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  • 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron expedites the fight

    AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar—“You need it, we move it", that is the saying of Airmen with the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron who enable rapid global mobility every day here at one of U.S. Central Command’s busiest en route stations.“We are the middle man for the area of responsibility, and

  • Largest military solar energy project in Northeast breaks ground on JB MDL

    JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. -- Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment and Energy Miranda A.A. Ballentine and the Adjutant General of New Jersey Brig. Gen. Michael Cunniff helped break ground on a 98-acre solar farm here Dec. 20.The 16.5 megawatt solar energy

  • 621st CRW supports Army's RAAW exercise

    Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing worked with Soldiers from Fort Wainwright, Alaska, to load 10 AH-64 Apache helicopters and two Stryker armored vehicles in extreme cold weather during the Rapid Alaska Airlift Week exercise Dec. 10-16.

  • Team JBLM gains valuable experience at Rainier War

    The 62nd Airlift Wing hosted the semi-annual, large-formation exercise, which included other Joint Base Lewis-McChord partners such as the Army’s 51st Expeditionary Signal Battalion, 7th Infantry Division and the U.S. Air Force Reserve’s 446th AW. The scenarios used in the exercise closely mimic

  • Mobility Airmen ensure tradition of Operation Christmas Drop continues

    ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Airmen from the 734th Air Mobility Squadron are working to uphold the tradition of Operation Christmas Drop by organizing the delivery of bundles to the people of 54 Micronesian islands, Dec. 3-13.The 734th AMS and Operation Christmas Drop, a private organization of

  • Air Mobility Command enables delivery of Israel’s first F-35s

    SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Air Mobility Command Airmen worked around the clock to ensure Israel’s first two F-35 aircraft were delivered Dec. 12, making the U.S. ally the only country in the Middle East flying a fifth generation fighter aircraft. The 618th Air Operations Center, based out of

  • AMC releases further guidance on additional arming programs

    SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Air Mobility Command recently released a policy outlining three programs as options installations commanders can consider to enhance the safety and deter threats to AMC personnel. The programs are the Security Forces Staff Arming, Unit Marshal Program, and Law

  • Reserve aircrew prevents aircraft collision

    A 512th Airlift Wing crew was named the recipient of the Air Force Reserve Command Aircrew of Distinction Award for safely diverting a potential accident while on a runway.