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  • Budget, manning cuts further limit base tax preparation center

    Due to current budget and manning cuts, the 2014 Joint Base Anderws Tax Center here will no longer be able to offer full-fledged tax preparation services as in years past.  This year, the tax center will operate on a limited basis. The volunteers at the tax center will serve as advisors to those who

  • 11th SFG stands up new support squadron

    Capt. Charles Tenney assumed command of the 11th Security Support Squadron at an activation ceremony at the 459th Air Refueling Wing headquarters auditorium here Dec. 3.Col. Erik Goepner, 11th Security Forces Group commander, says this new squadron assumes a more administrative role than the 11th

  • 69 APS works with NASA to load satellite

    Reservists from the 459th Air Refueling Wing here, and 512th Airlift Wing, Dover Air Force Base, Del., assisted NASA for a special mission, Nov. 24. A 57,000- pound Global Precipitation Measurement Satellite was loaded by the reservists into a C-5M Super Galaxy and delivered to Kitakyushu Airport in

  • USAF Band schedules free holiday concerts

    To kick off the holiday season, and to promote their series of free holiday concerts, members of The United States Air Force Band played an impromptu concert at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, Dec. 3.The free concerts are to be held at various locations throughout the National

  • Air Force Concert Band ignites festival of lights

    Members of The U.S. Air Force Concert Band performed with The Three Cantors during the National Menorah Lighting at The Ellipse in Washington Nov 27.Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Hon. Michael Froman and Rabbi Abraham Shemtov light a giant menorah to mark the first night of Hanukkah, during the National

  • AF specialties affected by retraining reduction

    As many as 1,000 Airmen may be affected by a recently identified decrease in fiscal 2014 retraining objectives, with 35 or more Air Force specialty codes removed from the retraining-in list, Air Force officials said Nov. 26. Retraining is used to shape and balance the force by offering Airmen in

  • 'Spirit of the Season' takes over the region

    The United States Air Force Band's holiday concerts are just around the corner. This year will feature many new and exciting offerings centering around the theme of "Spirit of the Season." Nearly all of our performing ensembles will be featured in various locations around the metropolitan area.

  • Holiday medical closures announced

    Malcolm Grow Medical Clinics and Surgery Center, home of the 779th Medical Group on Joint Base Andrews, and the 579th Medical Group on Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling will be closed on the following dates:Nov. 28 - Thanksgiving HolidayNov. 29 - Family DayThere will be no appointments on these days and

  • Passenger terminal to reduce hours beginning Dec. 1

    The passenger terminal here, which has been a 24-hour operation, will close from 10 p.m. - 4 a.m. beginning Dec. 1. The terminal will open three hours before departures and 30 minutes before arrivals scheduled between the closed hours, according to 89th Passenger Services flight commander Capt. Lara

  • AFDW ships holiday cheer

    Members from across the Air Force District of Washington gathered together here Nov. 19 to complete a project months in the making, one designed to bring smiles to the faces of those from the unit who will not spend the upcoming holidays at home with their families. The AFDW members packed the