AMC announces senior leader retirements, assignments

Air Mobility Command officials recently announced the following senior leader retirements and assignments: Senior leader retirements: Brig. Gen. Jarisse J. Sanborn, staff judge advocate, Headquarters AMC, Scott AFB, Ill., will retire effective in September. Col. Gregg A. Clark, chief, Manpower and

Vice president visits Fairchild AFB

Cheney thanks Fairchild Airmen for support

Vice President Richard B. Cheney told servicemembers gathered at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., they are playing a key role in the war on terrorism and that their countrymen believe in them and their mission. The vice president visited the home of the 92nd Air Refueling Wing April 17 and told a

Desert duty: crew chiefs keep C-130s flying

No one wishes for an aircraft to break, especially flying crew chiefs. But, that's when the mobile C-130 maintainers receive the most attention - when something is wrong with the plane, and they are far away from home. "Fortunately, C-130s are extremely reliable," said Senior Master Sgt. Edward

AMC announces senior leader retirements, assignments

Air Mobility Command officials recently announced the following senior leader retirements and assignments: Senior leader retirements: Col. Douglas E. Beakes, chief, Medical Staff, 89th Medical Group, Andrews AFB, Md., effective in June. Col. Russell J. Deluca, chief, Operations Management Division,

18th AF welcomes new command chief master sergeant

Not only did Chief Master Sgt. Brye McMillon celebrate his 25th year in the Air Force April 6, but he was also recently assigned as the 18th Air Force’s new command chief. Chief McMillon began his Air Force career in April 1981 after graduating from high school. “After I graduated high school, I

AMC welcomes new command chief master sergeant

Opportunity, service, patriotism. Those are words Chief Master Sergeant Joseph Barron lives by, and they are themes he’ll share with Airmen as he travels base to base as the newest command chief master sergeant for the Air Mobility Command. Chief Barron reported for duty with AMC April 10 after a

Reserve crew flies C-130 humanitarian missions in Africa

Horn of Africa - The 120 degree heat, dusty wind and 4,500-foot dirt runway seemed worlds away from snowy Pennsylvania, the home of Capt. Pat Stafy. The Air Force Reserve pilot, activated to fly with the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron in Southwest Asia, was flying his third mission to Bilate,

A view to a refuel

Final flight