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  • RODEO 2009: International participants vie in ground crew competition

    An international loadmaster crew was evaluated here today during the Joint Inspection evaluations as part of Air Mobility RODEO 2009. RODEO 2009 is a bi-annual mobility competition focusing on the flight and ground skills of mobility force crews from around the globe. Turkish Chief Master Sgts.

  • RODEO 2009: Ground crews emulate safest standards

    An aerial port team competing here performed in front of a surprise visitor July 20 during the Tunner 60,000-pound Loader Obstacle Course as part of Air Mobility RODEO 2009 events. Retired Col. Gail Halverson, also known as the "Candy Bomber" from the Berlin Airlift of 1947, observed the Ohio Air

  • 32nd ARS crew first to refuel new multinational C-17

    With Swedish and U.S. Air Force pilots in the cockpit, the first C-17 Globemaster III to belong to a 12-nation strategic airlift initiative topped off its gas tank in flight for the first time Friday while over the Atlantic, courtesy of a Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst tanker and crew."It was

  • RODEO 2009: Total Force impact evident at RODEO 2009

    The Air Force's total force concept is clearly on display at Air Mobility RODEO 2009 here. Not only are lessons learned from interaction with international counterparts and the United States Marine Corps unit participating in the competition, but also from the coordinating components within the Air

  • RODEO 2009: Aeromedical evac teams face off

    Air Mobility RODEO continued today with numerous events including the aeromedical evacuation competition testing the skills of AE crews from around the world. The aeromedical evacuation events, which range from patient offload tests to a timed scenario that calls for preparing a C-17 Globemaster III

  • RODEO 2009: Umpires: So much to evaluate, so little time

    "Integrity First" is an Air Force core value that every Airman knows. No group will show it more at Air Mobility Command's RODEO 2009 than the umpires. Umpires were sent by each participating base and are the subject matter experts for their events. Headquarters AMC, at Scott Air Force Base, Ill.,

  • RODEO 2009: Commander says competition will be 'best ever'

    With the shouts and sounds of the fit-to-fight competition resonating in the background, Maj. Gen. Brooks Bash, Air Mobility RODEO 2009 commander, said he believes this year's edition of RODEO will be the best ever. "That's because of the great spread of international partners and U.S. teams we have

  • Steering off to RODEO

    Approximately 400 military members and community leaders gathered to send off Team Little Rock's 2009 Air Mobility Command RODEO teams July 17 at Hangar 276 with a breakfast. RODEO 2009 is Air Mobility Command's premier international mobility competition that focuses on readiness, and features

  • 17th Air Force, mobility Airmen support presidential visit to Ghana

    Before President Barack Obama could land to an unprecedented reception in Accra, Ghana, Friday evening, Airmen, Sailors, and Marines were on the ground days in advance, preparing.More than 150 troops in Accra and more than 1,000 Sailors and Marines aboard the USS Iwo Jima came together in the West

  • Air Mobility Rodeo set to kickoff July 19 at McChord AFB

    Three of the remaining nine Doolittle Raiders will attend the Air Mobility Rodeo at McChord Air Force Base, Wash., July 19 through 24.The Doolittle Raiders are special guests of Gen. Arthur Lichte, AMC commander, and are scheduled to attend Rodeo competitions, demonstrations and a town hall meeting