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  • USAF Band schedules free holiday concerts

    To kick off the holiday season, and to promote their series of free holiday concerts, members of The United States Air Force Band played an impromptu concert at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, Dec. 3.The free concerts are to be held at various locations throughout the National

  • 459 ARW to host annual awards banquet

    The 459th Air Refueling Wing First Sergeants Council is sponsoring the Annual Awards Banquet to be held at The Club at Andrews on Saturday, March 15, 2014. Lt. Gen. James "JJ" Jackson, commander, Air Force Reserve Command, will be the keynote speaker and Command Chief Master. Sgt. Cameron B.

  • 459th OSF turns into OSS

    Lt. Col. Jerry Selig, witnesses the unfurling of the new colors for the 459th Operation Support Squadron, Dec. 14, 2013, during a unit redesignation ceremony at Joint Base Andrews, Md. Selig commands the 459 OSS, which previously held the name of the 459th Operation Support Flight. (U.S. Air Force

  • Honoring Dr. Nelson Mandela

    Col. Bill Knight, 11th Wing/Joint Base Andrews commander, and his wife Susan, wait to greet President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama Dec. 11, 2013. The President and first lady, along with former President George H.W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush, were returning to the states after

  • 69 APS works with NASA to load satellite

    Reservists from the 459th Air Refueling Wing here, and 512th Airlift Wing, Dover Air Force Base, Del., assisted NASA for a special mission, Nov. 24. A 57,000- pound Global Precipitation Measurement Satellite was loaded by the reservists into a C-5M Super Galaxy and delivered to Kitakyushu Airport in

  • Pilot for life: 8-year-old boy gets wish of being a pilot

    Team Andrews hosted its annual Pilot for a Day Program here, Nov.22. On April. 22, 2013, Ne'Veah Littleton, 8-years-old, was diagnosed with stage four Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, which is a tumor on the brain stem. The average survival of children diagnosed with DIPG is approximately nine

  • 459 ARW Spouse collects donations for relief efforts in the Philippines

    A 459th Air Refueling Wing Spouse is doing her part for the relief efforts for the Philippines here, Nov. 21. Marieta Manio-Brown, a native to the Philippines, is working with other members on Joint Base Andrews, Md., to collect donations for those who are recovering in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan.

  • 69 APS gets new commander

    The 69th Aerial Port Squadron held a change of command here, Nov. 17. Maj. Robert Hamilton assumes command of the 69 APS from Lt. Col. Bruce Carper, who is now serving as the 512th Mission Support Group commander at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Prior to taking command of the 69 APS, Hamilton filled