Civil Engineering helps out Navajo Indians during annual tour

Imagine being homeless, or perhaps having to live in a home where there is no running water, no electricity; hot in the summer, cold in the winter and has holes in the roof. Imagine being stuffed with your family in one bedroom, or having to live in what most people would call a shanty, lean-to,

Exercise MAPLE FLAG

Part of fighting and winning any war is surviving the war. Survivability in a combat situation depends largely on training. This is true for all branches of the military, and on the ground or in the air. During the Vietnam War, the Air Force discovered that 90 percent of combat aircraft losses

Ready For Take Off

During a time of war, the United States Air Force serves as the lifeline for the Army, Marines, and Navy. Airlift squadrons around the globe fly paratroopers to hot spots, transport troops and equipment in and out of combat zones and re-supply ground forces via air drops. On July 14, 2007, the 911th

Wing Change of Command

Medical care given over half a world away

Halfway around the world from the rolling hills of Pennsylvania 10 Airmen from the 911th Airlift Wing are actively supporting both Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. The Airmen are deployed to a Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility at an undisclosed location north of Camp

Airlift mission brings needed supplies to Jamaica

The 758th Operations Group and 911th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron assisted in delivering over 12,000 pounds of medical supplies to the Cornwall Regional Hospital in Montego Bay, Jamaica through the Denton relief aid program April 20-22. "The Denton program allows organizations to use space

911th Airlift Wing

22nd Air Force Commander touches down in Pittsburgh for three days

Maj. Gen. Martin M. Mazick, 22nd Air Force Commander, visited the 911th Airlift Wing during the January unit training assembly for the first time since assuming command in March 2006. The general made his rounds throughout the base and took time to speak with many 911th Airlift Wing reservists' in

911 answers Willow Grove's call for assistance

Recently, several members of the 911th Airlift Wing flew to Willow Grove Air Reserve Station, Pa., to participate in a job fair being held there. The job fair was conducted due to the Base Realignment and Closure Commission's decision to close the Air Reserve Station, Oct. 1, 2007, as part of the

Multiforce health agencies provide service for show

Planes buzzing around. Hundreds of aircraft to see and hear. Paratroopers rushing towards the earth to the tune of the "Star-Spangled Banner." These are all of the featured attractions that spectators pour out to experience during any air show. What few people realize as they are watching the Blue