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NEWS

  • 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

  • Team Charleston mourns loss of 437 AMXS Airman

    A 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron technical sergeant passed away May 19 after a tractor accident at his home. Tech. Sgt. Eon-Paul Harry was pulling a tree out of the ground when the tractor jerked and rolled on top of him. Sergeant Harry was pulling the tree out because he was working on

  • Kyrgyz government leaders experience Manas mission

    Airmen here gave a base tour and KC-135 Stratotanker orientation flight for 10 Kyrgyz Republic government officials May 19 here. Members of the Kyrgyz government representing the offices of presidential administration, prime minister, ministry of defense, ministry of foreign affairs, ministry of

  • LINE self defense course kicks way into ACST training

    Traditional thinking of Air Force pre-deployment preparation may have Airmen reading the Airman's Manual from front to back and getting in some form of combat skills training at home station. Would that same effort include learning about the Linear Infighting Neural-override Engagement, or LINE,

  • Awareness key to prevention, treatment of heat-related illnesses

    Air Mobility Command's medical and safety officials urge all Airmen to be aware of heat-related illnesses during the 101 Critical Days of Summer, May 25-Sept. 3. "As the Air Force enters the 101 Critical Days of Summer, it's important for all Airmen to know the symptoms of heat-related illnesses,"

  • 9th ARS wins Evans Trophy

    The 9th Air Refueling Squadron boom operators took the title of the "Top Boom Operators in Air Mobility Command" when they were awarded the Senior Master Sgt. Albert L. Evans Trophy May 14. Maj. Gen. Fred Roggero, AMC Air, Space and Information Operations director, and Sergeant Evans' daughters,

  • Travis to offer sport bike safety course

    The sound of someone's horn and red taillights are all that can be seen and heard as rush hour traffic hits. An impatient driver hurries to get home after a long day at work, weaving in and out of traffic, runs a red light and collides with a car he didn't see coming. It is this kind of mishap the

  • AFSO 21 improves Total Force processes

    No doubt, almost everyone has heard about Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century by now and its philosophy for leaning out processes and getting rid of time-consuming portions. Just in case you've been under a rock or in hiding, AFSO 21 is a new program initiated by the secretary of the Air