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  • JB MDL welcomes evacuees from Haiti

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst welcomed more than 250 evacuees from Haiti this morning following a 7.0-magnitude earthquake there. The Joint Base is facilitating support efforts with various governmental and civilian organizations to ensure the evacuees are properly cared for. The team has

  • AMC continues to deliver in support of Haiti earthquake relief operations

    Since relief operations began Jan. 13, AMC aircraft have delivered more than 340 passengers and 323 tons of emergency cargo to Haiti. During the past 24 hours, efforts have primarily focused on delivering FEMA teams; deployable joint command and control teams; and U.S. Soldiers.At Joint Base

  • Air Force aircaft, crews airlift injured from Haiti

    An Air Force C-130 Hercules and its crew airlifted four injured civilians from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., early Sunday, as part of on-going U.S. efforts to provide relief in the quake-stricken region.The patients suffered injuries ranging from crushed limbs to broken bones

  • McGuire Airmen provide earthquake relief

    Air Mobility Command's 621st Contingency Response Wing stationed here will deploy Airmen to Haiti today in the wake of the country's 7.0-magnitude earthquake.Members are deploying to facilitate humanitarian airlift operations and aid in providing ground support to the people of Haiti.More than 100

  • New group commander 'a living example' of family values

    The Charleston AFB family offered a warm welcome to the new commander of the 437th Operations Group Dec. 21 during a change of command ceremony here.Col. Robert Holba, formerly the chief of the Air Mobility Division for the 617th Air Operations Center, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, assumed command of

  • Pope contracting NCO leads deployed contingency contracting flight

    In a deployed location, getting items and services a deployed unit needs often means someone has to go out and get it. Most often, that job goes to people like Tech. Sgt. Craig Castleman and his contingency contracting flight with the 380th Expeditionary Contracting Squadron here at a non-disclosed

  • Gen. Johns makes first trip to MacDill as AMC commander

    Gen. Raymond E. Johns Jr., commander of Air Mobility Command, and his wife, Diana, visited MacDill AFB, Fla. Jan. 5 to 7. Since taking command of AMC Nov. 20, the general has made it his top priority to see the air mobility mission "through the eyes of the Airmen." General Johns' visit to MacDill

  • AMC Commander visits Georgia, Florida wings

    General Raymond E. Johns Jr., commander of Air Mobility Command, visited the 165th Airlift Wing, the 6th Air Mobility Wing and the 927th Air Refueling Wing to continue his efforts to view the air mobility mission "through the eyes of the Airmen."General Johns, who took the seat as AMC commander in

  • Operation Deep Freeze continues

    The 2009-2010 Operation Deep Freeze season is still underway, but the 10th year for C-17 Globemaster III's on "the ice" supporting National Science Foundation research in Antarctica has already been a success."This season is proving to be the busiest on record," said Lt. Col. Robert Wellington, 62nd

  • CRW "Port Dawgs" leave a footprint in Afghanistan

    Twenty-one Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing here recently returned from a 60-day deployment to Afghanistan where they were able to make some major contributions to military operations.Lt. Col. Daniel Krall, commander of the 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron, requested help from