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  • D-M receives last A-10s out of Europe

    Five A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft arrived here from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, May 23.The A-10s were part of the 81st Fighter Squadron, which will be inactivated in June. The event marks the removal of all A-10s stationed in Europe. D-M has received multiple A-10 aircraft from Spangdahlem

  • CAF Week 2013

    D-M concluded its quarterly Comprehensive Airman Fitness Week on May 23. The week's activities were focused on highlighting safety, resiliency and the social pillar of CAF and started with a wing run, followed by a wingman scavenger hunt where teams of four had to work together to find information

  • Rescue Group Airmen pull hiker from Arizona mountain range

    Airmen from the 943rd Rescue Group here set out in a HH-60G Pave Hawk for a training mission May 22, when they were notified that a hiker was unconscious from a fall and needed help . The aircrew flew back to base, offloaded their weapons, fueled up, and picked up a Guardian Angel team, special

  • DLT Airmen selected for promotion

    Fifty-three Desert Lightning Team Airmen here were notified May 23 that they have been selected for promotion to the rank of master sergeant. Air Force-wide there were 20,528 Airmen eligible for promotion to the senior noncommissioned officer tier. The selection rate was 18.71 percent resulting in

  • Green Knights MMC hosts ride for safety

    The Green Knights Military Motorcycle Club chapter at D-M is hosting a guided motorcycle tour to Bisbee, Ariz. May 23. The tour is part of the Green Knights' annual safety day ride. There have been many accidents already this year, and the ride is being held to help reduce those accidents.Any U.S.

  • Desert Lightning Team members help kids reach new heights

    Wright Flight took its last participant of the year up for their graduation flight May 18, at Tucson International Airport.Wright Flight is a non-profit corporation dedicated to "helping kids reach new heights." The purpose of the program is to educate and motivate grade school students to pursue a

  • D-M houses Oklahoma aircraft during tornado

    Six U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry and two U.S. Navy E-6B Mercury aircraft arrived here from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. during the weekend of May 17 due to severe weather in Oklahoma.The inclement weather that caused the aircraft to divert included a tornado that touched down, destroying Moore, Okla.,

  • Where’s the money coming from?

    When sequestration hit, the Department of Defense, the U.S. Air Force, Air Combat Command and the Desert Lightning Team here felt its repercussions. Whilst flying squadrons stand down, civilian furloughs take place, and other belt-tightening measures are being taken degrading readiness throughout

  • D-M Airman to be honored as Father of the Year

    Tech. Sgt. Chad Brady, 355th Equipment Maintenance Squadron received the distinct honor of being recognized as D-M's Father of the Year.Brady was greeted by a roomful of his family and squadron teammates at the 355th EMS building here May 10, where it was announced that he had been selected as the

  • Deployment managers maintain mission readiness

    When thousands of maintenance troops are called to serve in Southwest Asia, it takes the work of skilled Airmen to get them trained, processed and ready to fight. Getting them into the theater of operations and back home, however, is a task for the specialized few; enter the deployed maintenance