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  • 421st CTS welcomes new commander

    The 421st Combat Training Squadron conducted a change-of-command ceremony June 24 at the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center.Lt. Col. Rhett Boldenow, formerly the director of operations for the 36th Airlift Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan took command of the squadron from outgoing commander Lt.

  • 'Spartans' host air advisor TTP conference

    'Airmen with expertise in the Air Force's air advisor mission joined forces with the 422nd Joint Tactics Squadron to conduct a tactics, techniques and procedures conference at the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center last week.The conference brought subject-matter experts from across the Air Force to

  • EC officer inducted into local high school’s ‘hall of fame’

    A 422nd Joint Tactics Squadron "Spartan" was honored by induction into his New Jersey high school's hall of fame June 24 in Plainfield, N.J.Capt. Sean Hoggs, the 422nd JTS's Air Expeditionary Group Staff Course director and Plainfield High School class of 1986 graduate joinedseveral other alumni

  • Online EC unit deployment manager course launches

     As part of the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's continuing goal of leveraging technology to assist in training, the Center's Mobility Operations School celebrated the launch of the on-line Unit Deployment Manager Course this month.The eight-hour online course was created as part of an overall

  • 422nd JTS hosts airfield operations TTP conference

     Nearly 20 airfield operations and air traffic control subject-matter experts joined forces with the 422nd Joint Tactics Squadron here during a planning conference this week to develop a product consolidating tactics, techniques and procedures for Airmen operating worldwide.According to some of the

  • USAF EC hosts Pentagon-sponsored civic outreach program

    A group of influential U.S. citizens hand-picked to participate in a high-profile civic outreach program visited Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ and the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center May 4th as part of the Department of Defense's Joint Civilian Orientation Conference program.Approximately

  • Army to assume responsibility for Pope Air Force Base

    Pope Air Force Base became Pope Field March 1 as it transitioned to be an Army operated facility supporting Air Force operations.Several Air Force units were redesignated or inactivated, marking a significant moment in Air Force history.The signing of a proclamation by Col. Stephen Sicinski, the

  • Grand Forks AFB prepped to change mission

    Beginning March 1, airmen assigned to the 319th Air Refueling Wing will be working under the banner of the 319th Air Base Wing.The change is the final chapter for a wing that has hosted air refueling aircraft for 50 years.While it might seem to outsiders that the base is suddenly very quiet because

  • 422nd 'Spartans' win AMC intel awards

    Three Airmen from the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center here were named as Air Mobility Command's recipients of the 2010 Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance awards this week.Capt. Joseph Tuzzolino 422nd Joint Tactics Squadron Force Protection Intel Formal Training Unit, was named

  • 421 CTS instructor stars on History Channel's 'Top Shot'

     Staff Sgt. George Reinas likes guns as outsized as his personality and viewers across the country will get to see him shoot off both this week when season two of the History Channel's "Top Shot" premieres Tuesday at 10 p.m.Sergeant Reinas is a Security Forces sniper assigned to the U.S. Air Force