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  • I am The 908th: Master Sgt. Vickey Matthews

    Master Sgt. Vickey Matthews is the logistics support manager for the 908th Logistics and Readiness Squadron. As the support manager for the 908th, Matthews is responsible for supplying equipment to the wing from weapons and gas masks to pens and pencils.Matthews has been with the 908th LRS for the

  • We are The 908th: The 908th Operations Support Squadron

    Editor’s note: “We are The 908th” is a 16 part series, running biweekly, detailing the workings of the various units in the 908th Airlift Wing. This is part five, giving insight on the 908th Operations Support Squadron.

  • I am The 908th: Master Sgt. Neal Moore

    Master Sgt. Warren “Neal” Moore is the lead parachute rigger and the non-commissioned officer in charge of aerial delivery with the 25th Aerial Port Squadron. The Selma-native shipped off to Air Force Basic Military Training just two weeks after graduating high school in 2005. He was active duty at

  • We are The 908th: The 908th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron

    Editor’s note: “We are The 908th” is a 16 part series, running biweekly, detailing the workings of the various units in the 908th Airlift Wing. This is part four, giving insight on the 908th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron.

  • I am The 908th: Master Sgt. Randy Stephens

    Master Sgt. Randy Stephens is a pest management technician with the 908th Civil Engineering Squadron. Stephens also works full time for the 908th Airlift Wing’s finance office. Stephens has been with the 908th for the entirety of his 17 year career.

  • We are The 908th: The 357th Airlift Squadron

    Editor’s note: “We are The 908th” is a 16 part series, running biweekly, detailing the workings of the various units in the 908th Airlift Wing. This is part three, giving insight on the 357th Airlift Squadron.

  • 908th Crew Chiefs Ensure Aircraft Readiness

    Crew chiefs from the 908th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and the 908th Maintenance Squadron played a key role in Auburn Tide, a week-long deployment readiness exercise that took place here in late March.Auburn Tide served to increase the 908th Airlift Wing’s mission readiness as its members prepare

  • I am The 908th: Master Sgt. Christopher Foote

    Master Sgt. Christopher Foote is the head of Security Forces training and readiness for the 908th Security Forces Squadron. Foote has been with the 908th since 2009 and will be retiring in June, after two decades of service. Foote initially joined the Air Force after college, inspired by stories

  • Combat Casualties aren’t Always Human

    The United States military has employed Military Working Dogs since the Revolutionary War; first used as pack animals, advancing to pest control, to today where they see action world-wide helping to safeguard military installations and personnel by detecting explosives and drugs.MWDs have become an