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  • CSAF recognizes AES warriors

    Two critical care teams, commonly referred to as flying intensive care units, from the 791st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and two aeromedical evacuation teams from the 86th AES escorted approximately 12 battlefield-wounded patients, six of whom were in critical condition, from

  • Air Force medical team supports humanitarian effort

    As U.S. and international teams continue to provide humanitarian aid and medical assistance here following the country’s recent 7.6 magnitude earthquake, an Air Force medical team is standing watch over the responders looking out for their health and their ability to continue the mission. Shortly

  • AFRL technology will help AMC pilots land anytime, anywhere

    The Air Force Research Laboratory is demonstrating a suite of technologies that will enable Air Mobility Command aircraft to land in a range of environments -- anytime and anywhere. The AFRL Air Vehicles, Human Effectiveness and Sensors Directorates here are working collaboratively to demonstrate

  • Excellent Installation Orientation team tours AMC

    A group of Air Mobility Command Mission Support Group commanders and an AMC general officer visited Travis AFB Nov. 18 as a part of the AMC’s Excellent Installation Orientation. The team toured five AMC bases, including Travis AFB; Dover Air Force Base, Del.; Andrews AFB, Md.; Charleston AFB, S.C.;

  • AMC leaders discuss BRAC changes within the command

    Air Mobility Command senior leaders offered a series of town hall meetings for headquarters personnel here Nov. 15 to explain Base Realignment and Closure changes that will affect the command. The BRAC Commission's recommendations became law Nov. 9, after the president accepted the commission's

  • McChord AFB rushes aid to Pakistan

    Airmen from the 7th Airlift Squadron delivered the first U.S. relief supplies to Chakala Air Base near Islamabad, Pakistan, Oct. 10 to help the nation recover from the earthquake that killed and injured tens of thousands, according to Air Force officials. The five-member crew delivered 12 pallets —

  • New AMC commander discusses command's future

    As the final speaker during the Airlift/Tanker Association convention here Oct. 29, Gen. Duncan McNabb looked out at the immense crowd that included retired Air Mobility Command and Military Airlift Command members, thanked them for leaving such a great legacy, and then outlined his plan to improve

  • USTRANSCOM commander discusses separation of commands

    Change, not only in the delineation of command responsibility between Air Mobility Command and U.S. Transportation Command, but also in the way USTRANSCOM projects military power, was the theme of the opening address at the 37th Annual Airlift/Tanker Association Conference here Oct. 28. Gen. Norton

  • Travis assists in dignified transfer of unidentified remains

    During a dignified transfer here Oct. 24, the remains of a person believed to be a U.S. military service member, were transported to the Joint Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Command, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, on a Travis KC-10. The remains were delivered to the POW/MIA Accounting

  • ‘Open the air base’ unit returns from successful desert trial

    Say you need to move troops to a war zone in some isolated region or relief supplies to a devastated area, and you need to do it in a hurry. Who do you call? The men and women of the 816th Contingency Response Group have a simple answer: "Call us." From Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to the recent