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  • Air Force individuals, units win federal Energy and Water Management Award

    A number of Air Force people, units and bases were honored here Oct. 31 with the 2007 Federal Energy and Water management award, presented by Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman. Those awarded came from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash.; Goodfellow AFB, Texas; Kirtland AFB, N.M.; Randolph AFB, Texas;

  • TF33 jet engine shop up and running at Tinker AFB

    The Air Force's lone TF33 Jet Engine Intermediate Maintenance shop here achieved full operational capability status in mid-October. During a ribbon cutting ceremony, Brig. Gen. Judy Fedder, 76th Maintenance Wing commander, said "this marks a shift of engine workload from field units to the Oklahoma

  • Tinker unit designs new welding process for B-2

    When the B-2 Systems Support Manager at Tinker AFB needed three spar caps refurbished for a spare right aft deck kit, he uncovered a larger problem. The aft deck panels on the stealth bomber were not originally designed to be replaced, so there were only a couple of spare right aft deck kits

  • Beale expands environmental cleanup ability

    Beale Air Force Base environmental members, in conjunction with environmental consultants, recently completed a project that greatly expands the base's ability to perform critical environmental cleanup operations. The project uses a revolutionary process that naturally cleans contaminated

  • C-17 flight uses synthetic fuel blend

    C-17 Globemaster III took off Oct. 22 on a flight using a blend of synthetic and JP-8 fuels in all four fuel tanks. This is the first time a C-17 has flown using a Fischer-Tropsch/JP-8 blend as the only fuel on board. Air Force members successfully flew a C-17 Oct. 19 with the Fischer-Tropsch/JP-8