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  • 621st CRW hosts 2009 Contingency Response Commanders' Conference

    "First-In Mobility - Successes and Improving for the Future" This will be the focus of discussion this week as more than 100 commanders and functional experts from contingency response units across the Air Force unite here today through Friday for the Contingency Response Commanders' Conference. The

  • Dover EOD named best in Air Force

    An elite team of Airmen who operate in perilous environments around the world and protect on- and off-base populations here, was recently lauded as being the best in the Air Force.The 436th Civil Engineer Squadron's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight recently won the 2008 Senior Master Sgt. Gerald

  • AMC's execution hub serves as 'virtual crewmember' worldwide

    Members of the 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center conducted a series of town hall briefings at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., and McChord Air Force Base, Wash., in mid-January to foster the concept of the 618th TACC as a 'virtual crewmember' for Air Mobility Command crews operating worldwide. The

  • AMC announces best 2008 Public Affairs programs, communicators

    Air Mobility Command announced its selections for the 2008 AMC Public Affairs Awards for Communication Excellence today.The awards recognize the best public affairs communication programs in the command. In addition, public affairs, band and multimedia Airmen compete for top position as the best

  • McChord Airmen fuel Operation Deep Freeze

    Airmen from the 446th and 62nd Airlift Wings assigned to the 304th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron in support of Operation Deep Freeze completed the first operational C-17 Globemaster III airdrop to the Antarctic Gamburtsev Mountain Province Nov. 26. Thirty bundles of fuel and other supplies were

  • AMC unveils new mission statement and focus areas

    This past June, I issued a call for all AMC personnel to "return to basics," and I thank you for the renewed attention you've given to our core values and our mobility mission while restoring the Air Force's good name with your daily, outstanding mission accomplishment. Today, we build on that

  • Air Mobility Command sets another all-time sortie record

    Air Mobility Command's 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center, the execution arm for global airlift, air refueling and aeromedical evacuation operations, set a new record for the number of sorties planned in a 24-hour period last month. The new mark, set at 1,063 sorties, toppled the previous high of

  • Senior NCO inducted into AMC's Order of the Bayonet

    With more than 20 security forces Airmen before him donning their "battle rattle" and M-4 rifles with bayonets, Master Sgt. Jason Parker was given a prestigious honor very few in his career field have received.Sergeant Parker, currently assigned to the 92nd Security Forces Squadron at Fairchild Air

  • AMC commander: 'Take time to pause, reflect on what your service symbolizes'

    The holiday season is a wonderful time to spend with our family and friends. For many, it means packing up and traveling our nation's highways to visit our loved ones.  As we enter this holiday season, please take time to pause and reflect on what your service symbolizes to our nation, and take

  • Global Aeromedical Evacuation Continues Improving to Get Troops Home

    Editor's Note:  This article originally ran in July, and has been published again in acknowledgement of Warrior Care Month.  As of November, 2008, AMC has safely evacuated nearly 55,000 patients to higher levels of care in support of the Global War on Terrorism.Also known as the air ambulance for