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  • USAFE fire academy instructors bring rescue training to D-M

    Three instructors from the United States Air Forces in Europe Fire Academy's rescue technician mobile training course at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, came here and trained 19 D-M firefighters April 16 through May 4 in specialized rescue methods. The course was made up of three blocks. The first block

  • AMARC becomes 309th AMARG in redesignation ceremony

    In an activation ceremony here May 2, the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center was officially redesignated as the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, under the 309th Maintenance Wing located at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Brig. Gen. Arthur B. Cameron III, commander of the

  • D-M Airmen make local girl 'Pilot for a Day'

    Kellie Miner-Durkit, a 13-year-old Arizonan suffering from Acute Myelogenous Leukemia, visited here April 27 as the most recent participant in the Pilot for a Day program. The purpose of the program is to find local children with serious illnesses and help them enjoy a day totally focused on them

  • ACC environmental compliance team visits D-M

    Members of Air Combat Command's Environmental, Safety and Occupational Health Compliance Assessment Management Program visited D-M April 16 to 20. "The goal of the assessment was to review D-M's vulnerability to enforcement action from federal and state agencies, such as the Environmental Protection

  • Pararescue exercise joins Alaska ANG, D-M Airmen

    Ejecting out of a fighter jet at more than 400 miles an hour, aircrew members have one objective--to make it to the ground alive. For an F-15 fighter pilot and his navigator, the combat search and rescue training scenario during Red Flag-Alaska 07-1 stranded them with severe injuries on the

  • 355th SFS Airmen join SWAT training exercise

    Five Airmen and two civilians from the 355th Security Forces Squadron here trained with members of the Tucson Police Department, Sahuarita Police Department and University of Arizona Police Department in an exercise conducted at the Lowell H. Smith Middle School building here April 19. The exercise,

  • 'Street Smart' event educates Airmen

    The Culture of Responsible Choices committee here sponsored a presentation promoting safety and sound decision-making at the base theater here April 11. "Street Smart" is an ongoing event presented by the Stay Alive From Education program, a non-profit organization dedicated to reducing teen

  • A-10 Thunderbolt II returns to Bagram

    Increased firepower is in the making for U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan. A-10s from the 354th Fighter Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., arrived April 17 to bring increased versatility to the capabilities of the aircraft stationed here. Brig. Gen. Christopher Miller, the

  • D-M Airmen deploy to support OEF

    Approximately 50 Airmen from the 354th Fighter Squadron and 355th Maintenance Group here deployed to Afghanistan April 7, along with a number of the 355th Wing's A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. More than 200 additional D-M Airmen are also scheduled to depart

  • Pararescue Airmen, local agencies train to save lives

    The 563rd Rescue Group here conducted an exercise at Coronado National Forest April 2 to test how military and civilian agencies work together during an emergency situation. Davis-Monthan Airmen, working alongside members of the National Park Service, Forest Service, and Pima County Sheriff's