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  • RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -- Airman Staci Hill, 723rd Air Mobility Squadron passenger service specialist, and Senior Airman Daulton Abernathy III, 69th Aerial Port Squadron air transportation journeyman, review passenger loads for an upcoming flight May 27. Airman Abernathy is one of 10 459th Air Refueling Wing members who spent their annual tour here in support of airport operations at U.S. Air Forces in Europe headquarters. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Amaani Lyle)

    69th APS supports airport ops at Ramstein AB

    Ten members of the 69th Aerial Port Squadron arrived here May 17 through June 1 to support airport operations at U.S. Air Forces in Europe headquarters. As part of their annual tour requirements, wing members worked alongside the 723rd Air Mobility Squadron and augmented several sections to include the air terminal operation center, special
  • ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. -- Zachary Finestone joins his friend Kade McKnight in the cockpit of a KC-135 Stratotanker during Team Andrews's Pilot for a Day program here June 5. Coordinated through the Air Force Reserve Command's 459th Air Refueling Wing and the District of Columbia Air National Guard's 113th Wing, Pilot for a Day or "P4D" is a community outreach program that allows military and civilian children of all ages who suffer from serious or chronic medical conditions to visit an installation for the day to tour wing and base facilities. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Rob Balzano)

    Miracle child: Team Andrews hosts latest Pilot for a Day program for young visitor

    The image is familiar, joyful and could be a snapshot of any young American's life. A boy surrounded by good food and great friends chuckles as he enjoys an ice cream cone. However, Zach Finestone is anything but a typical American. And it's not just his illness that distinguishes from his peers. The 14-year-old Jensen Beach, Fla., resident has

  • Wing members recognized at annual awards ceremony

    Civilians, ARTs and Reservists converged at the Andrews Community Activity Center here Feb. 2 to honor the "best of the best" at the Third Annual 459th Air Refueling Wing banquet. The First Sergeant's Council, the Banquet Committee and the 756th Squadron Association joined forces to help ensure the evening would measure up to and surpass the
  • ST. CROIX, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS -- Tech. Sgts. Grae Brown and Crystal Drake, 459th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron medical technicians, administer care to simulated patient Master Sgt. Patty Guzman-Evans, 459th AES first sergeant, during an in-flight exercise. Ten members of the 439th AES joined 459th AES members in a blended AE training mission to the island. Mission training expanded beyond the medical realm to include air refueling and an overseas sortie. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Amaani Lyle)

    459th AES, 439th AES members take blended mission to St. Croix

    The odds of a patient suffering a stroke, another paranoid delusions and still another patient weathering heart trouble are steep for one flight. But the overlap of events were necessary ingredients in an intense overseas aeromedical evacuation mission conducted by two Air Force Reserve Command medical units April 18-20. The 459th Aeromedical
  • ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. -- Members of the the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation pose with Retired Col. Gail Halvorsen (center) and his wife Lorraine (third from right) at the Joint Service Open House here May 18. Colonel Halvorsen earned the nickname the "Candy Bomber" for dropping more than 20 tons of candy to local children in Berlin, Germany, between 1948 and 1949. The BAHF stands before the C-54E transport aircraft dubbed, "The Spirit of Freedom." The foundation is dedicated to preserving the memory and legacy of a key humanitarian and aviation historical event, The Berlin Airlift. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Amaani Lyle)

    "Candy Bomber" reflects on Air Force heritage at Joint Service Open House

    An Air Force legend who sweetened the lives of thousands of children during the Berlin Airlift appeared here for the 2008 Joint Service Open House May 16-18. Retired Col. Gail Halvorsen, affectionately known as the " Berlin Candy Bomber" received his nickname for dropping candy tied to parachutes from his C-54 Skymaster to children in 1948 and
  • ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. -- Mary Gilbert, 2nd Line Cook at the Liberty Hall Dining Facility here, scoops peas onto a plate. The dining facility is scheduled for closure May 30. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Eric Sharman)

    Dining facility to close

  • ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. -- Tech Sgt. Barry Gilbert, 459th Maintenance Squadron, structural repair mechanic craftsman, installs an F-108 engine crowl door finger seal located on a nacelle panel of a KC-135 aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Ashley Crawford)

    Sealed deal

  • ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. -- Private First Class Kenneth Adkins lies on a litter waiting to be loaded onto an ambus and taken to the flightline to be loaded on a C-130 aircraft headed home to Ft. Campbell, Ky. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Shayne Sewell)

    Wounded warriors find comfort at Andrews AFB

    Dedicated nurses, doctors and medical technicians; a premier medical facility; caring civilian volunteers; and a clean bed are the comforts wounded soldiers have to look forward to when they arrive here to the 79th Aeromedical Staging Flight. Patients like U.S. Army Private First Class Kenneth Adkins, Bravo Troop, 101st Airborne Division, sat
  • RAF MILDENHALL, England -- Senior Airman Marlon Yarde, 459th Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle and equipment maintenance journeyman, removes the battery from a Ford Bobtail towing truck during annual tour in support of U.S. Air Forces in Europe taskings April 14. Thirty-one members of the 459th Logistics Readiness Flight, 459th Communications Flight, 459th Mission Support Group and the 69th Aerial Port Squadron spent their annual tour here to support U.S. Air Forces in Europe taskings for the rural area mission, about 80 miles outside of London. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Amaani Lyle)

    Wing members support USAFE mission at RAF Mildenhall

    In full total force fashion, thirty-one members of the 459th Air Refueling Wing spent their annual tour here April 11 in support of U.S. Air Forces in Europe missions. The unit returned to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., April 27. While most members hailed from the 459th Logistics Readiness Flight, members of the 459th Communications Flight, 459th
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Tech. Sgt. Susan Mayer, 459th Military Equal Opportunity, poses at the Metropolitan Police Department graduation ceremony with Col. Stayce Harris, 459th Air Refueling Wing commander, April 25, 2008. Sergeant Mayer completed eight months of training April 11, as did Senior Master Sgt. Todd Cory (not shown), 459th Security Forces Squadron. Sergeant Mayer and Sergeant Corey are each 43. (Courtesy photo)

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