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  • 94th AW Command Chief Retires

    After 33 years of service, one chief master sergeant has 'left it all out on the field,' 'squeezed all the juice out of his proverbial lemon' and gave 100 percent to his career as an American Airmen. The 94th Airlift Wing gathered with the friends, family, peers and ranking officers of Command Chief

  • American Flag folding ceremony honors 94th AW Command Chief's retirement

    The 94th Airlift Wing commemorated the final unit training assembly weekend of Chief Master Sgt. John Anderson, 94th AW Command Chief, with the performance of the American Flag folding ceremony by the Dobbins Base Honor Guard .  Family, friends and Airmen witnessed the flag folding ceremony for

  • Command Chief launches a C-130H2

    94th Airlift Wing Command Chief, Chief Master Sgt. John Anderson, marshals a C-130H2 Air Force Reserve aircraft departing Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Mar 31. Chief Anderson was on the Dobbins ARB flight line to help launch one of the Wing's aircraft prior to the Chief's retirement this weekend, after

  • Active duty Air Force positions available

    Air Force officials are accepting applications from Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve members who wish to serve on active duty. Prior-service members who separated from the Air Force with an honorable discharge may be eligible to enter active duty in a number of career fields.To qualify for

  • Air Force to perform first flyover with alternative fuel

    An F-15E Strike Eagle is scheduled to perform the Air Force's first flyover using biofuel for the Phillies' opening day game in Philadelphia, April 1.One of the four jets from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., will fly using a 50-percent blend of traditional jet fuel and synthetic biofuel

  • Air Force officials focus on sexual assault prevention

    Air Force Secretary Michael Donley directed a comprehensive review of the service's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program as a result of information provided by a survey of active-duty members, officials said March 16.This survey was specifically designed to establish baseline data for

  • Disabled veterans inspire all Americans, Biden says

    Vice President Joe Biden made a surprise appearance last night at the opening ceremonies of the 25th National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic, thanking the participants for their service and sacrifices and for the inspiration they give their fellow Americans."You are a remarkable group of

  • Yokota AB Airmen play vital role in cooling Fukushima power plant

    A team of Airmen from here labored nonstop March 25 through 27 to design and create essential components for water pumps to be used at a nuclear power plant in northern Japan. The power plant, located roughly 130 miles north of here in Fukushima Prefecture, incurred catastrophic damage to its

  • F-22 Raptor flown on synthetic biofuel

    An F-22 Raptor successfully flew at supercruise March 18 on a 50/50 fuel blend of conventional petroleum-based JP-8 and biofuel derived from camelina, a weed-like plant not used for food.The flight was the capstone of a series of ground and flight test events conducted by members of the 411th Flight