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  • Senior officer assignment announced

    Air Mobility Command officials have announced the following senior officer assignment:Col. Kurt A. Klausner, chief, Program Management Division, Directorate of Communications and Information Management, Headquarters AMC, Scott AFB, will become commander, 552nd Communications Group, Tinker AFB, Okla., effective May. 
  • Lancer reflection

  • C-17 crew wins Mackay Trophy

    One year after they led the biggest combat airdrop since Operation Just Cause in Panama in December 1989, five Airmen from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., are the winners of the National Aeronautic Association's Clarence Mackay Trophy for 2003.Lt. Col. Shane Hershman, 7th Airlift Squadron; Maj. Bob Colvin, 8th AS; 1st Lt. Matt Clausen, 4th AS;
  • Security forces commanders swap jobs for a week

    When Lt. Col. David Foster arrived at MacDill, the security forces commander from McGuire AFB looked out over the waters of Tampa Bay and knew he was a long way from New Jersey. Likewise, Lt. Col. Steven Kauffmann, MacDill's security forces commander, probably was thinking the same thing when he arrived at McGuire the same week.The two colonels
  • AMC Airmen to be recognized during April 15 banquet

    The Air Mobility Command Outstanding Airmen and First Sergeant of the Year Banquet is April 15 at the Scott AFB Club.Attendees at this year's banquet will receive a special coin commemorating the event. The front of the coin contains enlisted ranks (chevrons) circling the Earth, signifying the theme of this year's banquet, "Global Reach Through
  • Air Force-wide housing study calls for fewer on-base homes

    According to Air Mobility Command officials, in the future, the Air Force will rely more on the local communities around its bases to adequately house military families.A service-wide Housing Requirements and Market Analysis study confirmed the Air Force could reduce the number of military family housing units. For Air Mobility Command, that means
  • Senior officer assignments announced

    Senior officer assignments announced SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (AMCNS) - Air Mobility Command officials have announced the following senior officer assignments: Col. Randy G. Tillery, director of personnel, Headquarters AMC, Scott AFB, will become professor of aerospace studies, Air Force Reserve Officer
  • Deployed AMC officer supports war operations effort

    Working at the heart of air mobility operations for Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Joint Task Force Horn of Africa, Lt. Col. Bruce Hendrickson oversees a lot of movement, action and effort in the Global War on Terrorism.From his position as the Air Mobility Division night chief in the Combined Air Operations Center in
  • AMC team vital to getting BIAP hub restarted

    Tech. Sgt. Doug Starkweather wasn't sure what he was in for when he left here in April for his deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. But he knew it was about freedom."The war, and the continued efforts in Iraq, are all about freedom," Sergeant Starkweather said. "We enjoy so much freedom in this country that we could never imagine what
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