Manic Monday for US, Russian Diplomacy

By Will Skowronski
The US government is suspending efforts to bring about a ceasefire in Syria with the help of Russia, the State Department announced Monday. ?“Unfortunately, Russia failed to live up to its own commitments…and was also either unwilling or unable to...

Preparing for Matthew

Air Force aircraft helped evacuate about 700 family members from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, this past weekend in preparation for an approaching hurricane. Four C-17s and two C-130s provided by US Transportation Command took part in the relocation to...

A Combined History

The Air Force consolidated Air Mobility Command with the inactivated Military Airlift Command, effective Oct. 1, to link the commands’ histories, the service announced Friday. The combined genealogical line makes AMC, which was established in 1992, the service’s oldest major...

Time for an Upgrade

The last C-5A Galaxy to be flown by the 433rd Airlift Wing at JBSA-Lackland, Texas, departed its base last week. The 433rd AW began flying the C-5A in December 1984, but is switching out the aircraft with the upgraded C-5M,...