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  • Yearlong effort shifts U.S.' main Afghanistan air hub

    Nearly a year of intense planning among a global group of stakeholders came to fruition with the recent transition of the Air Force's main Afghanistan air transportation hub from Manas Kyrgystan to a new temporary location in Romania.For more than a decade, the Manas Transit Center oversaw the

  • Grand Forks family highlights key issues during AMC leadership visit

    The Warriors of the North were recently able to highlight the importance of pride, people and respect in the Air Force family when hosting a group of distinguished visitors this week.Air Mobility Command Commander Gen. Paul Selva, his wife, Ricki, and AMC Command Chief Master Sgt. Victoria Gamble

  • Fairchild leadership recognizes Medal of Honor recipient

    Team Fairchild leadership joined the students, staff and the Alumni Association of North Central High School at the annual Red and Black Convocation for U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ty Carter, while he was recognized as this year's distinguished alumnus Feb. 7, 2014, at North Central High School in Spokane,

  • Social fitness: Cultivate healthy relationships with family, friends

    Airmen work hard every day to get the mission accomplished, but sometimes, they inadvertently neglect maintaining healthy relationships with their family and friends.There are many studies showing that social isolation is a significant health risk factor. In fact, the negative health risks of social

  • Protect PII from the enemy

    With security forces Airmen patrolling Air Force bases around the clock; staff can have sense of security in their work environment. However, wing safety relies on more than just entry control.Personally Identifiable Information is used regularly on military installations. If it is not handled

  • 6th SFS selected for DoD video

    The 6th Security Forces Squadron marine patrol was chosen to demonstrate non-lethal maritime tactics for a Department of Defense instructional video. A film crew filmed members of marine patrol using and deploying, lasers, acoustics, bright lights, high-intensity lights, and pyrotechnics from Feb.

  • JB MDL service members visit Super Bowl Blvd

    More than 100 service members and their guests from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., attended the USAA Military VIP experience at the NFL House on Super Bowl Blvd. in Manhattan, N.Y., Feb. 1, 2014.The attendees were invited to be part of the guest audience during the USAA Salute to Service

  • Providing Care: Senior Airman Taryn Summers

    U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Novak, United States Special Operations Command, lay in the middle of the road waiting for care after his motorcycle had collided into a car early Tuesday morning outside of the Dale Mabry gate of MacDill Air Force Base. Senior Airman Taryn Summers, 91st Air Refueling

  • HQ AMC staff exceed DCO record

    Headquarters Air Mobility Command staff broke the AMC record for number of participants on Defense Connect Online during a recent commander's all-call.The all-call had two goals, to inform the headquarters staff and to test the limits of DCO. Gen. Paul Selva, AMC commander, remarked the only other