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  • Charleston Airman's deployment helps keep vehicles on track

    It takes the work of several career fields to meet the Transit Center's mission of providing onward movement; however, without a qualified crew of vehicle maintainers it would be impossible to move troops downrange or return them home. Vehicle maintainers at the Transit Center manage a fleet of more

  • McChord Airmen presented Air Medal for historic Antarctic mission

    The C-17 Globemaster III aircrew members of "Ice 68" from the 62nd and 446th Airlift Wings here were presented the Air Medal on July 29 by Gen. Raymond E. Johns Jr., Air Mobility Command commander, for their part in evacuating an ailing government contractor from McMurdo Station, Antarctica, in

  • Top award winners named for Air Mobility Rodeo 2011

    The Air Mobility Rodeo 2011 competition drew to a close here with the 97th Air Mobility Wing earning the "Best Air Mobility Wing" title during the awards presentation for the air mobility competition July 29.In the closing ceremonies, the Rodeo commander addressed the thousands of people who had

  • Tactics competition tests skills of security forces for Rodeo 2011

    Built with a humanitarian relief scenario by event organizers from the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's 421st Combat Training Squadron, the security forces tactics competition here for Air Mobility Rodeo 2011 tested the deployment skills of the Airmen."All of the teams who competed in this

  • Photo essay: Port Dawgs run Rodeo obstacle course

    Aerial porters run an obstacle course as part of the Air Mobility Rodeo 2011 challenge here July 28, 2011. Several teams competed to find out which one of them would go home with the Best Aerial Porters trophy. The winners will be announced July 29, 2011.

  • Israeli chief serves as umpire at Rodeo 2011

    The sole representative from the Israeli air force at Air Mobility Rodeo 2011, Chief Master Sgt. Itzhak Nevo is the guy every C-130 maintainer looks to."They think I know everything because I've been working on C-130s since 1975," Nevo joked.Nevo is serving as an umpire at Rodeo, the biennial

  • McChord's 'combo' team working hard at Rodeo 2011

    During Air Mobility Rodeo 2011, the 62nd Airlift Wing and 627th Air Base Group combination team competed in many events including security forces, financial management and maintenance skills.For the financial management teams, Rodeo day began by attending a "Pump-Up," which consists of introductions

  • Pallet build up contest introduced at Rodeo

    Aerial port crews competed in the first Air Mobility Rodeo 2011 pallet build-up contest, July 26, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., to simulate the high-stress environment of a deployed location. A total of 25 Rodeo teams are scheduled to compete. The cargo for the pallet built in the competition