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  • 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

  • AMC environmental program takes lead

    Air Mobility Command’s environmental restoration program has moved forward aggressively in leading the Air Force’s performance-based management policy with the recent award of contracts for operation and long-term management of 41 cleanup sites at seven of its bases to include remedial process

  • 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 —

  • 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

  • Reserve C-5s deliver more Chinooks for earthquake relief

    A third C-5 Galaxy aircrew from the 439th Airlift Wing here left Oct. 18 to deliver more help to earthquake-ravaged Pakistan. The giant cargo plane picked up two Army CH-47 Chinook helicopters at Fort Sill, Okla., and delivered them to Pakistan, after a stop in Spain. It was the 13th humanitarian

  • Air Force's top chief visits Travis AFB

    The Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force visited here Oct. 13 and 14 to meet and discuss issues with Travis Airmen. “To represent an enlisted force of more than 400,000 members, I have to be among them, hear from them and see first-hand what they are experiencing,” said Chief Master Sgt. of the

  • AMC Airmen provide airlift assistance to Iraqi pollsters

    As much of Iraq prepared to take the next step toward democracy, Marines and Airmen here were busy preparing to ensure the people entrusted to oversee the polls were safely transported to their respective locations. The 447th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron’s aerial port flight worked

  • AMC Airmen provide airlift assistance to Iraqi pollsters

    As much of Iraq prepared to take the next step toward democracy, Marines and Airmen here were busy preparing to ensure the people entrusted to oversee the polls were safely transported to their respective locations. The 447th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron’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