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  • Mobility Warriors: C-130 maintainers keep mission moving in Southwest Asia

    It's not hard to picture a 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron maintainer rolling out from under the body of a 1970s Ford or Chevy, wrench in hand, covered in grease. Working on 40-plus year-old aircraft, maintainers have the hot and dirty job of keeping the 386th Air Expeditionary

  • Enduring Freedom airdrop: Supplies land at Forward Operating Base Baylough

    U.S. Army Soldiers prepare to gather fuel supplies being dropped from a C-130 Hercules aircraft onto a landing zone at Forward Operating Base Baylough in the Zabul province of Afghanistan on Sept. 17, 2009. The Soldiers are assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment. Air

  • 90,000 attend 2009 Airpower Over the Midwest Air Show

    The 2009 Airpower Over the Midwest Air Show wowed aircraft enthusiasts of all ages at Scott Sept. 19 and 20 with aerial demonstrations, static plane displays and a festive atmosphere. Airshow director, Lt. Col. Michael Kayser, 375th Airlift Wing Operations Group, said a record number of people came

  • Golden Knights drop in during 2009 Airpower over the Midwest Air Show

    At 13,000 feet above the earth, buildings, roads and even the enormous 747 Dreamlifter sitting on the runway start to look like small specks. At that height seven members of the U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Gold Team prepare to jump. On hands and knees, precariously close to the edge of the

  • Air Force, Army, Navy family services expand for new joint base

    As Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst moves toward full operational capability Oct. 1, family services will expand to support Air Force, Army, and Navy personnel and their dependents. The Airman and Family Readiness Center at McGuire, along with Navy Fleet and Family Services, and Army Community

  • Warfighters take time for Air Force's 62nd birthday

    Hundreds of Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines celebrated the 62nd Air Force birthday with tradition, solidarity and a show of force here Sept. 18, 2009. A reveille ceremony was held at 6 a.m.at the base flag poles in Camp Cunningham, named after Air Force pararescueman Senior Airman Jason D.

  • Charleston aerial port squadron gets 'lean' with AFSO 21

    An Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st century four-day rapid improvement event to improve cargo flow at the 437th Aerial Port Squadron ended here Sept. 11 with plans being developed for better processes. AFSO 21 uses the top elements of civilian efficiency programs like Lean and Sigma Six to

  • Air Force birthday: Mobility history follows service's path of success

    When the Air Force became a separate service on Sept. 18, 1947, what's known today as Air Mobility Command had started along with it. In September 1947, the development of a military transport component to the fledgling Air Force was still under discussion, according to the AMC History Office book,