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  • CAFB delivers 2,000 MRAPs

    Charleston AFB recently delivered its 2,000th Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles to warfighters overseas. "Our No. 1 priority is to ship these life-saving vehicles to our servicemembers in harm's way," said Col. John "Red" Millander, 437th Airlift Wing commander. "The men and women of Team

  • McGuire supports Operation Burnt Frost

    Ready at a moment's notice. McGuire recently provided support for the Joint Task Force Operation Burnt Frost. The JTF quick-response team, which formed in less than one week, stood ready at McGuire to deploy anywhere in the world at a moment's notice to recover debris from a non-functional satellite

  • 49 C-5s approved for RERP modernization

    Air Mobility Command welcomed the news that defense officials certified 49 of the Air Force's C-5 aircraft for upgrade in the Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining Program. The decision was made Feb. 14. Continuing the C-5 RERP allows the Air Force to modify aircraft with better, newer structures

  • Pope Airman fights for Air Force boxing team

    The mascot of Pope's 43rd Logistics Readiness Squadron is the COBRA. Each letter stands for something defining how the Airmen strive to complete the mission. For one 43rd LRS Airman the letter 'B' rings true, not only with his work, but his new hobby as well. Bold. Stepping outside of your comfort

  • AMC commander praises Airmen's attitudes

    While traveling from base to base, the commander of Air Mobility Command said the thing he is most impressed by is not a wing's facilities or even its capabilities, but by the Airmen working every day to make these things a reality. "They're proud, they're professionals and they're doing their jobs

  • Three generations honor, remember the 'Forgotten War'

    Remembering Chosin: Part two of three-part series Imagine being surrounded by enemy forces and having orders to retreat through a foreign land by fighting through the mountainous terrain in frigid temperatures for 78 miles. It is nearly impossible to survive having little or no food, water and

  • Remembering Chosin - Commemorative march honors Chosin Reservoir vets

    (Part one of a three-part series)More than 30 teams marched a 6.2-mile course on Dover Air Force Base to commemorate Veterans of the Korean War Battle of Chosin Reservoir Feb. 2. Teams of four rallied at the Air Mobility Command Museum in their battle dress uniforms, hoisted on 30-pound backpacks,

  • 18th Air Force general visits Pope

    Brig. Gen. Charles Reed, Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, 18th Air Force, visited here Monday and Tuesday to tour the base and observe the ongoing changes due to the Base Realignment and Closure Act. As a member of the Air Force Reserve, General Reed serves as reserve advisor to Maj. Gen.

  • National outreach tour educates top medical civic leaders

    Some of the nation's leading health care professionals recently got a close-up look at one of the most vital missions in the Air Force - health care for the wounded. The tour, sponsored by the Secretary of the Air Force's National Civic Outreach office, brought representatives from national medical

  • Mobile readiness team gets pallets back into the system

    The Airmen assigned to Task Force 586 here recently took on an additional tasking to redistribute equipment and supplies for the Army. Mobile redistribution teams go to forward-operating bases throughout Iraq to collect excess supplies, and the Airmen searched for pallets crucial for the air