Engineering the future: STARBASE La., summer academy students pilot DoD program

The room is darkened, as engineers work feverishly on their latest innovation. It has taken much thought, but the group of highly-skilled professionals have put their heads together and created what could become the most up-to-date communication device used on the surface of the moon. Funny thing,

AFRC/CCC visits Wing

During a three-day visit and tour of the 917th Wing, members got a chance to pick the brains of Air Force Reserve Command's Command Chief Troy McIntosh and Tenth Air Force Command Chief Lawrence Chang. After documenting several meetings with officers and enlisted personnel, Col.Ed Walker, Chief

MDS training proves 'golden'

Nine 917th Medical Squadron personnel converged on Fort Gordon, Ga., June 9-22 for true-to-life training with more than 500 of their Air Force active-duty, Reserve and Guard counterparts. Golden Medic 2007 "seamlessly integrates the air and ground components in transporting patients expeditiously

On Patrol: 917 SFS members deployed to Iraq

Airmen following in great-grandmother's footsteps

Elsie Peterson Adcock was only 17 years old when she left her hometown of Rayville at the government's urging and headed to Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City following Pearl Harbor. At Barksdale, Adcock was trained to work on B-24 and C-87 planes. After training, Adcock was sent to Texas,

Sarah saves life: Wing family member pulls drowning toddler to safety

It was a fun-filled day among friends recently on Lake Ouachita, Ark., that nearly turned tragic if it wasn't for the courageous, extraordinarily quick thinking of one eight-year-old girl. Sarah Ellingwood, daughter of Senior Master Sgt. Darren Ellingwood, followed her gut instinct and without

Total force training: 917 CF trains with active duty, fulfills mission in wartime

Maintaining a mission-ready status and working as a total force are two main goals of squadrons Air Force-wide. The 917th Communications Flight is completing both tasks in one method of training. This month, the entire COMM Flight is gaining accelerated mission qualification training from their

STARBASE La., educator receives grant

Their typical impact is "one class at a time." But in this case, over 1,300 STARBASE students will benefit from the generous gift of $1,000 by local ABC affiliate KTBS, Landers Dodge, Barksdale Federal Credit Union and Life Wise Cable Media Friday, May 25. Mrs. Laurie Ilgenfritz, deputy director of

"Sir, I assume command of MXG"

917th Wing Maintenance Group members welcomed Lt. Col. Jeffrey Mullen as their new leader with a formal assumption of command ceremony on the June unit training assembly. Colonel Mullen comes to the Wing from his most recent assignment as the resources branch chief at 22d Air Force, Dobbins ARB, Ga.

917 MXG welcomes new commander