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  • MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Col. John Decknick, 820th Security Forces Group commander, conducts an interview with Richard "Mack" Machowicz, host of the Discovery Channel’s “Future Weapons.” While at Moody, the show covered the Active Denial System, the nonlethal, direct energy weapon currently being evaluated by the 820th SFG. The show is scheduled to air in April. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gina Chiaverotti)

    Lights, camera, ADS...

  • Senior Airman Steven McFalls, 23rd Civil Engineer Squadron liquid fuels journeyman, checks a valve during a safety inspection here recently. The mixing plant is capable of providing 10 days of gas to the base during winter consumption rates without resupply. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres)

    Propane plant fuels utility alternatives for Moody

    The 23rd Civil Engineer Squadron recently began using a new propane-air mix system that creates an alternative source of fuel, allowing the base to avoid paying high contract fees for natural gas. The system, which Moody began using in November 2006, substitutes propane for the natural gas used on base at times when the utility company charges
  • A car drives on one of the straight-away streches of Austin Ellipse at Moody AFB, Ga., recently. As part of the final phases of the Base Consolidated Support Center project, the ellipse straight-away will be demolished and become two separate streets with two-way traffic. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Angelita Lawrence)

    Ellipse clipped for Moody's new base support center

    Moody drivers will soon notice a major change to the street landscape as crews begin demolition of the straight-away stretches of Austin Ellipse Feb. 26. Part of the final phases of the Consolidated Base Support Center project, the ellipse changes are needed to meet force protection requirements and are part of the long-term base development plan,
  • Chief Master Sgt. David Popp, Air Combat Command command chief master sergeant, greets Airman 1st Class Ava Turner, 822nd Security Forces Squadron, during his visit to Moody Tuesday and Wednesday. The chief visited numerous squadrons and spread his enthusiasm about the importance of Moody Airmen to the Air Force’s overall mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gina Chiaverottil)

    ACC Command Chief: Moody vital to AF mission

    The top enlisted Airman in Air Combat Command visited here Tuesday and Wednesday, spreading his enthusiasm about the impact of Moody on the Air Force mission. As the Global War on Terrorism contributes to the high operations tempo, Moody Airmen are doing their part to meet the Air Force's increasingly demanding mission objectives, said Chief Master
  • Airman 1st Class Marcos Dominguez and Staff Sgt. Brendon Holland, 723rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron mobility journeymen, prepare the helicopter support trailer to depart for Atlantic Rescue ‘07 at McDill Air force Base, Fla. Oct. 24, 2006. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. Mona Ferrell)

    Helicopter support trailer provides rapid mobility to Moody maintainers

    It appears to be just a plain grey box, with a drop down rear ramp and external lighting. There are no flashy unit murals or logos. In fact, there is no labeling on the trailer at all, other than a government license plate. This nondescript trailer, recently purchased by the 723rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron HH-60G Pave Hawk mobility and support
  • Kathryn Thompson, managing director of American Eagle Communities, helps Lowell Klepper, 23rd CES deputy base civil engineer and Brianna McKay, cut the ribbon on her family’s new home Jan. 31. Brianna is the daughter of Tech. Sgt. Martin and Maria McKay. The family will be moving into the three-bedroom 1,630 square-foot home as soon as community projects are completed. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gina Chiaverotti)

    Moody opens doors to new housing

    Team Moody celebrated the completion of the first new single family housing units with a ribbon cutting ceremony Jan. 31, at the new Magnolia Grove Housing area. The $52 million project provides 383 three and four-bedroom homes in Magnolia Grove, each with no less than 1,630 square feet of space. Dignitaries attending the ribbon cutting ceremony
  • Using new dental technology, a camera scans a casting or mold and sends an extremely high resolution three-dimensional image to the modeling computer. The item needed is then created in a virtual environment and either transmitted to the Area Dental Lab, or created in-house on a precision milling machine. The $64,000 computerized milling system shortens the processing time to create crowns and bridges from six weeks to a couple of hours. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres)

    New technology takes pain out of major dentistry

    Dental work for deploying Moody Airmen that once took six weeks can now be accomplished at the dental clinic in a number of hours, thanks to a new computer-based system now in use. The $64,000 system frees the laboratory technicians from the time-consuming process of molding plaster, shaping wax, forging metal and then overlaying porcelain, said

  • AF improves unit climate assessment process

    A revitalized unit climate assessment program is being implemented Air Force-wide in an effort to better assist commanders in determining the human relations climate within their organization. While the basic questions provided to the survey taker have not changed much, the new program provides the commander with a more specific breakdown to see
  • Airman 1st Class Nadine Rudke, 823rd Security Forces Squadron fire team member, guards the perimeter of a casualty collection point during a combat medical skills excercise held Jan. 19 at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres)

    823rd SFS hones combat-care skills through realistic training

    Five Airmen lay broken, bleeding and screaming for help along the smoke obscured tree line, while gunfire cracks overhead and thunderous mortar blasts shake the ground at terrifyingly irregular intervals. Through the smoke, a dismounted squad urgently approaches. The scene that confronts them is a roll call of traumatic amputations, impalement and
  • The 820th Security Forces Group is currently evaluating the Active Denial System, a non-lethal weapon designed to engage and repel human targets by projecting a beam of energy that creates an intolerable heating sensation on the skin. ADS can potentially give deployed Airmen another option to employ in the Global War on Terrorism. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gina Chiaverotti)

    820th SFG evaluates non-lethal weapon

    The 820th Security Forces Group is currently evaluating a long-range, non-lethal weapon system that could eventually save lives in the Global War on Terrorism. The Active Denial System is designed to engage and repel human targets by projecting a beam of energy that creates an intolerable heating sensation on the skin, said Tech. Sgt. John
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