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  • McConnell civic leader tour takes flight to Scott AFB, Joint Base MDL

    Twenty-six Kansas civic leaders witnessed Air Mobility Command's mission first-hand when they recently toured its headquarters at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.With the recent onset of tasking for Libya and AMC's continuing participation in today's fight, the

  • Energy efficiency efforts within DOD helping many customers, including AMC

    In the week leading up to Earth Day on April 22, many efforts across the Department of Defense were highlighted. Some of those efforts are helping Air Mobility Command's efforts as well.In an April 13 news report by American Forces Press Service, "green initiatives" at places like Fort Bragg, N.C.,

  • Expeditionary air refueling unit 'fuels the fight'

    When driving a car and the gas gauge nudges toward 'E," or "empty," people tend to look for the next gas station to fuel up their vehicle. But when aircraft need to remain in the sky over the fight, stopping at a convenience store is not an option.Fortunately for coalition forces on the ground,

  • Teamwork essential to safely recovering aircraft

    Their job is to get planes in the air as quickly as possible, but once a plane is gone, they wait for it to come back.The more than 130 Airmen who work on ground crews here ensure when an aircraft lands after completing a 10-hour mission over the area of responsibility, it receives the best of care

  • Sharp communication needed for Operation Unified Protector

    As part of the NATO-led Operation Unified Protector, 313th Air Expeditionary Wing crews flying air refueling missions work with aircraft from several partner nations.Good communication is key to the air-refueling process. On any given sortie, tankers might be operating at different altitudes with

  • Teen discusses representing Fairchild, AMC, more on Air Force Teen Council

    "To me, being able to represent what we as teens believe in is a privilege," said the Fairchild AFB high school freshman who was named a member of Air Mobility Command's Teen Council in December. Marina Hill, a student at Cheney High School, said it's a huge honor to know that out of all the

  • Leading AMC: Fairchild improves its medical readiness

    Since October, Fairchild has steadily been climbing the ranks in Air Mobility Command when it comes to medical mobility readiness -- reaching number one in AMC -- with no plans of looking back.They achieved this through the Preventive Health Assessment and Individual Medical Readiness, or

  • Joint Base MDL wings enhance refueling capabilities during exercise

    Aircrews and maintainers from two mission wings stationed here gained a boost to their refueling skills and further enhanced the Air Force's global-reach efforts during a week-long exercise at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., concluding March 29.The exercise, dubbed "Neptune Falcon," culminated with a