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  • OG Rodeo team ready to compete, win

    Editor's note: This is the final article in a four-part series highlighting McChord's Rodeo 2007 competitors. It's not every day that you see more dirt than sky when looking out of a cockpit's windshield, but the steep descents of assault landings are what all C-17 Globemaster III aircrews must

  • C-130 maintainers 'cowboy up' for Rodeo

    Although no one is wearing a Stetson hat and there isn't a steer in sight, the journey to the 2007 Air Mobility Command Rodeo promises to be a wild one as 10 Ramstein Air Base aircraft maintainers prepare to saddle up on a Hercules. Like an ornery old bull sitting in the chute waiting to be ridden,

  • Dover member wins AF Antiterrorism award

    Michael Mendoza, 436th Airlift Wing Anti-terrorism advisor recently won the 2007 Air Force Best Antiterrorism Program Manager. "I could not have received this recognition without the cooperation and commitment from the unit antiterrorism representatives and the Antiterrorism Force Protection and

  • SERE Challenge tests skills of Air Force's "Guardian Angels"

    A pair of water survival instructors assigned here earned the Col. Bud Day trophy Thursday as winners of the 2007 SERE Challenge -- a physically grueling and mentally exhausting competition among some of the Air Force's elite special operators. Staff Sgt. Michael Garcia and Staff Sgt. Matthew Zimmer

  • Maintenance prepares for Air Mobility Rodeo 2007

    Eighteen Fairchild Airmen are working some major overtime right now, all to show the world they're the best at what they do. Air Mobility Rodeo 2007 is fast approaching and local teams are training at their hardest. The biennial competition, which takes place July 22-28 at McChord Air Force Base,

  • New C-17 checklist reduces redundancies

    Team Charleston has once again made its mark in the C-17 community by reducing wasted motion and time in the preflight sequence of events. A Charleston AFB team has figured out a way to shorten C-17 preflight time by one hour and 30 minutes by focusing on reducing redundancies and eliminating

  • Civic leaders tour Travis during Air Force Week

    As part of Air Force Week California, an honorary commanders' tour was held June 7 at Travis Air Force Base. The event brought local civic leaders to the base to see first-hand how Airmen prepare for deployments. The visitors sat in on a deployment briefing, were issued Kevlar helmets and body armor

  • Match Up game kicks off

    It's your chance to win big--big like a car, a cruise or cash. These are just a few of the 12,000-plus prizes Air Mobility Command is handing out to this year's MatchUP game winners. The annual game, which runs June 1 through Aug. 31, is an AMC Services awareness event, and 92nd Services Squadron

  • Inactivation means end of an era

    The 911th Air Refueling Squadron here will be officially inactivated during a ceremony scheduled for June 8, here. This inactivation is one of the base's first major steps in realigning due to the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure announcement. The squadron's lineage can be traced back to 1917 as

  • Airmen deliver strategic aid to Lebanese military

    C-17 Globemaster III crews of the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron delivered bullets to Beirut as part of a short notice ammunition re-supply tasking in support of the Lebanese military.The 816th EAS, a tenant unit of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing based out of Southwest Asia, was given the