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  • McChord Airmen support first voluntary departure flight from Japan

    Members of Team McChord helped welcome 233 Department of Defense personnel and family members who voluntarily departed Japan after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami struck the island March 11."This is a tremendous team effort from the entire Joint Base community aimed at easing a

  • Operation Tomodachi: Mobility Airmen supporting effort on multiple fronts

    Every day since an 8.9-magnitude earthquake and a tsunami struck Japan on March 11, mobility Airmen have been on a busy pace.Every day since March 11, for example, reports show aircrew Airmen flying C-17 Globemaster III and C-130 Hercules aircraft moving cargo and personnel to support Operation

  • McChord Airmen support effort for Japan

    An augmented crew from the 62nd Airlift Wing's 4th Airlift Squadron departed the United States on March 12 and delivered search and rescue, or SAR, equipment and personnel to Japan in support of humanitarian relief efforts after an earthquake and tsunami struck the island nation March 11. The first

  • Reports: Mobility Airmen continue global support effort for Japan

    Reports from throughout the Department of Defense are showing a U.S. military-wide effort to support humanitarian relief efforts for the quake- and tsunami-stricken areas of Japan. However, behind the scenes of that effort, are mobility Airmen from Pacific Air Forces, Air Mobility Command and many

  • AMC emergency responders test integrated capabilities

    The detector's beeping alarm warns that the liquid seeping from the barrel in front of them is some type of chemical warfare agent. The M-8 paper turns gold indicating the presence of a G-series nerve agent.After further testing, the team determines the drum contains the deadly chemical warfare

  • MARE challenges McConnell Airmen during a tornado response

    In 2010, 1,543 tornados struck taking 45 lives in the U.S. So, in preparation for severe weather, McConnell AFB members participated in a major accident response exercise, or MARE, on March 10. Tying into the base priority of "Ready Base" and "Ready Airmen," the MARE tested the skills of McConnell's

  • Mobility Airmen deliver search and rescue teams to Japan

    Two Air Mobility Command C-17 Globemaster IIIs departed the United States on March 12 and delivered search and rescue, or SAR, equipment and personnel to Japan in support of humanitarian relief efforts after an earthquake and tsunami struck the island nation Friday. President Barack Obama pledged

  • TACC Airmen plan major helicopter rotation in Afghanistan

    Air Mobility Command Airmen and C-5 Galaxies are on the cusp of completing one of the largest rotations of helicopters into and out of Afghanistan in Air Force history, according to AMC officials.The massive effort called for the rotation of more than 170 helicopters -- approximately 100 inbound to

  • Little Rock Airmen demonstrate massive airdrop, teamwork in joint exercise

    Nine Little Rock Air Force Base C-130s and twice as many aircrews, along with maintainers and planners from the base, participated in the most recent Joint Operation Access Exercise Feb. 9-12 at Pope Air Force Base and Fort Bragg, N.C.JOAX is a two-week exercise to prepare the Air Force and Army to