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  • JB MDL military, civilian leaders assess, plan relief ops

    Base leaders met with civilian representatives today to assess current operations and plan for further support in response to the 7.0-magnitude earthquake in Haiti Tuesday.The tri-service installation has been a departure point for military personnel providing in-country support and transport of

  • Air Mobility Command provides shelter, medical care to Haitian evacuees

    Air Mobility Command delivered much needed relief supplies including shelter and immediate medical care to hundreds flown into Haiti this weekend as the command continues to transport support personnel and life-saving supplies into the earthquake-ravaged country.A C-32 carrying 22 earthquake

  • Air Force provides rapid response to disaster in Haiti

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst launched the first of several C-17 Globemaster IIIs mid-afternoon Thursday in support of relief operations following a massive earthquake in Haiti.The 21 passengers and six crew members represented four wings assigned to JB MDL signifying the symbiotic relationships

  • McGuire Airmen provide earthquake relief

    Air Mobility Command's 621st Contingency Response Wing stationed here will deploy Airmen to Haiti today in the wake of the country's 7.0-magnitude earthquake.Members are deploying to facilitate humanitarian airlift operations and aid in providing ground support to the people of Haiti.More than 100

  • New group commander 'a living example' of family values

    The Charleston AFB family offered a warm welcome to the new commander of the 437th Operations Group Dec. 21 during a change of command ceremony here.Col. Robert Holba, formerly the chief of the Air Mobility Division for the 617th Air Operations Center, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, assumed command of

  • Deployed McChord Airman manages NAF budget for Southwest Asia wing

    Whether it's making sure the community center and other non-appropriated fund facilities have enough petty cash to serve their customers, or making sure the Eagle Cash machines are in working order, Tech. Sgt. Caroline M. Champagne is busy every day looking after the welfare of deployed

  • General Johns makes first trip to AOR as AMC commander

    General Raymond E. Johns Jr., commander of Air Mobility Command, departed for the U.S. Central Command Area of Responsibility to visit several AMC en route locations and operations centers Dec. 5 and returned Dec. 14. Since taking the seat of commander of Air Mobility Command Nov. 20, the general

  • 179th Airlift Wing prepares for its future

    Amidst the sandy desert grounds of Iraq, 64 members of the 179th Airlift Wing are working with members of the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade in a ground-breaking concept of operations test between the Army and the Air Force. The troops from the 179th were assigned to the 25th Nov. 5 when they began

  • Everybody knows that Santa is a Paratrooper

    You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen. But on Dec. 6 at Pope, it was not a team of reindeer, but Maj. Jeff Dasher, a navigator in the 95th Airlift Squadron, who guided the mission for the 440th Airlift Wing's C-130 that flew a group of Soldier Santas across the morning sky. One might say