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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • "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

  • 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

  • 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,