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  • Active duty associate squadron a first for Air Force

    In a July 8th ceremony at Cheyenne (Wyoming) Municipal Airport, the 30th Airlift Squadron became the first active-duty associate squadron, marking a groundbreaking partnership between Air Mobility Command and the Wyoming Air National Guard. Under the active-duty associate concept, the 30th AS will

  • Bush Confers With, Praises Troops Back from Iraq, Afghanistan

    President Bush conferred Wednesday with troops recently returned from Iraq and Afghanistan, telling them the nation appreciates their service as they and their comrades protect the freedoms all Americans enjoy. The president met with about 10 soldiers and airmen - representatives of the active

  • Air Force aids Army with medevac missions

    Last year, the Army asked the Air Force for help with its medevac operation. Called an in-lieu-of mission, the Air Force agreed to assist and tasked Master Sgt. Scott Currin to form the first team of Air Force enlisted aerospace evacuation technicians, or flight medics, as they like to call

  • Mission success depends on refuelers

    The B-1 Lancers that drop bombs on targets cannot get to those targets without the support of the KC-135 Stratotankers and KC-10 Extenders that refuel them en route. The general premise of the missions seems simple: refuel the B-1s on the way to and from the area of responsibility. In reality,

  • 18th ASOG Airman praised for selfless service

    A tactical air controller was recognized by the secretary of the Air Force with the presentation of a Silver Star in a ceremony June 26 for heroic duties while deployed to Southwest Asia in support of the war on terrorism. Tech. Sgt. Travis Crosby, a terminal attack control-qualified TACP assigned

  • Thirty-eight years later, still going strong

    Thirty-eight years after the C-5 Galaxy took its maiden flight, June 30, 1968, it marks another significant milestone. Monday at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., the C-5M made its First Flight right on schedule. A rollout ceremony for the first of 111 C-5Ms was held on May 16 at the Marietta plant.

  • Zarqawi air strike shows aerial flexibility, general says

    The attack that killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi demonstrates the flexibility that air assets give commanders, officials here said. Brig. Gen. Stephen Hoog, an air planner with Multinational Force Iraq, gave a timeline of the operation that resulted in the death June 7 of the most wanted terrorist in

  • Tanker Task Force keeps Northern Edge flying

    If a driver could fill up the car with gas without stopping, imagine how efficient driving would be. The Tanker Task Force here provides efficient service to drivers in the air at Northern Edge, Alaska’s joint training exercise. Seventeen tankers and 12 total force units from around the country

  • Software team finds new mission with C-5

    Now that the C-141 Starlifter has officially retired after 43 years of providing strategic global airlift, those who cared for it are left behind to find a new purpose. The 402nd Maintenance Group software support team is filling the void with a new workload -- the C-5 Galaxy. “It’s an engineer’s

  • Air Mobility Command, Airlift/Tanker Association hosts Technology Days 2006

    Air Mobility Command and the Airlift/Tanker Association held the third annual AMC Technology Days here May 8-10. “Harnessing Technologies to Increase Warfighter’s Speed and Precision” was the forum theme. Technology Days brought together Mobility Air Force operators, Air Force Research Lab, and