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  • Advanced Composite Cargo Aircraft gets X-plane designation

    Air Force officials have approved X-55A as the new designation for the Advanced Composite Cargo Aircraft. The X-55A is a technology demonstrator for the design and manufacturing of future aircraft using advanced composite materials. The X-55A is a modified Dornier 328J aircraft with the fuselage aft

  • Prevent the spread of flu this season by planning ahead

    Air Mobility Command is protecting its personnel against the spread of influenza-like illness as the United States continues to see an increase in flu cases this season.Forty-one states report widespread influenza activity, and visits to doctors for flu-like illness are higher than levels expected

  • KC-10s deliver fuel enabling rapid air support in Southwest Asia

    Think of this number: 1.2 million. That's the number of pounds of fuel the KC-10s from the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing deliver daily to aircraft that provide air support in Afghanistan skies. This means that when coalition forces need air support, aircraft such as the A-10 Thunder Bolt II, B-1B

  • Security forces Airmen aim for sniper marksmanship competition

    Two security forces Airmen from Air Mobility Command's Little Rock AFB are taking aim at the 2009 Inter-Service Sniper Sustainment Training Exercise from Nov. 7 to 13 at Fort Chaffee, Ark. Staff Sgt. Carl Hook, 19th Security Forces Squadron security forces trainer and shooter, and Senior Airman Dane

  • AFSO 21: Flight simulators help AMC to 'maximize value, minimize waste'

    In Air Mobility Command, the use of flight simulators as an Air Force Smart Operation for the 21st Century effort is helping significantly reduce costs, maximize training and make more aircraft available for operational missions. Through AFSO 21, initiatives provide a "dedicated effort to maximize

  • Deployed security forces protecting Air Force planes in austere locations

    The majority of Airmen deployed to the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron can be found patrolling the base or manning checkpoints, their boots firmly on the ground. Others, however, find themselves deployed to provide security in the air as part of a Fly Away Security Team, or FAST,

  • McChord Airmen complete second humanitarian airlift to American Samoa

    A C-17 Globemaster III from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., touched down at Pago Pago International Airport on Oct. 10, delivering more than 42,000 pounds of Federal Emergency Management Agency cargo to American Samoa in support of ongoing relief operations.The mission was the aircrew's second

  • McChord Airmen provide humanitarian airlift to Indonesia

    Airmen from the 7th Airlift Squadron of McChord Air Force Base, Wash., completed their second humanitarian airlift mission in just over a week Oct. 9, delivering more than 87,000 pounds of cargo here in support of relief operations following the deadly 7.6-magnitude earthquake that shook the island