JUNE 6, 2017, SAINTE-MERE-EGLISE, France (AFNS) - Two 815th Airlift Squadron crews from Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, participated in a six-ship multinational airborne mission near here in the Normandy region June 4, 2017, to commemorate D-Day 73. In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, paratroopers from the 82nd and 101st Infantry Divisions dropped into France … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2017
FTS Aviation Command Retention Bonus Continued
JUNE 6, 2017, MILLINGTON, Tenn. (NNS) - The Aviation Command Retention Bonus (ACRB) for full-time support (FTS) officers has been continued, the Navy announced in a message, June 5. According to NAVADMIN 132/17, the ACRB is designed to retain those FTS officers with the talent and command experience in our primary warfighting missions critical for the future of the Navy. … [Read more...]
New Monument Honors Native American Sacrifice on D-Day
June 6, 2017 - "As one of the few surviving American Indian combat veterans who participated in the liberation of France, I speak here not only for myself but also on behalf of my comrades from Turtle Island," said Master Sgt. (Ret.) Charles Norman Shay. Shay, a Penobscot Indian from Maine, was only 19 years old when he struggled ashore Omaha Beach, June 6, 1944, as a … [Read more...]
Airmen Voice Suggestions, Initiate AMC Aviation Retention Task Force Stand Up
JUNE 6, 2017, SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (AFNS) - The Air Mobility Command stood up the AMC Aviation Retention Task Force May 3, 2017, after receiving more than 600 responses to a video published on social media mid-April to solicit ideas regarding Air Force aviation retention concerns. "We've received a tremendous outpouring of response to the aviation retention … [Read more...]
Flaga Unfurl During Opening Ceremony Saber Strike 17
JUNE 6, 2017, ADAZI MILITARY BASE, Latvia - Allied and partner nations have unfurled their flags for the opening ceremony of Exercise Saber Strike 17 on Adazi Military Base, Latvia, June 3, 2017. The exercise began with Maritime Prepositioning Force operations, on May 22 and now transitions to combined live-fire exercises and field training exercises of the NATO Enhanced … [Read more...]