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  • Fairchild maintainers help Oregon Reserve unit with tanker task

    Members of the 939th Air Refueling Wing, an Oregon Air Force Reserve unit, departed Fairchild April 19 after two weeks of training on a major KC-135 maintenance task.Until 2002, the 939th ARW (formerly the 939th Rescue Wing) flew H-60 Pavehawks. With the new unit designation came a new mission.

  • Fairchild team tackles 35-mile 'Ridge to River' relay

    Six members of a Fairchild relay team -- dubbed 'Your Worst Nightmare Dream Team' -- took their physical and mental challenge to the next level during the "Ridge to River" relay in Wenatchee, Wash., April 18.The Ridge to River relay was conceived in 1980 as a fund-raising event. Since then it has

  • AMC announces senior officer retirements, assignments

    Officials at Air Mobility Command have announced the following senior officer retirements and assignments:Retirements:Col. Roy J. Hobbs, chief, Medical Support Division, Office of the Command Surgeon, Headquarters AMC, Scott AFB, will retire Oct. 1.Col. Frank Laras, vice commander, 43rd Airlift

  • Command's top Airmen share professional, personal achievements

    During a banquet here April 15, Gen. John W. Handy, commander of U.S. Transportation Command and Air Mobility Command, announced AMC's four nominees for the Air Force 12 Outstanding Airmen and First Sergeant of the Year competition for 2004.The nominees and their respective category are: Airman

  • Enlisted aviator career field puts 'chevrons' in the sky

    Between 1912 and 1942, nearly 3,000 enlisted men of the Signal Corps, Air Service and the Army Air Forces became enlisted pilots. In fact, enlisted men piloted many of the aircraft flown in the Allied invasion of North Africa in 1942.Although the Flight Officer Act in 1942 ended the enlisted pilot

  • Travis AFB celebrates C-17 groundbreaking

    The Travis AFB community celebrated the start of construction on four C-17 facilities April 1, with a groundbreaking ceremony hosted by Brig. Gen. Brad Baker, 60th Air Mobility Wing commander.Years in the planning, more than 100 base, civic and contractor representatives attended the event to kick

  • AMC captures four Air Force design awards

    Four Air Mobility Command design projects captured top honors as best in the Air Force during the 2004 U.S. Air Force Design and Construction Awards.In the Planning Studies and Design Guides category, the command earned a Citation Award for the Fairchild AFB, Wash., Survival School 10-Year Master

  • Air Force-wide housing study calls for fewer on-base homes

    According to Air Mobility Command officials, in the future, the Air Force will rely more on the local communities around its bases to adequately house military families.A service-wide Housing Requirements and Market Analysis study confirmed the Air Force could reduce the number of military family

  • C-17 crew wins Mackay Trophy

    One year after they led the biggest combat airdrop since Operation Just Cause in Panama in December 1989, five Airmen from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., are the winners of the National Aeronautic Association's Clarence Mackay Trophy for 2003.Lt. Col. Shane Hershman, 7th Airlift Squadron; Maj. Bob

  • Deployed AMC officer supports war operations effort

    Working at the heart of air mobility operations for Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Joint Task Force Horn of Africa, Lt. Col. Bruce Hendrickson oversees a lot of movement, action and effort in the Global War on Terrorism.From his position as the Air Mobility Division night