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  • Reports: Mobility Airmen continue global support effort for Japan

    Reports from throughout the Department of Defense are showing a U.S. military-wide effort to support humanitarian relief efforts for the quake- and tsunami-stricken areas of Japan. However, behind the scenes of that effort, are mobility Airmen from Pacific Air Forces, Air Mobility Command and many

  • Air transportation Airmen making a difference for Japan relief operations

    Among the busiest Airmen at Misawa Air Base, Japan, and many other locations throughout the world coordinating humanitarian relief operations in Japan are air transportation Airmen. On March 11, an 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck Japan and a tsunami followed creating widespread destruction

  • Mobility Airmen deliver search and rescue teams to Japan

    Two Air Mobility Command C-17 Globemaster IIIs departed the United States on March 12 and delivered search and rescue, or SAR, equipment and personnel to Japan in support of humanitarian relief efforts after an earthquake and tsunami struck the island nation Friday. President Barack Obama pledged

  • Photo essay: Fuels truck and a refueler

    An R-11 fuels truck moves across the flightline behind a KC-135 Stratotanker at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., on March 1, 2011.Scott Air Force Base facts show the base supports U.S. Transportation Command, Air Mobility Command, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, Air Force Network

  • Secretary Gates pledges U.S. help for Japan

    The United States is prepared to help Japan deal with the aftermath of the massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that struck today "in any way we possibly can," Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said in Bahrain."I've been kept informed all day long about the tsunami in Japan, the earthquake

  • Military gears up to help Japan

    U.S. forces are swinging into action to assist Japan in the wake of a magnitude 8.9 earthquake that struck early this morning."We are assessing the situation and positioning forces so that they are ready to respond and provide disaster relief if directed," said Navy Cmdr. Leslie Hull-Ryde, a

  • Joint Base Lewis-McChord Airman's EOD role helped to save lives

    For most Americans, the Academy Award winning movie "The Hurt Locker" was just that -- a movie. But for Staff Sgt. Mark Walker, it's his life. Sergeant Walker, an explosive ordnance disposal craftsman with the 627th Civil Engineer Squadron EOD Flight, spent part of 2010 diffusing bombs and