Moody Air Force Base News

Moody Air Force base is always keeping a close watch on the weather. Every year, they do update contingency plans that describe in detail evacuation procedures for base personnel, where to put all their aircraft, and how they would help community if assistance is needed.

Nov. 11 marks the anniversary of the Armistice which was signed in the Forest of Compiegne by the Allies and the Germans in 1918, ending World War I, after four years of conflict.

Cadets in Valdosta State University's Air Force ROTC program will get a taste of action during a mock deployment exercise scheduled today through Sunday at the Military Operations in Urban Terrain Village on Moody Air Force Base.

Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks & Recreation Authority Director Eric Hahn, left, and Leadership Lowndes class member Dan Deaver ride their bikes on one of the new boardwalks at Langdale Park Friday.

A Chilean F-16 approaches the boom of a U.S. KC-135 Stratotanker during a refueling mission Oct.

THUMBS UP: To Lowndes County Sheriff's Office deputies for apprehending an escaped jail inmate following a three-day manhunt.

The Department of Defense awarded nearly $30 million in stimulus contracts to six companies while they were under federal criminal investigation on suspicion of defrauding the government.

Alaska's congressional delegation has sent a letter to the Secretary of the Air Force urging him to station the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter at Eielson Air Force Base.

Students, faculty, and staff are collecting donations through the middle of November.

Senior Airman Guy Coggins, 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron intelligence analyst, is the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing's Tuskegee Airman of the Week for Sept.

Last Thanksgiving, Polly Douglass, co-owner and stylist at The Hair Studio, made sausage cornbread dressing for the family dinner of two of her clients, Claire Spriggs-Marrs and her sister, Marie Wood.

Two HH-60G Pavehawk helicopters departed Moody Air Force Base Friday morning, bound for the South Carolina coast.

The annual Remerton Reunion is scheduled for this weekend. The reunion is for anyone who lived or worked in Remerton, or their parents or grandparents who worked there, or attended school or church there, from the town's past mill days, says Nina King, a reunion organizer who grew up in Remerton.

Two local veterinarians are offering rabies shots for dogs and cats from 10 a.m. until noon for $5 Saturday as part of the Tifton-Tift County Animal Shelters "Howling for Homes" event that will be held Saturday at the shelter.

Brooks County Middle School students in Jennifer Laxton's sixth grade advanced reading class will soon be reading the novel 'Hatchet' by Gary Paulsen.

April Oliver of Valdosta compares preparing for a "Wheel of Fortune" appearance to boot camp.

During the week of Sept. 21-25, the Air Combat Command Inspector General team visited Moody Air Force Base to evaluate the ability of the 23rd Wing to mobilize people, aircraft and equipment for rapid movement to potential hot spots across the globe.

THUMBS UP: To the Georgia Department of Transportation for completing the work on the intersections at Northside Drive and Bemiss Road, and St.

An undercover operation led to the arrest of four men on drug charges this week and the confiscation of marijuana.

An undercover operation led to the arrest of four men on drug charges this week.