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  • AMC commander captures Laureate Award

    Gen. John W. Handy, commander of U.S. Transportation Command and Air Mobility Command, was awarded the Government/Military Laureate Award April 5, for the U.S. Air Forces Aeromedical Evacuation System.The award is presented annually by Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine to honor individuals

  • Pope takes Large Package Week exercise to the next step

    By implementing the new Joint Forcible Entry Exercise April 7, Pope took its bimonthly airfield seizure exercise, formerly known as Large Package Week, to the next step.After seizure of the airfield, Pope and other units from all over the Air Force joined the Army and Navy to set up operations on

  • AAFES gas prices stay competitive

    It seems that every week people have to dig a little deeper into their pockets after filling up at the pump.The Army Air Force Exchange Service wants you to know that they stay competitive with outside the gates gas prices striving to bring Department of Defense patrons the lowest prices possible

  • Deployed C-130 aircrew prevents potential loss of life

    While flying a combat mission supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 17, a C-130 crews skillful actions and ingenuity prevented a potential loss of life during an airlift of soldiers out of Iraq.After picking up more than 50 Soldiers in Iraq, the aircraft began leveling off at altitude. The

  • K-2s humanitarian airlift gets goods to those who need it

    Loaded on average with more than 13,000 pounds of humanitarian Container Delivery System bundles built by Army aerial delivery technicians here, C-130 Hercules aircrews with the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron completed 13 vital airdrop missions to remote regions in Afghanistan in January and

  • Services work together, keep convoys off streets

    As Operation Iraqi Freedom continues, American service members are put in harms way on a daily basis. The Department of Defenses various services are working together to make Iraq a safer place for American service members. This is the primary thinking behind the Tanker Air Lift Control Element, a

  • AMC officials announce senior officer retirement, assignments

    Air Mobility Command officials announced the following senior officer retirements and assignments:Senior officer retirements:Col. David L. Thurston, director of Public Affairs, Headquarters AMC, Scott AFB, will retire in September.Col. Larry W. Brittenham, chief, Plans and Programs Division,

  • Civilian employees encouraged to update myPay to receive Smart LESs

    On Dec. 29, the Air Force implemented the Smart Leave and Earnings Statement for Air Force civilian employees. Beginning on that date, most employees began receiving e-mail notifications when their SmartLES was available for viewing. Unfortunately, not all are receiving the notifications.According

  • NCO brings world-wide experience to Band of Mid-America

    Sometimes Airmen join the Air Force to see the world, but one Scott AFB bandsman saw the world and then joined the Air Force.Staff Sgt. Peter Hensel, a French horn craftsman with the U.S. Air Force Band of Mid-America, lived and worked in Mexico and Germany, and even studied at premier music

  • Battlelab gives armor 'thumbs up'

    The Air Mobility Battlelab recently completed an evaluation of a life-saving vehicle armor kit produced by the U.S. Army.The Armor Survivability Kit was designed by experts from the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command. The kit provides protection from a range of threats in order to