AFRAT members ensure safety of water supply

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Members of the Air Force Radiation Assessment Team test water samples for possible radiation exposure here March 25. The AFRAT currently supports Operation Tomodachi by ensuring the local water supply is safe for use. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrea Salazar)

Director and Program Executive Officer

Brig. Gen. Arnold W. Bunch Jr.

Navy family rings in 2011 with first New Year's baby

Joseph David Elliott was delivered early Jan. 1, 2011 at Wright-Patterson Medical Center to new parents Andrew and Heather Elliott. Baby "Joey" arrived at 3:05 a.m. and weighed in at 6 pounds, 3 ounces. He was the first New Year's Day baby born in the greater Dayton, Ohio area. Both parents graduated from Beavercreek High School, located near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew Elliott is a Navy operations specialist assigned to the USS Ingraham, with a home port of Naval Station Everett, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mark Pugel)

Airman receives surprise promotion

Staff Sgt. Luke Bistor of the 88th Security Forces Squadron holds his new stripes and an Aeronautical Systems Center coin following his surprise promotion to Technical Sgt. Dec. 21, 2010 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Pictured with Sergeant Bistor are Chief Master Sgt. Edward Pace, Chief Master Sgt. Todd Osier, and Chief Master Sgt. James Johnson. Lt. Gen. Thomas Owen, commander of Aeronautical Systems Center, promoted Sergeant Bistor via the Stripes for Exceptional Performers program. Chief Pace is is superintendent of the 88th Medical Group and acting command chief for ASC and the 88th Air Base Wing, Chief Osier is superintendent of the 88th Mission Support Group, and Chief Johnson is manager of the 88th Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Derek Kaufman)

Kentucky Air Guard supports aeromedical training

CINCINNATI, OHIO -- Capt. Marsha Starks, a nurse from the 633rd Air Base Wing at Langley Air Force Base, Va., notes the vital signs of a simulated patient while airborne Feb 11, 2010, as 1st Lt. Leann Hisle, a flight nurse from 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., observes. Captain Starks was participating in a two-week Critical Care Air Transport Team course designed to provide medical personnel with total immersion in the care of severely injured patients. Ground training and simulated-flight training are conducted at the University of Cincinnati, one of four Air Force Centers for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills (CSTARS) nationwide, but the final day of instruction is provided during actual flight aboard a Kentucky Air Guard C-130. Kentucky's 165th Airlift Squadron began providing C-130s to use as a CSTARS training platform in 2009. (U.S. Air Force by Maj. Dale Greer)

Kentucky Air Guard supports aeromedical training

CINCINNATI, OHIO -- Capt. Marsha Starks, a nurse from the 633rd Air Base Wing at Langley Air Force Base, Va., checks a simulated patient's saline solution while airborne Feb 11, 2010, as 1st Lt. Leann Hisle, a flight nurse from 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., observes. Captain Starks was participating in a two-week Critical Care Air Transport Team course designed to provide medical personnel with total immersion in the care of severely injured patients. Ground training and simulated-flight training are conducted at the University of Cincinnati, one of four Air Force Centers for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills (CSTARS) nationwide, but the final day of instruction is provided while airborne in a Kentucky Air Guard C-130. Kentucky's 165th Airlift Squadron began providing C-130s to use as a CSTARS training platform in 2009. (U.S. Air Force by Maj. Dale Greer)