AMC announces 2005 Security Forces award winners

Air Mobility Command recently named the 2005 Security Forces individual award winners. According to a message released by AMC Installation and Mission Support, these individuals "distinguished themselves in an extremely close selection process and have proven that they are truly the best of the best

AMC announces senior officer retirements, assignments

Air Mobility Command officials recently announced the following senior officer retirements and assignments: Senior leader retirements: Col. Dennis M. McCarthy, chief, C-17 Program Office, 60th Air Mobility Wing, Travis AFB, Calif., will retire in April. Col. Ben McCollum II, commander, 89th

AMC names civil engineer, environmental award nominees

Air Mobility Command recently named the nominees for the 2005 Air Force-level General Thomas D. White awards and Air Force Outstanding Civil Engineer Environmental Flight Award. The awards recognize installations, teams and individuals for environmental excellence. The nominees are: Environmental

Travis captures command-level Hennessy Award

The Sierra Inn at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., is Air Mobility Command's 2006 Services Hennessy Award winner in the single-facility category. The 60th Services Squadron facility will represent AMC as the command's single-facility nominee in the Air Force competition. According to AMC senior

Wing, EPA back plan to treat contaminated base site

The 89th Airlift Wing and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency signed a Record of Decision to address historic contamination of groundwater at Fire Training Area No. 4 here during a briefing of the base’s Environmental Restoration Program at the Maryland Department of the Environment

Warfare Center offers online courses

Ever wondered how wartime planners decide the best ways to organize and deploy air mobility forces and assets? For instance, who goes in to start a bare base operation, security forces or the tanker airlift control element and flight? What are the variables in determining how many pallets you can

McChord Airman earns Air Force leadership award

A Joint Tactical Air Controller with the 5th Air Support Operations Squadron at Fort Lewis was recently selected for the 2005 Lance P. Sijan Air Force Leadership Award. Senior Airman Grailin Blamer earned this recognition for his quick and cool-headed thinking while providing air cover for Soldiers

Andrews firefighter helps rescue man from water tower

Andrews Air Force Base and Prince George’s County firefighters rescued a man from atop a 200-foot water tower here Dec. 5. An electrical engineer with the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, Josh Vinson’s blood-sugar level dropped suddenly while he was doing routine water tower maintenance,

AMC unit supports Robins AFB community

AMC employees gain better understanding, appreciation for NSPS

As the Air Force undergoes transformation, the Department of Defense’s General Schedule personnel ranking and pay system is transforming as well. The decades-old GS system will be replaced by the new National Security Personnel System. The current 15-grade GS pay system will be converted to broad