• The Tuskegee Airmen and Their Contributions to America

    With over 15,000 sorties flown on 1,500 missions, the Tuskegee Airmen were highly skilled combat pilots. Devoted and strong-minded African American men, the Tuskegee Airmen became America's first black airmen. In a period in which the black man was thought to lack bravery, intellect, skill, and

  • For Air Force it's 'toys from tots'

    A young Haitian girl is brought out of a medical tent on a litter. She is wrapped in a light blanket and clutches a small stuffed animal to her chest. Medical personnel carefully load her into the back of a truck and she is driven to a waiting Air Force C-130H for aeromedical evacuation to the

  • AMC continues aeromedical evacuation relief in Haiti

    After flying two missions in less than three days, a Critical Care Air Transport Team flew on a third mission as part of Air Mobility Command's aeromedical evacuation mission to Haiti Jan. 23-24.The three-member CCATT, assigned to the 88th Medical Group at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is

  • Air Force ‘angels’ rescue injured Haitians

    "Don't leave me," said a young Haitian girl, her arms and head bandaged after being badly burned. She reached out to a nearby nurse, "Am I going to die?""No, not today. Don't you worry," said the nurse. The girl settled back onto her litter.Farther down the row of litters a Haitian man was chanting,

  • MacDill AFB MASF arrives in Haiti

    A team from MacDill AFB, Fla. arrived Jan. 21 at the Port-au-Prince airport to assist with the ongoing relief efforts here.The 6th Medical Group sent one of their 13-person Mobile Aeromedical Staging Facilities here to help prepare patients for medical aero evacuation to other treatment

  • MASF mission through a spouse's eyes

    When Marcie Wheatley's husband told her Jan. 13 that he was preparing to leave for Haiti, she had no idea that he would not actually leave until Jan. 20 and with only ten minutes notice."It was initially hard on the kids because of the back and forth about when he was leaving," said Ms. Wheatley.Ms.

  • For AMC, Haiti a total force effort

    The Mississippi State University patch on Col. Tod Wall's headphones speaks of more than just collegiate affiliation; it tells the story of today's total force Air Force team.Wall, a National Guardsman, is the Operations Group commander, 172nd Airlift Wing, Mississippi Air National Guard out of

  • Team MacDill responds to Haiti Relief Efforts

    Thirteen members of MacDill Air Force Base's 6th Medical Group deployed to the Republic of Haiti on Jan. 20 in support of the humanitarian mission to provide critical medical care to survivors of the massive earthquake that devastated the island recently."The team consists of personnel whose

  • Oyster reef project dates set

    Those interested in protecting and improving MacDill's shoreline may be interested in volunteering for one or both of two upcoming events. One is an off-site trip to a nearby (man-made) salt marsh to dig up marsh grass plugs. Event two is a marsh grass planting event at the oyster reef site on the