifts while hobnobbing with Kim, Kourtney and Khloé Kardashian of tabloid fame July 7. The event was courtesy of Operation Shower, a nonprofit that has hosted dozens of baby showers for over 1,600 military moms and families since its founding in 2007. The Kardashian sisters of E! network’s “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” hosted the July 7 shower at Battello, a waterfront restaurant in Jersey City. The 64…
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NBC News has the story of Sonic, the trusty Border Collie assigned to MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., to protect the base’s aircraft from flocks of birds. The rescue dog patrols the flight line every day chasing birds. The base does use cannons, but those can be predictable and birds get used to them, Sonic’s trainer Lindsey Garven told NBC. “I’m basically the chauffeur, and when I find the birds … I get as close as possible to them … and she goes after them,” Garven said. Check out the video to see Sonic in action.
This week, Military Times published a list of rumored hauntings at 10 military installations. Two Air Force bases made the cut: Figures in nineteenth century dress supposedly wander the Old Stone Barracks at the now-defunct Plattsburgh Air Force Base, N.Y.; some report “otherworldly” screams coming from a ravine near the FAM Camp at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo. Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., also has its share of spirits, according to a news release from the base. At least one ghost is said to haunt the 92nd and 141st Air Refueling Wing Headquarters Building, called the “White House.” Airmen have…
Many victims of sexual assault are afraid of retaliation if they come forward. While retaliation can be hard to prove, it is a very real risk. Air Force Times talked to three airmen who reported sexual assault and harassment and suffered the consequences. Also in this week’s edition: The partial shutdown of the federal government has hit the Air Force’s training and education programs. You can read which programs have been delayed and which have been stood down. The shutdown has promoted the Air Force to ground fighter squadrons for a second time in a year. The back-to-back stand downs…
Many victims of sexual assault are afraid of retaliation if they come forward. While retaliation can be hard to prove, it is a very real risk. Air Force Times talked to three airmen who reported sexual assault and harassment and suffered the consequences. Also in this week’s edition: The partial shutdown of the federal government has hit the Air Force’s training and education programs. You can read which programs have been delayed and which have been stood down. The shutdown has promoted the Air Force to ground fighter squadrons for a second time in a year. The back-to-back stand downs…
Twenty-two jets — seven C-17s, 11 KC-10s and four C-5Bs — took off in 36 minutes and 21 seconds in the biggest aircraft launch ever held at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., on the 12th anniversary of 9/11. The “Freedom Launch” was a remembrance of 9/11, with the first C-17 taking off at 8:46 a.m., the same time that American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the World Trade Center’s North Tower, according to an Air Force release. The aircraft took off for refueling and and to test operations support, aircraft maintenance, fuels and air traffic control capabilities.
A recent case of bubonic plague in Kyrgyzstan does not warrant any extra precautions for U.S. personnel at the Transit Center at Manas, according to Air Forces Central Command. On Aug. 22, a 15-year-old Kyrgyz boy died in the Karakol regional hospital after being diagnosed with bubonic plague, Al Jazeera reported. “The case of bubonic plague being reported by the media is in another region of Kyrgyzstan, approximately 400 kilometers away, Lt. Col. Max Despain said in an email. “ Our medical professionals are aware of this case and there is no need to take extra precautions here at Transit…
Dr. Donald Erbschloe, Air Mobility Command chief scientist, and Col. Keith Boone, AMC Fuel Efficiency Division chief, spoke with Tahan Pangaribuan, Solar Impulse flight director assistant yesterday. Solar Impulse is currently hanging out at the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport where it landed June 4. A solar-powered airplane, the project began in 2003 with a 10-year budget of 90 million euros ($112 million). Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg, Swiss pilots and co-founders of the project, take turns flying the plane. It is the first attempt to fly across the United States using no fuel but the sun’s energy. Developers hope to…
This Hornet pilot couldn’t call AAA, so they called the Air Force. Earlier this month, an F/A-18 Hornet that was participating in exercise Cope North 13 had to divert to Rota Island in the Marianas Archipelago due to weather. Only there was a bit of a problem: The airstrip on Rota Island didn’t have equipment to refuel fighter aircraft and, because of the weather problems, the jet couldn’t divert to an appropriate location, according to an Air Force release. So the Air Force came to the rescue. Airmen from units that were deployed for the exercise at Andersen Air Force…
NATO will continue to be in charge of media embeds for U.S. and other NATO forces after the Afghan defense ministry assumes the responsibility for embedding reporters with Afghan security forces, a NATO spokesman said. On Jan. 26, Politico reported the Afghans would take over the responsibility for embedding journalists in the coming months. But Army Lt. Col. Richard Spiegel clarified on Tuesday that reporters wishing to embed with U.S. forces and NATO allies will continue to go through the existing embed process, which is run through ISAF Joint Command. “I did emphasize that as we move to the Security…
