Preparing to Deploy

Maxwell crash, rescue team learns Chinook operations

The season's bitter wind did nothing to deter a joint helicopter training exercise here on Jan. 15 with Airmen from Maxwell Air Force Base and soldiers from Fort Rucker, Ala. That day, a multi-service team came together to provide egress and safety procedures training for the Maxwell AFB Fire

908th Airlift Wing sergeant stops detainee escape

"He just looked suspicious," remarked Staff Sgt. Otis T. Luke, referring to the Iraqi detainee he had prevented from escaping a medical facility. A 908th Airlift Wing medical staff sergeant, Luke was awarded the Air Force Achievement Medal in late December for thwarting a detainee's escape attempt

42nd MDG prepares Airmen to save lives on battlefield

The words "exsanguination" and "tension pneumothorax" rarely surface during average conversation, but personnel who deploy from Maxwell Air Force Base must know how to respond to these medical conditions prior to departure. The 42nd Medical Group began providing Combat Lifesaving Skills training to

Air Force’s new site planning tool boosts warfighter capabilities

The 554th Electronic Systems Group's, Force Projection and Readiness Division at Gunter activated the Web-based Base Support and Expeditionary Planning Tool on the Air Force Portal recently. The activation was a major milestone in a capability development that started as a Joint Expeditionary Force

42nd SFS members receive Combat Action Medal

Eight members of the 42nd Security Forces Squadron received the Air Force Combat Action Medal, and two more will soon receive AFCAMs for their involvement in anti-insurgent raids while deployed to Baghdad. During the period of April to September 2006, the security forces members were assigned to the

Convoys, IEDs and low-crawling: Deployers train at Fort Dix

Green smoke flooded the air and ground bursts exploded as Fire Team Bravo maneuvered in a tactical V formation at Fort Dix recently as part of training required for every Airman deploying to the Central Command area of responsibility. "Advanced Contingency Skills Training is for support personnel

ORI starts now, wing inspector general says

In the coming days, the 42nd Air Base Wing inspector general will receive a list of "deliverables" from Air Education and Training Command to comply with the upcoming operational readiness inspection. The list of "deliverables," which requests all types of unit information, are due back 60 days, 45

Medics in Panama see side effects of pesticide use

The town of Santa Maria is surrounded by rice fields that, until eight years ago, were sprayed with pesticides from airplanes. In recent years, the Panamanian government has gone to extensive lengths to take environmental issues into consideration, and now a large area near the town has been

Translators indispensable to medics in Panama

Doctors from the U.S. Air Force and Panama began offering free medical care at the third and final site for Medical Readiness Training Exercise Panama at a middle school here Monday. While the doctors say the mission has been successful on a number-of-patients-seen basis, an important lesson learned