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The Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES, also referred to as The Exchange and post exchange/PX or base exchange/BX) provides goods and services at U.S. Army, Air Force, and Space Force installations worldwide, operating department stores, convenience stores, restaurants, military clothing stores, theaters and more nationwide and in more than 30 countries and four U.S. territories.
An exchange is a type of retail store found on United States military installations worldwide. Once similar to trading posts, today they resemble modern department stores or strip malls. The terminology varies by armed service; some examples include base exchange (BX), and post exchange (PX), and there are more specific terms for subtypes of ...
The base was renamed Travis Air Force Base in 1951 for Brigadier General Robert F. Travis, who was killed when a B-29 Superfortress crashed shortly after takeoff on 5 August 1950. The ensuing fire caused the 10,000 pounds of high explosives in the plane's cargo — a Mark 4 nuclear weapon (minus its nuclear core) — to detonate, killing ...
FILE - A solider wears a U.S. Space Force uniform during a ceremony for U.S. Air Force airmen transitioning to U.S. Space Force guardian designations at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Feb. 12, 2021.
It is the US Air Force's most expensive plane to operate, at $159,529 per hour. ... An E-4B aircraft on the tarmac at Travis Air Force Base, California, September 11, 2017.
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Travis Air Force Base, one of two AFBs that operate the plane, will fly its last KC-10 in September 2024. While next-gen fighter jets and bombers like the F-35 and B-21 get lots of love, the U.S ...
Tom Shull is an American businessman and Director/CEO of the Army & Air Force Exchange Service (Exchange), No. 52 [1] on the National Retail Federation's Top 100 Retailers list. Shull joined the Exchange in 2012 as the first civilian [2] [3] to lead the Department of Defense's largest retailer. He also serves on the Exchange's board of ...