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  • Airman overcomes cancer, continues to serve (and has perfect PT score)

    Editor's Note: This is part one of a three-part series about an Airman's battle with cancer and how his commitment to faith, family and service helped him return to duty.Master Sgt. Mike Sanders has been familiar with the word "competition" for a while.Before the cancer, the word mostly applied to

  • Coaches Tour 2009 taking shape at McConnell AFB

    The game plan to bring some of the biggest names in college sports to troops overseas is in full motion at McConnell Air Force Base. Active duty and Reserve Airmen here are preparing for Coaches Tour 2009, a second annual morale-boosting mission featuring head coaching icons of NCAA football.The

  • AMC's operations hub plans missions to deliver MRAPs to Afghanistan

    Air Mobility Command's hub for global airlift, air refueling and aeromedical evacuation is "all in" with its commitment to support joint worldwide operations, including efforts to deliver Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles to support the increasing U.S. presence in Afghanistan.The vehicles,

  • Scott captain uses military program to study in Prague

    Capt. Alan Kent, Air Mobility Command headquarters senior intelligence duty officer, has found a way to combine serving his country, earning education benefits and traveling the world. He was selected as an Olmsted Scholar through the George and Carol Olmsted Foundation, which allows him to obtain a

  • History of aerial refueling: Fueling the fighters

    Editor's note: This is the fifth article in a series of articles highlighting the history of aerial refueling and the important role aerial refueling has played in American military history.Strategic Air Command entered the 1950s on a roll. It operated a growing fleet of tanker aircraft, and the

  • McGuire boom operator refuels father's plane during 'fini-flight'

    It was listed as a "local" refueling mission, but in truth the mission was very special.On April 9, aboard a KC-10 Extender from McGuire's 2nd Air Refueling Squadron, boom operator Staff Sgt. Ken Essick refueled his father's E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System, or JSTARS, aircraft

  • McGuire goes 'green' with solar panel installation

    Continuing efforts to go "green," reduce energy cost and consumption, and become an energy-neutral base by 2015, McGuire recently completed two solar panel installation projects. The first of the projects was a 14 kilowatt installation at the McGuire Library that was commissioned in February and the

  • Dover wins Abilene Trophy

    Dover is the home of the Abilene Trophy this year after winning the 2008 Air Mobility Command Community Support Award, which was announced during AMC Phoenix Rally at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., March 25.The Abilene Trophy is presented annually to a civilian community for outstanding support to a