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  • Expeditionary air refueling unit 'fuels the fight'

    When driving a car and the gas gauge nudges toward 'E," or "empty," people tend to look for the next gas station to fuel up their vehicle. But when aircraft need to remain in the sky over the fight, stopping at a convenience store is not an option.Fortunately for coalition forces on the ground,

  • Motorcyclists meet up for safety briefing, bike show, and ride

    The Air Force Global Logistics Support Center and the 375th Air Mobility Wing Safety Office joined forces April 14 to create a day where all of Scott Air Force Base's motorcycle enthusiasts could come together to learn more about motorcycle safety and about the latest safety gear. Every year all

  • Tokens highlight sexual assault awareness at Joint Base Lewis-McChord

    Several Joint Base Lewis-McChord McChord Field sexual assault victim advocates braved the cold morning April 5 to pass out teal-ribboned air fresheners advertising the base's sexual assault hotline phone number to incoming base traffic at gates around the installation, as part of Sexual Assault

  • DOD: U.S. continues support of NATO operations in Libya

    A U.S. military fighter jet destroyed two of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi's surface-to-air missile sites near the Libyan capital of Tripoli aPRIL 18, continuing U.S. support of NATO operations there, officials reported.Since NATO took the lead of multilateral operations in Libya on April 1, U.S.

  • New Joint Base MDL unit adds outreach, education to CRW mission

    A new air mobility unit was activated in a ceremony here April 19, marking the genesis of a new mission for the expeditionary air mobility specialists of the 621st Contingency Response Wing. By order of the Secretary of the Air Force, the 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron will provide air

  • DOD: Leaders describe path to peace in Libya

    NATO nations will continue operations against the regime in Libya until Moammar Gadhafi leaves power, the leaders of the United States, Great Britain and France wrote in an article published in their countries April 15.President Barack Obama, Prime Minister David Cameron and President Nicolas

  • Law and order Airmen see justice served in Iraq

    verse in the Quran goes "call to witness, from among your men, two witnesses. And, if two men be not found, then a man and two women." Airmen assigned to the U.S. Forces-Iraq Law and Order Task Force support a justice system operating differently from U.S. courts.For paralegal Airmen who learned the

  • Teen discusses representing Fairchild, AMC, more on Air Force Teen Council

    "To me, being able to represent what we as teens believe in is a privilege," said the Fairchild AFB high school freshman who was named a member of Air Mobility Command's Teen Council in December. Marina Hill, a student at Cheney High School, said it's a huge honor to know that out of all the

  • Air Force Global Logistics Support Center hosts local mayors

    The Air Force Global Logistics Support Center, or AFGLSC, has almost 500 members assigned to Scott Air Force Base, with almost 4,500 additional personnel at five other bases. Their jobs, like most jobs in the Air Force, require them to either deploy or go TDY frequently. The departure from home is

  • USTRANSCOM moves DOD personnel from Japan

    More than 7,500 Department of Defense personnel and family members, and 400 of their pets, were evacuated from disaster ravaged Japan in March. The evacuation was made possible through the combined efforts of the U.S. Transportation Command and its components, Air Mobility Command, Military Surface