Air Mobility Command Features

Innovating leadership: How one SNCO’s detour helped transform ALS

Airman 1st Class Daisy Quevedo — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 19:12:00 GMT

Watching the ruck line step off just after sunrise is like watching his year-long idea come to fruition. The sound of boots hitting the frozen ground in steady rhythm as Airman Leadership School students move across the field with radios, training rifles and the weight that comes when leadership is no longer theoretical. This is not the ALS assignment many of our senior noncommissioned officers grew up with.

Reach 806: A shot in the dark

Roland Balik — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 20:22:00 GMT

The dark night sky blanketed the airspace above Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul,

Raven Team Member Wins Air Force 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year Award

Staff Sergeant Sabatino DiMascio — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 14:00:00 GMT

The Air Force has announced the 2021 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year award, to include JB MDL’s U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jamonica Smith, 87th Security Forces Squadron Raven team member. While on a mission in Africa, she was notified by her leadership that she will be going to Washington D.C. to represent Air Mobility Command as one of the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year.

Knowledge outweighs rank for National Guardsman in charge of AMC Phoenix Oracle project

Donna Jeffries — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 12:01:00 GMT

Intelligence analyst Guardsman is given lead position for AMC's Phoenix Oracle web capability development project.

Defying the odds: identical twins serve together

Staff Sgt. Scott Warner — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 14:47:00 GMT

The odds of winning the Powerball jackpot is 292 million to 1, which is more likely than the odds of twin brothers serving in the same military branch, at the same deployed location, in the same unit, while also performing the same job at the same time. This unlikely scenario is once in a lifetime and may never happen again, but for these twin brothers at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, they are defying the odds.

Pregnancy offers opportunity for reflection for military couple

Staff Sgt. Christian Conrad — Mon, 24 May 2021 18:03:00 GMT

At 40 weeks pregnant, Staff Sgt. Rachel Pearson, 60th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron public health technician, expects to deliver her child this week, but it’s a mantra she gained from her own mother that she's found herself repeating throughout her pregnancy.

8 AS Airman’s career is a slam ‘dunk’

Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 14:34:00 GMT

For a quarter of a century, one Airman has dedicated his life to serving in the Air Force and is now getting ready to retire from the same squadron he first entered at the start of his career. Master Sgt. Michael “Dunk” Dunkelberger, 62nd Operations Group evaluator loadmaster on loan from the 8th Airlift Squadron, has spent the last 25 years delivering troops and cargo around the world as an Air Force loadmaster.

How one Airman maximized their growth thanks to a second chance

Senior Airman Mikayla Heineck — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 20:34:00 GMT

Despite a rough start during his first enlistment at then-McChord Air Force Base, Washington, Master Sgt. Timothy Nonn, the 62nd Maintenance Squadron production superintendent, has been on an upward trajectory for the majority of his nearly 16-year career. “It took me little while to get used to military standards,” Nonn said. “I was nearly denied my first reenlistment due to a lack of conformity.”

Airman looks to Rated Prep Program for lifelong dream to fly

Airman 1st Class Shannon Moorehead, 375th Air Mobility wing — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 21:00:00 GMT

For Senior Airman David Ramones, 54th Airlift Squadron executive flight attendant, the selection to the Air Force’s Rated Preparatory Program helps fulfill his dream of becoming a pilot.

‘American Tapestry’ album pulls together many strands

Nick DeCicco — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 21:03:00 GMT

“American Tapestry,” the latest album from Travis Air Force Base's U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West, aims to weave a multitude of experiences of Airmen as well as others connected to the armed forces.

Special warfare candidates look to the PAST for a better future

Senior Airman Solomon Cook — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 13:00:00 GMT

It has been said that approximately 70 percent of individuals from ages 17 to 24 are ineligible to join the U.S. military due to failure to meet standards. Statistics such as this make those who have the physical and mental prowess to apply, qualify and ultimately join a special warfare career field all the more impressive.

Cyber Transporters enable global mobility

Wed, 02 Dec 2020 17:53:00 GMT

In the face of a global pandemic, the Air Force has quickly adapted to thrive in a telework environment. The 375th Communications Squadron Cyber Transporters is one of the many teams helping to facilitate this new normal.

West Coast Demo Team highlights C-17 capabilities

Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 21:57:00 GMT

Peaking out behind white fluffy clouds, the sun shone down on the crowd of excited beachgoers enjoying the strong breeze rippling across the ocean waves. Heads began to turn and eyes searched the horizon as the sound of four turbofan jet engines could be heard over the crashing of the wind-churned sea. Amidst nudging elbows and fingers pointing, the 174-foot C-17 Globemaster III came into view and roared above the spectators down below. The 62nd Airlift Wing’s (AW) C-17 West Coast Demo (demonstration) Team showcased their skills and the aircraft’s capabilities in the 2020 Fort Lauderdale Air Show in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Nov. 21-22. The air show was held on Fort Lauderdale Beach and featured demonstration acts from all four U.S. Air Force fighter jet demo teams and a few civilian acts.

Caring for Airmen pushes Travis sergeant to recognition

Nick DeCicco — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 22:25:00 GMT

Ask Senior Master Sgt. Marcus Hewett’s colleagues about him and they practically throw a dictionary at you. Selfless. Phenomenal. Leader. Servant. Sharp. Enabler. Friendly. Kind. The descriptors just keep flowing.

Aviation legends, fighter pilots meet at Travis AFB for look back, forward

Senior Airman Christian Conrad — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 18:17:00 GMT

During a visit Nov. 10, 2020, to Travis Air Force Base, California, Clarence "Bud" Anderson, along with fellow World War II pilot, Dean “Diz” Laird, was able to experience first-hand what the most modern iteration of his former profession looks like courtesy of the 56th Fighter Wing out of Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, and Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California.

Travis command post responds to CSAF message by going paperless

Lan Kim — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 00:41:00 GMT

The status quo of doing business as usual is not enough anymore.

Scott creates ‘Dayroom Chat’ for diversity, inclusion discussions

Airman 1st Class Shannon Moorehead, 375th Air Mobility wing — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 20:37:00 GMT

Airmen from Scott Air Force Base have created a way for people of all ranks to come together virtually to provide a place to have difficult conversations, and as a way to support the Air Force’s initiative to promote diversity and inclusion in the workforce.

50th anniversary of first C-5’s arrival at Travis AFB inspires look back

Nick DeCicco — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 18:52:00 GMT

Oct. 24, 2020, marks 50 years since the first C-5A Galaxy arrived at Travis AFB.

CBRN training during COVID operations help maintain battle readiness

Airman 1st Class Shannon Moorehead, 375th Air Mobility wing — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 16:34:00 GMT

Chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear attacks are some of the most hostile environments service members may be exposed to in a combat zone, and which is why training must continue despite COVID pandemic restrictions.

Travis Airman saves life of local motorist

Senior Airman Christian Conrad — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 15:35:00 GMT

Senior Airman Max Brunwasser, 660th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron combat navigation journeyman, was on his way to work in the early hours of Sept. 8, straddling the dark, winding narrows of Highway 113 in his Subaru Legacy.