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  • AMC central to historic troop rotation

    The Department of Defense has challenged Air Mobility Command to play a central role in the Southwest Asia troop rotation by moving 250,000 troops in 60 days. It's roughly the equivalent of the number of passengers who can be seated in 720 wide-body commercial aircraft, or the population of the city

  • AMC assessment teams gather sexual assault data

    Gen. John W. Handy, commander, U.S. Transportation Command and Air Mobility Command, has directed assessment teams to visit all 12 AMC installations March 10 through 19 to review each base's sexual assault response programs. AMC has formed three teams, and each will review programs at four

  • 18th Air Force commander visits Travis AFB

    The 60th Air Mobility Wing is doing outstanding work, according to Lt. Gen. William Welser III, 18th Air Force commander, who visited here Feb. 9 through 10.General Welser accepted command of the newly re-established 18th Air Force Dec. 1, and is in the process of visiting all 18th Air Force

  • Deployed Travis sergeant dies from accident injuries

    A senior official here expressed condolences on behalf of the base to the family of Master Sgt. Jude Mariano who died Feb. 10, five days after sustaining serious injuries in a two-car collision while deployed to a military base in Qatar."Our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of

  • Team returns after 'doctoring' C-5 in Iraq

    A 13-member aircraft battle damage repair team arrived back home Jan. 21 on the patched and Band-Aided C-5 Galaxy they flew to Baghdad, Iraq, to repair. The team, from the 653rd Combat Logistics Support Squadron here, deployed to Baghdad Jan. 10 and replaced the C-5's engine

  • Air Force's top chief visits Scott AFB

    Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Gerald Murray came to Scott AFB Jan. 22. The CMSAF spent four days at Scott, taking the opportunity to see different areas on the base and visit with the people assigned here."Scott AFB has wonderful people; the airmen, the spouses, the civilians -- everyone

  • Phoenix Horizon board helps develop future mobility leaders

    Putting the right people in the right places at the right time.In following this strategy set forward in the Air Force chief of staff's new force development plan, Air Mobility Command officials are changing the way they select participants to attend their Phoenix Horizon professional development

  • Command annual financial management, comptroller award winners named

    Air Mobility Command officials recently announced the command's 2003 Financial Management and Comptroller Award winners. They are:Comptroller of the Year -- Lt. Col. Terry L. Ross, 60th Comptroller Squadron, Travis AFB, Calif.Organization of the Year -- 437th CPTS, Charleston AFB, S.C.Financial

  • Decorated McChord crew recounts enemy attack

    Teamwork, training and the durability of the C-17 Globemaster III are what got a McChord aircraft safely on the ground after it was attacked by hostile forces over Baghdad International Airport, according to the aircrew.The five crew members recently recounted what happened during the 10-minutes