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  • Air Mobility Command provides shelter, medical care to Haitian evacuees

    Air Mobility Command delivered much needed relief supplies including shelter and immediate medical care to hundreds flown into Haiti this weekend as the command continues to transport support personnel and life-saving supplies into the earthquake-ravaged country.A C-32 carrying 22 earthquake

  • JB MDL welcomes evacuees from Haiti

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst welcomed more than 250 evacuees from Haiti this morning following a 7.0-magnitude earthquake there. The Joint Base is facilitating support efforts with various governmental and civilian organizations to ensure the evacuees are properly cared for. The team has

  • AMC continues to deliver in support of Haiti earthquake relief operations

    Since relief operations began Jan. 13, AMC aircraft have delivered more than 340 passengers and 323 tons of emergency cargo to Haiti. During the past 24 hours, efforts have primarily focused on delivering FEMA teams; deployable joint command and control teams; and U.S. Soldiers.At Joint Base

  • Air Force aircaft, crews airlift injured from Haiti

    An Air Force C-130 Hercules and its crew airlifted four injured civilians from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., early Sunday, as part of on-going U.S. efforts to provide relief in the quake-stricken region.The patients suffered injuries ranging from crushed limbs to broken bones

  • Operation Deep Freeze continues

    The 2009-2010 Operation Deep Freeze season is still underway, but the 10th year for C-17 Globemaster III's on "the ice" supporting National Science Foundation research in Antarctica has already been a success."This season is proving to be the busiest on record," said Lt. Col. Robert Wellington, 62nd

  • Mobility commander visits U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center

    On the final leg of his first trip since taking the reins of Air Mobility Command, Gen. Raymond E. Johns Jr., AMC commander, was welcomed by Brig. Gen. Rick Devereaux, commander of the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center here. General Johns' visit gave him a feel for the place that many combat

  • To the men and women of Air Mobility Command

    I am truly honored to join the AMC team. It is a privilege to serve with you, the men and women who make our global mobility mission happen each and every day. You are the thread that binds our nation's combat capability as you are the enablers of Unrivaled Global Reach for America...Always!As your

  • Department of Defense focuses on F-35 costs, fair tanker competition

    Pentagon officials are working to halt spiraling costs in the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter aircraft program, while ensuring competition for a new refueling tanker remains fair to all contenders, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III said in New York City Dec. 2. Deputy Secretary