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Kirtland AFB receives body armor tailored for women February 24 Senior Airman Kiah Cook, 377th Security Forces Group defender, wears the new female body armor on Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, Feb. 4. (Airman 1st Class Ireland Summers/Air Force) New body armor specifically tailored for women is arriving at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico — part of a larger effort within the Air Force to provide women better-fitting equipment. Female airmen with the 377th Security Forces started receiving the new body armor in January, the Air Force said in a news release Feb. 17. Unlike th...

Still 2 years away, Minot Air Force Base prepares for new helicopters Eloise Ogden, Minot (N.D.) Daily News via the AP February 21 The MH-139A Grey Wolf lands at Duke Field, Fla., Dec. 19, 2019, before its unveiling and naming ceremony. The aircraft is set to replace the Air Force's fleet of UH-1N Huey aircraft and has capability improvements related to speed, range, endurance and payload. (Samuel King Jr./AirForce) MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. — It’s still a ways off yet but Minot Air Force Base is getting ready for the Air Force’s new MH-139A “Grey Wolf” helicopters to repl...

By ELOISE OGDEN | Minot Daily News | Published: February 20, 2021 MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. — It’s still a ways off yet but Minot Air Force Base is getting ready for the Air Force’s new MH-139A “Grey Wolf” helicopters to replace the Vietnam-era UH-1N Huey helicopters. Helicopters are used to guard the nation’s intercontinental ballistic missile fields around Minot AFB, F.E. Warren AFB in Wyoming and Malmstrom AFB in Montana. Lt. Col. David Dammeier, commander of the 5th Civil Engineer Squadron at Minot AFB, told members of the Minot Area Chamber EDC’s Military Affairs Commi...

After years of wearing the standard tactical vest originally designed for a male body frame, female Airmen from the 377th Security Forces Group at Kirtland Air Force Base were among the first Air Force defenders to receive the new issue of female body,

Date Time Kirtland AFB female defenders get new female body armor After years of wearing the standard tactical vest originally designed for a male body frame, female Airmen from the 377th Security Forces Group at Kirtland Air Force Base were among the first Air Force defenders to receive the new issue of female body armor starting January 2021. The new, better-fitting body armor will be distributed to all female security forces members on the installation. Master Sgt. Brianne N. Trapani, 377th Security Support Squadron superintendent, spoke about some of the vest’s new features. “The new...