Feature Search

  • AFE keeps crews alive

    An aircrew member is stranded after his helicopter crashed. He doesn't know exactly where he is or where friendly units are located. All he has on him is his survival vest, which contains flares, maps, a compass and water purification tablets. His chances of survival depend on that survival vest

  • Airman by day, deputy by night

    Instead of taking off his uniform and kicking off his boots after a long day of work, one Airman from Avon Park Air Force Range, Fla., donned another uniform to head off to training for his next job. It took him 11 months of training five and six days a week at South Florida State College to earn

  • 23d CONS enters ‘playoff season’ of FY closeout

    For the 23d Contracting Squadron, the end of the fiscal year means one thing. The 39 people assigned to the squadron are working 12 hour days, nights and weekends trying to award contracts for the 110 new projects for the end of the year. Since funding for fiscal 2012 cannot be spent in fiscal 2013,

  • Innovation, determination earns Moody Airman 10K

    Removing six links from a device used to load the A-10C Thunderbolt IIs 30mm Gatling gun would have saved the Air Force $1.6 million last year. An armament specialist at Moody noticed this and came up with a simple, effective solution that earned him $10,000 through the Innovative Development

  • Airman's inner Spartan shines during 'Death Race'

    U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Adam Orton is far from the ultra-endurance athletes, military special operators and seasoned adventure athletes typically found at the starting line of the annual Spartan Death Race. The 20-year-old aerospace propulsion journeyman with the 74th Aircraft Maintenance

  • SERE puts aircrew through ringer

    Being flipped upside down underwater while buckled down to a chair or dragged through the water fully dressed isn't the typical day at the pool, but for some Airmen, this water survival training is crucial and could save their life. Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists offer a water

  • Moody Airman wins 2012 Lance P. Sijan Award

    The tower assistant chief controller from the 23d Operations Support Squadron recently received the Lance P. Sijan award for Air Combat Command.Master Sgt. Justin Hartman won the award at the ACC level due to his leadership qualities on and off duty."First of all, I'm shocked. I give huge credit to

  • POL fuels mission

    Watching an aircraft take off is one of the visible aspects of Moody and its mission, but that mission wouldn't be possible if it wasn't for the Petroleum, Oils and Lubricants flight, best known as POL.The Airmen of POL ensure that the mission is ready at all times by maintaining their own equipment

  • New ADC defends Airmen’s rights

    Standing up for the little guy is something the Moody Area Defense Counsel (ADC) does every day. When an Airman of any rank finds themselves at the wrong end of an adverse action, the ADC is there to provide their help and knowledge, free of charge to active-duty service members.As an experienced

  • Just another day in rescue community

    I've been hunting plenty of times, but never as the prey. "We're here. Get out," said the survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist as he slammed the 4x4 pickup into park alongside a desert road at the Nevada Test and Training Range. He seemed like such a nice guy when we had met a few