Beacon magazine covers Freedom Wing Airmen during 9/11

The September 2001 issue of Beacon, the former magazine of the 514th Air Mobility Wing, covered the wing's experience surrounding the 9/11 terror attacks in New York City.Click here to see the magazine: BEACON, SEPTEMBER 2001.

Freedom Wing Promotions

Airman 1st ClassDavid Hailey, 514th AESAnthony Hewitt, 714th AMXSCristen Manjarrez, 514th AESFontan Padua, 514th MXSJohn Palencar, 514th MXSPedro Pimentel, 514th AESZachery Sodon, 514th CESSenior AirmanNicholas Davi, 514th SFSGabrielle Escallierbourbakis, 35th APSDanielle Finch, 88th APSFrankie

New commander at 76th Air Refueling Squadron

Lt. Col. Frederick Berls took command of the 76th Air Refueling Squadron Aug. 23. In addition to his Reserve duties, Berls serves as a federal contractor working with KC-10 simulators.

Mission Planning

PHOTO: Capt. Robert Deland (left) and Maj. Hesham Aly discuss the flight plan inside a C-17 Globemaster III prior to an aeromedical-evacuation training mission July 31. Both Airmen serve as Citizen Airmen with the 732nd Airlift Squadron.

Reserve Airmen provide enroute maintenance in Turkey

Seven Citizen Airmen from the 514th Maintenance Squadron recently provided C-17 maintenance support at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey.They were joined by two Air National Guard members from the 123rd Contingency Response Group in Kentucky.The primary mission of the 123rd CRG is to provide rapidly

LRS Airmen impress active-duty hosts

For the last two weeks in June, 16 Airmen from the 514th Logistics Readiness Squadron and one Airman from the 35th Aerial Port Squadron spent their annual training at Aviano Air Base, Italy.This was the first time they were sent out as a team and they represented the entire unit.They completed a

Cooking at high altitude

On a recent flight from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Technical Sgt. Todd Dallman, 76th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, treated his fellow crewmates to a German feast.Dallman loves to cook, but travelling the globe on a KC-10 Extender has forced him to make concessions when he's a chef in the

Final flight as wing commander

Silhouettes of Airpower

A team of Reserve Airmen from the 514th Air Mobility Wing fused art, technology and heritage together in a special project to display the legacy of the wing's contributions to airpower.Visitors to the wing's main conference room who look up will see a mural that includes five model aircraft in

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

My children don't like history.  They don't like taking history courses in school. They put up a fight whenever I make them go to museums or historic sites.  And they don't like hearing about our family history; where the family came from or the challenges they have overcome.At least that's what