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  • Maintainers help keep birds up, fires down

    While racecars seize the limelight upon crossing the finish line, people tend to forget that a team in the shadows helped get them to the end.Racers have the help of their pit crew, actors have a director and pilots rely on maintainers to ensure the mission gets completed. While aircrews from

  • C-130s drop retardant over Texas wildfires

    As the nation's second most populous state and second largest in square miles, Texas continues to battle wildfires in all its 254 counties, many of the fires considered major.In a letter to the president on April 16, 2011, Texas Gov. Rick Perry requested federal assistance to help contain the fires,

  • Laughlin continues support of firefighting efforts in Mexico

    Two Department of Defense C-130 aircraft continued to support Mexican firefighting efforts to control wildfires in the Mexico state of Coahuila April 18 by launching six aerial fire-fighting missions from here.The C-130s, from the 302nd Airlift Wing at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., and under the

  • Laughlin XLer -- Airman 1st Class Blake Mize

    Job title and unit: Public Affairs Journeyman, 47th Flying Training Wing Hometown: Charleston, S.C. via Hopkinsville, Ky. Family: Betty Rose (mother), Randall (father), Mary (sister), Rhiannan and Scott (sister and brother-in-law), Fletcher (brother), three nieces, two nephews and many moreTime at

  • Laughlin supports wildfire relief effort

    Laughlin members have rolled out the red carpet, so to speak, for a unit tasked with supporting fire-fighting efforts in Texas and Mexico.Three C-130 aircraft from the 302nd Airlift Wing at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. arrived here April 16 to a warm welcome from Laughlin's leadership and many

  • C-130s support fight against Mexican wildland fires

    Two Department of Defense C-130 aircraft conducted three aerial firefighting missions from here today in support of the ongoing efforts to contain the wildland fires in the Mexico state of Coahuila.The C-130's, from the 302nd Airlift Wing at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., and under the command and

  • Laughlin XLer -- Capt. Aaron Sick

    Job title and unit: N-Flight Commander, 87th Flying Training SquadronHometown: Air Force brat: Calif., Okla., Ill., Del.Family: My beautiful wife, SarahTime at Laughlin: Arrived Dec. 17, 2010Time in military/civil service: 8 years in MayGreatest accomplishment: 1000 hours of flight time in the F-16

  • Commentary -- On a mission to save Fatoon

    Tomorrow marks day 90 of my 179-day deployment to Iraq. I'm deployed here as an air advisor to the Iraqi air force. To simplify things, my squadron is here to teach the IqAF how to run a pilot training program. Whereas most of the training program was previously contracted out, they are now finding

  • Adventure Race VII a ‘complete success’

    Around 500 people that made up about 70 different teams took part in Laughlin's Adventure Race VII April 9.The race consisted of three separate phases, which began at Laughlin, traveled through Del Rio to Lake Amistad and ended at Brook Mill RV Park on Highway 90 in Del Rio.To complete the race,

  • Laughlin, Del Rio leaders tour BAMC facilities

    A group of civic leaders from Del Rio joined Col. Michael Frankel, 47th Flying Training Wing commander, Chief Master Sgt. Ray DeVite, 47th FTW command chief, and several other Laughlin members for a trip to San Antonio's Brooke Army Medical Center April 11.While at BAMC, the group toured three