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NEWS

  • The Jennifer Vaughan story: one Airman's comeback journey from near death

    There are words Staff Sgt. Jennifer Vaughan faintly remembers hearing from her family and fiancé as she slowly woke up Feb. 18, 2013 from a 62-day induced coma, but it was the look on their faces that made her understand that something was "very wrong."Unable to respond and comprehend the magnitude

  • Airlift milestone: JB Charleston C-17 reaches 20,000 flight hours

    The first C-17 Globemaster III to join the Air Force fleet, "The Spirit of Charleston," reached new heights recently by logging more than 20,000 flight hours. This achievement marks the first C-17 to reach this milestone, and to honor the achievement Team Charleston celebrated with a small ceremony

  • AMLOs meet for training all-call

    Thirty-two 621st Contingency Response Wing air mobility liaison officers got a chance to get together for the first time in four years for an AMLO Training All-Call here Dec. 3 to 6.The week was filled with a number of sessions covering AMLO issues, drop-zone and landing-zone operations training,

  • Middle school sends holiday spirit to deployed Airmen

    For the eighth year in a row, Highland Middle School, with the Air Mobility Command Directorate of Financial Management Booster Club, brought holiday joy to 30 deployed service members. Since 2006, every deployed Financial Management Airmen in AMC has received a handcrafted box with food, games,

  • Injured Airman returns to duty

    Staff Sgt. Brian Williams of the 87th Security Forces Squadron has been in the Air Force for 13 years, has deployed six times and served as a military working dog handler here since 2011.He is a Phoenix, Ariz.., native, who enjoys watching his favorite team, the Carolina Panthers play, reading comic

  • 436 SFS: Outstanding Airmen

    Air Mobility Command officials announced the 2013 AMC Outstanding Security Forces Individual Award winners Nov. 21, 2013.Four members from the 436th Security Forces Squadron, Craig Gilbert, 436th SFS security specialist; Senior Airman Justin Jarrett, 436th SFS response force leader; Staff Sgt. Ted

  • Welsh, Cody wrap-up trip to the Dakotas

    The Air Force's top commissioned and noncommissioned military leaders met thousands of Airmen in the Dakotas this week, learning about their missions and lives and answering their questions. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody visited

  • Investigation Report Details Causes of FOB Shank C-130J Accident

    Air Mobility Command released the results of an investigation on a C-130J accident in Afghanistan May 19 in which there were no fatalities or significant injuries. The Accident Investigation Board (AIB) report determined that on the C-130J's second landing attempt at Forward Operating Base Shank,

  • Innovation vs. Invention

    This past October marked our twelfth year of sustained combat operations in Afghanistan. During more than a decade of war, you've proven you are part of the best trained and equipped Air Force the world has ever known. You've attained that distinction by doing things right. Doing things right