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April 21, 2008
Bagram first to operate new transporter

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan - The first Air Force High Deck Patient Loading Platform was designated operational with the transfer of five patients during a KC-135 channel mission from Afghanistan to Germany April 9. The HDPLP is a special purpose vehicle with an enclosed lighted and
April 18, 2008
Bagram Airmen operate new transporter

The Air Force high deck patient loading platform was designated operational with the transfer of five patients during a KC-135 Stratotanker channel mission from Afghanistan to Germany April 9. The HDPLP is a special-purpose vehicle with an enclosed lighted and climate-controlled cabin designed to
April 16, 2008
World Class: Team Dover best in Air Force

Dover Air Force Base is the Air Force winner of the 2008 Commander-in-Chief's Annual Award for Installation Excellence, the Department of Defense announced April 14. "This is the first time in the 23-year history of this prestigious award that an Air Mobility Command installation has been recognized
April 16, 2008
C-130 unit gets a new bird with an old history

For years, U.S. Air Force, coalition and sister service forces have relied on the steady stream of supplies and equipment brought in by aircrews flying KC-135 Stratotankers, C-130 Hercules, C-17 Globemaster IIIs and other airlift workhorses. One airplane new to Southwest Asia carries something more:
April 9, 2008
Charleston AFB hosts filming for 'Army Wives'

Charleston AFB hosted the first Department of Defense-supported filming of the Lifetime Television show "Army Wives" Monday at the base exchange here. Charleston members have been working with the production company since the beginning of December on this event and since then, the script for the
March 31, 2008
Chairman of Joint Chiefs visits Pope

Adm. Mike Mullen, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visited Pope Air Force Base and Fort Bragg Monday for the first time since assuming command in October 2007. The admiral toured Pope's Green Ramp, visiting with warfighters from many of Pope's squadrons. He met with an aeromedical
March 31, 2008
Advanced Study of Air Mobility: Around the world in an Expeditionary Center classroom

They've traveled across the U.S. to visit military and industry headquarters for the past 10 months. Now they're preparing to travel around the world in the next few months before they graduate. What other in-residence Intermediate Developmental Education, or IDE, program offers Air Force majors the
March 17, 2008
C-130 aircrews, Army riggers reach airdrop record

February marked an airdrop record for the C-130 Hercules of the 774th Air Expeditionary Squadron, but not without the support of the Army's 11th Quartermaster Rigger Detachment and Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force riggers here. The joint team delivered approximately 1 million pounds of
March 6, 2008
Replace aging aircraft or risk irrelevancy, general says

The commander of Air Force Materiel Command, which is responsible for delivering war-winning capabilities to the rest of the Air Force, said during a visit to Air University here that Air Force officials must develop and buy new aircraft or risk the service becoming irrelevant. The Air Force must be
March 6, 2008
Dyess C-130s help airborne operations return to Fort Hood

"Stand Up!, Hook Up!," these were the words more than 20 personnel heard as they rushed to exit a perfectly good airplane on the first airborne operation conducted here in more than ten years, and the first such operation for a sustainment brigade. The 317th Airlift Group partnered with Fort Hood to