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  • AMC vice commander visits 380th AEW in Southwest Asia

    As part of a visit through the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Lt. Gen. Vern M. "Rusty" Findley II, Air Mobility Command vice commander, stopped at a non-disclosed base here Feb. 10 to 11 to visit with deployed mobility Airmen of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing.Air mobility assets at

  • EC hosts Republic of Yemen Air Force student

    The United States Air Force Expeditionary Center, through its Mobility Operations School here, recently hosted an Air Force officer from the Republic of Yemen as part of the International Military Education and Training Program. The training is a component of U.S. Air Force's efforts to build the

  • JBC Airmen serve as liaison in Lowcountry repatriation effort

    A small team of officers at Joint Base Charleston was recently called upon to bridge the gap between South Carolina repatriation efforts and Air Force flights transporting Haiti evacuees to Charleston International Airport.For weeks, Air Force space available airlift had transported evacuees to

  • AMC delivers ‘rapid response’ to aid Haiti

    With the eyes of the world on Haiti after the small island nation was rocked by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake, Airmen and assets from Air Mobility Command quickly began mobilizing for the relief effort just hours after the call for assistance went out.On Jan. 14, a mere 13 hours after receiving the

  • Transition to return tower to Haitian controllers begins

    Two weeks after the earthquake devastated vast portions of Port-Au-Prince, Air Force air traffic controllers are working side by side with Haitian air traffic controllers to provide some sense of normalcy.Feb. 1 marked the first of many days that Haitian controllers will work side by side with

  • JBC focuses on families at spouse appreciation dinner Jan. 28

    The Airman and Family Readiness Center and base chapel teamed up to host Joint Base Charleston's first spouse appreciation dinner for spouses and children of deployed members Jan. 28, drawing in a crowd to fill the chapel annex for fun and festivities.Based on the turnout and positive atmosphere,

  • Iraq C-21 Accident Investigation Board complete

    Air Mobility Command today released the results of its investigation into a Nov. 2, 2009, mishap involving a C-21A at Ali Air Base, Iraq.The C-21A aircraft, which is the military version of a Learjet business jet, departed the far end of the runway at the base after landing approximately two-thirds

  • AMC commander visits McChord

    Gen. Raymond E. Johns Jr., commander of Air Mobility Command, visited McChord AFB this week on his first official visit here as the new AMC commander. During the visit, General Johns inspired Airmen during a commander's call, flew an airdrop training mission with the 7th and 8th Airlift Squadrons,

  • Joint Task Force Organizes Haitian Airport

    When a disaster strikes, people assume it should be easy to get relief supplies in. But it's not always a simple proposition. Can the airport's runway support the weight of cargo aircraft? What is the security situation like? What equipment does the airport have for unloading and loading? How many

  • Relief effort hits home for Haitian-American Airman

    "Jan. 2, 2008 ... I remember it like it was yesterday," said Airman 1st Class Samantha Jean, recounting her first day in Basic Military Training at Lackland AFB, Texas.Her new uniforms would soon read, "U.S. Air Force," and for the young Haitian woman, now assigned to the 437th Aerial Port Squadron