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  • AF, Army team to resolve information technology issue

    Air Mobility Command contracts with commercial carriers to compliment its organic airlift fleet. As part of the contracting process, AMC communicated with commercial partners by granting them limited access to DoD military networks. As Defense department network security requirements became more and

  • Joint team helps save 2-year-old boy in Pacific

    When Airmen from the 13th Air Force's Theater Patient Movement Requirements Center here received a request in early May from a Saipan pediatrician requesting critical assistance for a 2 year old suffering from pneumonia with subsequent organ system failure, unit members understood time was critical

  • Public Affairs reservist wins Air Force honor

    A 512th Airlift Wing NCO earned Air Force distinction Tuesday when the 2006 Public Affairs Achievement Awards were released. Tech. Sgt. Veronica A. Aceveda, who has worked in the 512th PA office for five years, earned the honor of Outstanding PA NCO in the Air Force competition. Brig. Gen. Michelle

  • World War II pilot receives Distinguished Flying Cross

    Art Cader (former Army Air Corps 1st Lt.) received the Distinguished Flying Cross for actions he took almost 63 years ago, during a ceremony at the Travis Air Museum Monday. Mr. Cader earned the medal for his heroism during a bombing mission he was part of Sept. 30, 1944, during World War II. The

  • ACST requirement enhances Expeditionary Airmen Concept

    Air Mobility Command's Expeditionary Airmen Concept is advancing a new destiny for tomorrow's Airmen today. Aerospace Expeditionary Force operations, developed in the late 90s, successfully supported our garrison force. However, the non-linear threat of the contingency environment puts our Airmen in

  • Air Force hero remembered April 11

    April 11 was an important anniversary for all Airmen, as it marked 41 years since Airman 1st Class William Pitsenbarger, pararescue crewmember, distinguished himself by extreme valor near Cam My, Republic of Vietnam. The slogan 'that others may live' is the foundation of everything Air Force

  • 'That others may live' Air Force hero remembered Wednesday

    Wednesday was an important anniversary for all Airmen as it marked 41 years since Airman 1st Class William Pitsenbarger, pararescue crewmember, distinguished himself by extreme valor near Cam My, Republic of Vietnam. The slogan 'that others may live' is the foundation of everything Air Force

  • 'Sew Much Comfort' founder visits patients in Germany

    As wounded servicemembers were loaded onto stretchers in preparation for their medical evacuation mission to get underway, a special visitor provided pillows and blankets to make their journey a little more comfortable. One of the patients she attended to was a Soldier wearing a bulky metal halo

  • MXG Lieutenant engages enemy during fire fight

    As 107mm rockets exploded against the Hescoe barriers, 1st Lt. Jacob Sullivan found himself manning the Humvee-mounted M204B machine gun from an over watch position. An hour later, close air support aircraft dropped 500-pound bombs on the enemy, ending the engagement with no friendly casualties and

  • Air mobility keeps fast pace with war ops surges

    Squadrons across the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing have increased operations to enhance theater-wide support for the current surge of troops throughout Iraq and Afghanistan. One such example is the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron, a 379th AEW tenant unit that links air mobility operations