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  • Airmen graduate NCOLDC

    Airmen from the 459th Air Refueling Wing here, graduated the two-week long Non-Commissioned Officer Leadership Development Course, Dec. 21. The course focused on leadership silks and NCO fundamentals which the Airmen can implement in their workspace. "These are skills you can use not only in the

  • Team Andrews hosts 15th Pilot for a Day

    Melvin Maldonado is ten years old. Just like other boys his age, he likes pizza, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and watching Spongebob Squarepants on television.Melvin has also overcome great odds at ten years old. Odds that average kids may never have to face. He has fought through the removal of

  • Reservists: You can get it if you really want it

    When citizens raise their right hand and swear the oath of enlistment to join the Air Force Reserve, their responsibilities multiply considerably. Reservists serve one weekend of every month and fifteen days a year. Their allegiance to their country, full-time employers and their families are

  • Tankers return home after being evacuated for Sandy

    Tankers from the 459th Air Refueling Wing here.,return home after being evacuated due to Hurricane Sandy, Oct. 31, 2012. The planes were evacuated to a location away from any affects of the storm as to protect these valuable national assets.

  • PRESS RELEASE: 459 ARW Prepares for Hurricane Sandy

    The 459th Air Refueling Wing is evacuating its KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft in preparation for Hurricane Sandy.Air Force Col. William H. Mason, wing commander of the 459 ARW, authorized the movement of the planes to a location away from any affects of the storm to protect these valuable national

  • Wing gears up for Global Thunder exercise

    The 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis was Oct. 24,2012, which brought the U.S. and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war. Just days apart, service members of the 459th Air Refueling Wing, here, will ramp up for the Global Thunder 2012 exercise, Oct. 27 and 28.Global Thunder is a

  • Defense secretary message on importance of voting

    On 6 November, Americans will have the opportunity to exercise the most important responsibility we have in a democracy--the right to vote. Voters will choose from candidates at every level--from the Commander in Chief to legislative representatives, county commissioners, city council members and

  • German Embassy visits 459 ARW

    Jens Hanefeld, Minister Deputy Chief of Mission Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Washington, D.C., and other members from the embassy, visit the 49th Air Refueling Wing at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Oct. 17. The visit included a base tour, demonstrations from the 11th Wing Security Force's