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  • 3rd Airlift Squadron performs first squadron deployment

    The 3rd Airlift Squadron made history as they deployed for the first time April 26th. More than 150 3rd AS members deployed to Southwest Asia to support the airlift mission, providing intratheater airlift through two main hubs to deliver much-needed cargo to the front lines. "This is a unique

  • Airmen applaud AMC's PHOENIX STRIPE conference

    Junior noncommissioned officers and civilians from around the Air Force participated in Air Mobility Command's PHOENIX STRIPE program here April 13-17. PHOENIX STRIPE is a highly selective professional development conference for junior noncommissioned officers and mid-grade civilians recommended by

  • General attends ribbon cutting ceremony

    The 18th Air Force commander, from Scott Air Force Base, Ill., helped officials here cut the ribbon on a combined headquarters building (Bldg. 318), April 16 during his visit to Little Rock AFB."Today's ribbon cutting is a result of a 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission's findings, which

  • HERC achieving a green planet

    At Little Rock AFB, a new environmental initiative is encouraging Airmen to set goals to reduce their impact on the environment while still completing the mission for unrivaled combat airlift for America.Through this initiative, the base adopted the acronym HERC -- Handle Environmental Resources

  • Sacrifice and Service: The life of a Port Mortuary chaplain

    The night sky looked calm and tranquil from a gently soaring aircraft, miles above the Eastern seaboard towns below. However, there was nothing tranquil or calm in the hearts of one family on board that craft, traveling to Dover Air Force Base to witness the dignified transfer of their son's

  • C-130H joint Accident Investigation Board complete

    Air Mobility Command and United States Special Operations Command today released the results of their joint investigation into the Jan. 29 accident involving a C-130H and the death of a USSOCOM parachute jumper at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.The jumper drowned after parachuting from the aircraft and

  • AMC commander: 'Charleston Airmen are outstanding'

    The men and women of Air Mobility Command are doing great things and Charleston AFB Airmen are doing outstanding work across the globe, said the AMC commander during a visit to the base April 16 and 17.Gen. Arthur Lichte stopped at Charleston AFB on his way to Columbia, S.C., to attend the Doolittle

  • Veteran gets Bronze Star after 65 years

    On Dec. 30, 1943, Army Pfc. Clarence Wallaert was shot in the hip by a German sniper while fighting against the German Winter Line in Italy.  Private Wallaert bandaged his wound and provided 12 hours of automatic rifle support for his Army comrades advancing into the Liri Valley, the "gateway to

  • 728th AMCC best in AMC for 2008

    Long duty days, phones ringing off the hook, one issue after another that needs to be addressed, a plane landing now and another one ready to taxi. It is orchestrated chaos! But it is just another day at the office for the men and women of the 728th Air Mobility Control Center, now recognized as the