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  • The best chief

    “You really don’t belong in this aircraft maintenance group.”A technical sergeant at Hellenikon Air Base in Greece told that to pregnant Airman 1st Class Linda L. Menser in 1980.So Menser got out of the Air Force and started her family.But part of her didn’t want her Air Force career to end that

  • April Promotions

    The following Freedom Wing Airmen were recently promotedAirmanRobert Currey, 514 AMDSSenior AirmanIbukunoluwa Adaba, 514 CESHinden Castillo Barredo, 514 AMXSPatrick Blackmon, 514 AMXSIrvrin Hoyos, 514 CESAlexa Ortiz, 514 MXSDiego Plata, 514 CESDesiree Wiliams, 514 FSSStaff SergeantWalter Camacho,

  • Take me away Space-A

    Attention Traditional Reservists! We are eligible for CONUS Space-A travel. We have been eligible to utilize this benefit for a long time now. Yet, I was the only Category VI Traditional Reservist on a recent round trip flight to Kalaeloa, Hawaii.Category VI is the lowest category of Space-A travel

  • You're somebody's type

    Every two seconds someone in the United States needs blood, according to the American Red Cross. Yet only 8 to 10 percent of the population is eligible to donate blood. Unfortunately, most people aren’t concerned unless they have a family member or loved one who needs blood. One hour of your time

  • MDL air power combined at Crisis Response 17

    In a small building on the Combat Readiness Training Center here, leaders from across the 305th Air Mobility Wing, 87th Air Base Wing, 621st Contingency Response Wing and 514th Air Mobility work around the clock.   For the past six months, their job has been to work closely with the Joint Base

  • MDL airpower trains for crisis response

    Airmen from the 305th Air Mobility Wing, 87th Air Base Wing, 621st Contingency Response Wing, and 514th Air Mobility Wing kicked off the operational readiness exercise Crisis Response 2017 on March 6.The CR17 is meant to demonstrate the mobility capabilities of JB MDL Airmen, deploying four wings at

  • Engineering an award winning squadron

    Two members of the 514th Civilian Engineer Squadron have recently won Air Force Reserve wide awards for their outstanding efforts at the 514th Air Mobility Wing. Senior Airman Erica Wylong received the Major General Eugene A. Lupia Award in the Airman category for her superior job performance, and

  • March Promotions

    The following Freedom Wing Airmen were recently promoted.AirmanCharles EricksonAirman 1st ClassPatrick Williams, 35 APSSenior AirmanBill Bernabel, 514 MXSNorman Bielder, 88 APSRandy De Las NuecesRoshena Harty, 35 APSKenneth Leszczynski, 88 APSLudean Maitland, 88 APSMichael Torres, 35 APSChristopher

  • Wing inspector wins Howard W. Leaf award

    Tim King, 514th Air Mobility Wing, Inspector General Inspections has received the 2016 Howard W. Leaf Award. The award was created in 1986, in honor of the late Lieutenant General Howard W. Leaf, for officers and civilians who work in Air Force inspection. Having received this award at the Air Force

  • Getting Financially Fit

    “Making more money isn’t what makes you rich—having discipline and efficiently managing your money is,” said Chris Tomolonis, a wealth management advisor from Jersey City, at an Advanced Financials briefing in the Military and Family Readiness Center Feb. 12.The session, which focused on money