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Feb. 24, 2011
Future initiatives discussed during fuel efficiency summit

Air Mobility Command helped set the course for cultural change during a fuel efficiency summit here that included participation by 11 Air Force major commands Feb. 16 to 17. AMC hosted the summit to share and collaborate on ideas and initiatives that will help better fuel efficiency across the Air
Feb. 23, 2011
Joint Base Lewis-McChord NCO helps Air Force bowling team take top honors

Staff Sgt. Natasha Sanchez still remembers the day quite clearly.She was 19 years old and her brother was 15. Both were bowling in a tournament in their home state of Tennessee. Suddenly, two lanes down from Sanchez, loud cheering broke out around her brother's lane. He'd bowled a 300 -- a perfect
Feb. 22, 2011
Exercise preps Travis 615th CRW for inspection, real-world missions

Soldiers and Airmen teamed up in a simulated deployed environment at Mackall Army Airfield approximately 10 miles south of Pinehurst, N.C., in support of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division's Joint Operational Access Exercise, Feb. 9 through16. More than 100 Airmen from the 615th Contingency Response
Feb. 17, 2011
Space-A travel: Did you know?

Every day, around the world, hundreds of military and military-contracted commercial aircraft travel the world delivering troops and cargo. These missions allow hundreds of thousands of military personnel, retirees, family members, and other Department of Defense-eligible travelers to fly at almost
Feb. 3, 2011
AMC wing commanders, chiefs gather for first CAF conference

Wing commanders and command chief master sergeants took part in a one-day, first-of-its-kind, Air Mobility Command-wide conference on Comprehensive Airman Fitness here Jan. 24. The conference, anchored by AMC's Manpower, Personnel and Services Directorate, or AMC/A1, provided a direct face-to-face
Feb. 3, 2011
Scott AFB medical clinic 'leading the pack' with family healthcare initiative

Professionals announced recently during the Military Health System conference that the Scott medical clinic here is leading the pack in outcome measures among Air Force military treatment facilities who have implemented the "family healthcare initiative," or FHI.In early 2009, the 375th Medical
Feb. 1, 2011
Communities celebrate partnership with opening of University Center at Little Rock AFB

The base and community celebrated the latest of its 50 year-plus partnership at the grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Jacksonville - Little Rock Air Force Base University Center Feb.1.The $15 million education center will allow both communities to seek educational goals from the most
Jan. 31, 2011
Mobility Airmen keep steady air refueling pace in 2010 for deployed ops

Throughout the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, the pace in the air refueling business for mobility Airmen remained steady throughout 2010.According to statistics from U.S. Air Forces Central's Combined Air Operations Center in Southwest Asia, air refueling aircraft offloaded more than
Jan. 28, 2011
Air Force announces court-martial sentence for former command chief

The week-long court-martial of Chief Master Sgt. William Gurney, the former command chief of Air Force Materiel Command, concluded today with a six-member panel of male officers sentencing the chief to 20 months confinement, reduction to rank of E-1 and a dishonorable discharge for 15 violations of
Jan. 26, 2011
New Reserve unit stands up at Little Rock as Air Force retires active-duty C-130E fleet

In alignment with the Air Force's Total Force Integration plan, Air Force Reserve Command is standing up a new unit here to augment the C-130 legacy training mission. As active-duty C-130E-models are retired, borrowed Guard and Reserve C-130Hs are flowing in from around the Air Force, the C-130H