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  • Air Force Communications Agency to change name and commander

    A historic change for the Air Force Communications Agency will occur July 15 as it will re-designate to the Air Force Network Integration Center to more accurately reflect its role in cyberspace operations.Along with the re-designation ceremony is a change in leadership as Col. Carl Williamson

  • AFGLSC transforms Air Force supply chain

    For more than a decade, Air Force supply chain leaders and their commercial industry peers have met with nearly identical objectives -- finding ways to enhance the Air Force supply chain to improve support to the warfighter. Recently, the Air Force Global Logistics Support Center, along with its

  • HYDRA '09 prepares Airmen for real-world emergencies

    Members of the 615th Contingency Response Wing and 15 other units from around the United States joined together this week to participate in HYDRA '09. The joint exercise is the 615th CRW's most comprehensive training event, organized to allow Airmen to hone their skills and enhance command, control

  • USTRANSCOM meets challenge of Afghanistan deployments

    Mountainous, landlocked, challenging ... all words that can be used to describe the landscape of Afghanistan. That country, just slightly smaller than the state of Texas, poses special consideration for the deployment and the resupply of American forces serving there. The number of U.S. forces

  • AMC begins moving Strykers into Afghanistan

    Air Mobility Command's hub for global airlift, air refueling and aeromedical evacuation is "all in" with its commitment to support joint worldwide operations, kicking off efforts this week to airlift more than 300 Stryker vehicles to military forces in Afghanistan.The term Stryker applies to a

  • NCAA coaches visit troops in hospital

    Henry Bautista wasn't one of the U.S. servicemembers seven NCAA football coaches visited at a U.S. military hospital in Germany Friday.That's because servicemembers are not the only ones risking their lives in dangerous places like Iraq. That's where Bautista, a field representative for a light

  • Expeditionary Center NCO represents Air Force in NJ Hall of Fame induction

    "That lieutenant is six miracles in one," said Master Sgt. Jeff Norway, reflecting on his experience meeting U.S. Army 1st Lt. Brian Brennan, who received the first Unsung Hero Award during the 2009 New Jersey Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony May 3 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in

  • AMC names 2008 Outstanding Airmen of the Year

    During the 2008 Air Mobility Command Outstanding Airmen and First Sergeant of the Year banquet April 29 at the Scott AFB Club, 12 AMC OAY finalists were recognized and four of the finalists were selected to go on to compete at Air Force level. The AMC 2008 Outstanding Airmen of the Year are: Senior

  • Veteran gets Bronze Star after 65 years

    On Dec. 30, 1943, Army Pfc. Clarence Wallaert was shot in the hip by a German sniper while fighting against the German Winter Line in Italy.  Private Wallaert bandaged his wound and provided 12 hours of automatic rifle support for his Army comrades advancing into the Liri Valley, the "gateway to