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  • Contingency Response: AFDW's primary mission

    Senior Air Force District of Washington decision makers with diverse skill-sets entered a secure room early each morning during last month's U.S.-Africa Leaders' Summit, ready to respond to any crisis. The Airmen monitored event coordination efforts, communications and news media coverage, waiting

  • Team Andrews participates in POW/MIA run

    Members of Joint Base Andrews participate in the 24-hour POW/MIA Vigil Run here Sept. 18-19. More than 400 military and civilians participated in the run.  During the entirety of the event members carried the POW/MIA Flag around the Virginia track. The run was held to coincide with National POW/MIA

  • AFDW Airmen participate in Star Spangled Spectacular

    Four Airmen from the Air Force District of Washington were selected to represent the Air Force in a flag-raising ceremony honoring the 200th anniversary of the National Anthem at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Sept. 14.The AFDW Airmen who participated in the Star Spangled Spectacular flag raising were

  • Be ready with National Preparedness Month

    The clouds begin to turn grey and the wind picks up. A weather alert howls on the TV--your area is under a tornado warning, and you have moments to respond. Your family scrambles to the most protected part of the house. There you have supplies to weather the storm and recover when it's over. You

  • AFDW 2nd Lt. reenlists CMSAF

    A second lieutenant assigned here reenlisted Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Cody during the 2014 Air Force Association's Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition, Sept. 15.The opportunity came as a complete surprise, said 2nd Lt. Nicholas Hiser, the executive officer for the 844th

  • Top Airman discusses Air Force future

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III spoke about the importance of embracing change and creating an adaptive Air Force at the 2014 Air Force Association's Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition, Sept. 16."We need to be bold - we need to be a little fearless right now," he

  • ACC commander outlines imperatives for the Combat Air Force

    "The ability to provide dominant combat airpower underpins our nation's ability to pursue and protect our vital interests, and without it, we put at risk the precious bastion of liberty, the United States of America."Gen. Mike Hostage, the commander of Air Combat Command spoke about the future of

  • CMSAF outlines future force improvements

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody discussed the force's way forward at the 2014 Air Force Association's Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition here Sept. 17.During the final day of the three-day conference, Cody highlighted the Air Force's innovative processes to buffer