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  • Mobility Airman named 'Warrior of the Week' at deployed base

    Capt. Rich Martin, deployed to the 380th Expeditionary Operations Group at an undisclosed base here, was named the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing "Warrior of the Week" for the first week of December 2009 for multiple accomplishments during his deployment.Deployed from Air Mobility Command's Travis Air

  • Energy conservation requires shift in culture

    The Air Force is committed to conserving energy, and this takes a long-term change in the way Airmen think."Saving energy shouldn't be a task that we struggle to find time to do while at work, but rather a lifelong attitude we apply to all we do," Col. Mark A. Ruse, chief of the AMC Civil

  • General Johns takes command of AMC

    Gen. Raymond E. Johns Jr. assumed command of Air Mobility Command from Gen. Arthur J. Lichte in a ceremony here Nov. 20.AMC is responsible for providing rapid, global mobility and sustainment for America's armed forces. As the commander, General Johns acts as the lead agent for all mobility air

  • AMC awards $225K to bases for thinking 'green'

    Green thinking led to cold cash when Air Mobility Command gave $100,000 to Charleston Air Force Base; $75,000 to Scott AFB and $50,000 to Travis AFB on Nov. 18 for the bases' efforts to conserve energy and promote culture change. Eligibility for the Energy Incentive Award this year opened up to

  • Photo essay: Deployed AMC fuels Airman at work

    Senior Airman Levi Martin, 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron fuel laboratory technician deployed to an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, drops a hydrometer in a beaker of jet fuel to test the fuel density on Nov. 10, 2009. Airman Martin is deployed from Air Mobility Command's

  • Combat Airman Skills Training: Cadre at work

    During the Combat Airman Skills Training Course 10-1A at the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center here, more than 250 Airmen were trained in combat skills prior to deploying to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. To meet this task, the course is run by the "black hats" of the

  • Combat Airman Skills Training: 'Care under fire'

    During the Combat Airman Skills Training Course 10-1A at the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center here from Nov. 2 to 13, students in the course learned ways to care for their fellow Airmen while facing fire from "opposing forces."Called "care under fire," the training is in line with what was

  • Flexibility: The key to airpower...and Space-A

    Have you ever dreamed of climbing the steps of an Egyptian pyramid or schussing down a black diamond ski slope in Bavaria? Or is digging your toes in the sand on a Hawaiian beach more your speed? Regardless of your dream vacation destination, Space-Available travel; or Space-A, can help turn your

  • AMC's new command CMSgt: 'Be Ready!'

    It was 1982 when Airman Basic Dave Spector, lugging a toolbox more than half his weight, followed Staff Sgt. Ernie Cota to perform some maintenance on the running C-5 that was preparing to take off. Now, nearly 28 years later, as Air Mobility Command's new command chief master sergeant, that first