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  • 71st MDSS meets AFSO 21 tool challenge

    The 71st Medical Support Squadron’s radiology section wasted little time following the Air Force Smart Operations 21 announcement to roll out a smarter, less expensive way of conducting their business. The X-ray department recently switched to a photo archiving and communications system, or PACS.

  • AETC takes ownership of CV-22 Osprey

    It's now official. The CV-22 Osprey, which has been incrementally delivered here since March, is now an Air Education and Training Command asset. The owner has been Air Force Special Operations Command, but after the recently completed Operational Utility Evaluation and final transfer and acceptance

  • New commander takes Air Force Recruiting reins

    Force Recruiting Service welcomed its new commander during a change of command ceremony here July 17. Brig. Gen. Suzanne Vautrinot took command from Brig. Gen. Robertus Remkes, who headed AFRS since 2004. In her new role, General Vautrinot is the first female to lead Air Force recruiting in the

  • 24/7 personnel services are here

    The Air Force is changing shape and size everywhere. Military Personnel Flights are part of this change. Their transformation has begun and is called Personnel Services Delivery. Phase One of the transformation has seven groups of changes projected to be in place by December 2007. Two recent changes

  • British pilot finishes Raptor training at Tyndall

    The first British pilot to complete F-22 Raptor training graduated this week at Tyndall Air Force Base. Flight Lt. Dan Robinson, from the Royal Air Force, is assigned to Langley AFB, Va. He has completed two months of training with the 43rd Fighter Squadron as part of an exchange program. In return,

  • Making history: First Iraqis graduate AMMOC

    Images of suicide bombers or improvised explosive devices taking their toll on civilian and military lives in Iraq has been daily news for the past three years. No one ever gets accustomed to seeing the videos or photos. Two Iraqi's here, however, vowed to make a difference in the rebuilding process

  • Despite stormy start, 'Katrina baby' thrives

    No, her name isn't Katrina. Sage Madison Post's dramatic birth at Keesler Medical Center during a cesarean section by flashlight as Hurricane Katrina stormed ashore became an inspirational story in the tumultuous days after the storm. However, without the family's consent, federal regulations to

  • Right people in right place at right time = life

    A man collapses on a softball field, turns blue and stops breathing. His teammates are trained in self-aid and buddy care. Medical personnel are playing on an adjacent field. A fire truck equipped with an automated external defibrillator is parked nearby. What are the odds all those lifesaving

  • Vance member among 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year

    A Vance Air Force Base NCO is still in disbelief after being named one of the Air Force's 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2006. Staff Sergeant Elizabeth Sewell, 71st Mission Support Squadron Military Personnel Flight personnelist, was in the middle of 7-level school at Keesler AFB, Miss., when