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  • Travis aircrews support Africa peacekeeping operations

    Two Travis Air Force Base C-17 Globemaster IIIs departed for Africa Jan. 10 in support of peacekeeping operations in the Darfur region of Sudan.The Travis aircrews consist of men and women from the active-duty 60th Air Mobility Wing and the Air Force Reserve's 349th Air Mobility Wing.In addition,

  • Flight of the 'Question Mark'

    Editor's note: This is the first article in a series of articles highlighting the history of aerial refueling and the important role aerial refueling has played in American military history.On Jan. 1, 1929, a tri-engined Fokker C-2 aircraft with a crew of five climbed into the southern California

  • Help from Above: More than a slogan on a patch

    A warfighter has just been wounded on the battlefield. As seconds seem like hours they hear the whirl of a helicopter in the distance. The next thing they know, there is a medic treating your wounds and taking them to safety and treatment. Tech. Sgt. David Denton, 375th Aeromedical Evacuation

  • Center serves as hub for air mobility operations

    There is more to flying a mission than just hopping on the aircraft and cranking the engines. Air Mobility Command's 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center here is the nexus for the global air mission for the U.S. military."We plan missions, resource the crews and the aircraft, task the missions to the

  • AMC Phoenix Rally focused on 'getting back to basics'

    About 80 air mobility leaders gathered here Oct. 22-24 for Air Mobility Command's Phoenix Rally -- a three-day, focused look at the command's priorities, roles and missions. The theme for this year's Phoenix Rally was "Back to Basics: Executing Global Reach Fundamentals."In an opening statement, AMC

  • DOD civilian drops 120 pounds with Air Force's help

    Tipping the scale at 365 pounds, a 5-foot-10-inch male joined the Air Force in 2003 ... as a civilian employee.Five years and 120 pounds later, he now checks in at 245 pounds thanks to the Air Force for helping make his weight loss successful.Dominick Ward, who is a civilian pickup and delivery

  • Air Mobility Battlelab deactivates after 10 years

    At 2 p.m. on Sept. 24, the Air Mobility Battlelab was no longer a unit in the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center, or the Air Force.In front of the center's commander, Maj. Gen. Kip Self, and the battlelab's last commander, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Lathrop, the unit's flag was rolled up and ceremoniously

  • Air Force plays major role in delivering 10,000 MRAPs to troops

    A significant milestone will be reached as early as Thursday when the 10,000th mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle, commonly known as the MRAP, is delivered to troops supporting Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom - an effort completed in considerable part by the men and women of Air Mobility

  • Stratotanker certified to use synthetic fuel blend

    The final weeks of August were big for the U.S. Air Force synthetic fuel program, according to officials with Air Mobility Command Test and Evaluation directorate here.On Aug. 21, at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., the Air Force began conducting ground and flight tests with the KC-135 Stratotanker

  • SFS Airman putts onto Team U.S.A.

    Athletes understand the feeling you get when there is two outs, in the bottom of the 9th and you're up by 8, with no runners on base; or the feeling when it's the two minute warning, in the 4th quarter and you're up by 21.Airman 1st Class John Little, 6th Security Forces Squadron, knows that feeling