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  • Airmen provide engineering support, map future for Iraq

    A handful of dedicated Airmen are providing engineering expertise and assistance as property is turned back over to the government of Iraq."We are working hand in hand with the government of Iraq, side by side like brothers, and that's the way it should be," said Tech. Sgt. James Gray.The Facilities

  • Business pros share secrets for gaining, sustaining efficiency

    In its quest to improve efficiency, Air Mobility Command brought in business experts April 20 to learn the best ways to implement process changes. Hammer and Company briefed more than 90 mobility leaders on Business Process Re-engineering who then started looking at how to increase the efficiency of

  • Air Force on track with KC-46A program

    Air Force and Boeing Company officials met for the KC-46A program post-award conference recently to discuss program specifics, including a technical overview of the program. The discussions, which took place in Harbour Pointe, Wash., featured details of the in-line production process, draft

  • Motorcyclists meet up for safety briefing, bike show, and ride

    The Air Force Global Logistics Support Center and the 375th Air Mobility Wing Safety Office joined forces April 14 to create a day where all of Scott Air Force Base's motorcycle enthusiasts could come together to learn more about motorcycle safety and about the latest safety gear. Every year all

  • Tokens highlight sexual assault awareness at Joint Base Lewis-McChord

    Several Joint Base Lewis-McChord McChord Field sexual assault victim advocates braved the cold morning April 5 to pass out teal-ribboned air fresheners advertising the base's sexual assault hotline phone number to incoming base traffic at gates around the installation, as part of Sexual Assault

  • 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

  • USTRANSCOM moves DOD personnel from Japan

    More than 7,500 Department of Defense personnel and family members, and 400 of their pets, were evacuated from disaster ravaged Japan in March. The evacuation was made possible through the combined efforts of the U.S. Transportation Command and its components, Air Mobility Command, Military Surface

  • AMC names 2010 Outstanding Airmen of the Year

    Air Mobility Command officials announced named four Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2010 during the command's OAY banquet April 1.Each of the four winners were named from a field of 12 finalists in Airman, NCO, senior NCO and first sergeant categories. The four Airmen who won the AMC titles will

  • Deployed airdrops continue record pace through first quarter of 2011

    At the end of 2010, deployed mobility Airmen supporting airdrop operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility airdropped a record 60.4 million pounds of cargo to austere locations in Afghanistan. But, by the end of 2011, that record might change.The 2010 airdrop record, which was