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  • Army's Golden Knights, Marksmanship Unit hit target in tandem

    More than 400 military and community members attended performances by the U.S. Army's Golden Knights Parachute Team and Marksmanship Unit at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst May 3 through 5.This is the second consecutive year the Golden Knights performed at the joint base and the first time they

  • Aerial porters make history, unload cargo for all of Iraq

    When a runway closed in Turkey, officials scrambled to find another way to get supplies to U.S. forces in Iraq.The answer was quite simple; the Federal Aviation Administration-approved flightline at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, which is the only place in country that can land civilian US flagged

  • Airmen begin participation in FA HUM 2011 in Trinidad and Tobago

    More than 150 U.S. military personnel and military and civilian officials from Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, Canada, the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, and the Republic of Suriname gathered here April 8 to participate in the annual Fuerzas Alidas Humanitarias, or FA HUM 2011. It is also

  • Scott AFB Airmen recognized at USO 'Salute to Heroes'

    The USO of Missouri hosted its seventh annual "Salute to Heroes" dinner March 24 in St. Louis where 14 servicemembers were recognized. Among the honorees are five Team Scott Airmen."The annual Salute to Heroes dinner is a way for us to honor members of the Armed Forces in the local area who have

  • Little Rock Airmen demonstrate massive airdrop, teamwork in joint exercise

    Nine Little Rock Air Force Base C-130s and twice as many aircrews, along with maintainers and planners from the base, participated in the most recent Joint Operation Access Exercise Feb. 9-12 at Pope Air Force Base and Fort Bragg, N.C.JOAX is a two-week exercise to prepare the Air Force and Army to

  • Exercise preps Travis 615th CRW for inspection, real-world missions

    Soldiers and Airmen teamed up in a simulated deployed environment at Mackall Army Airfield approximately 10 miles south of Pinehurst, N.C., in support of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division's Joint Operational Access Exercise, Feb. 9 through16. More than 100 Airmen from the 615th Contingency Response

  • Command announces 2010 AMC Public Affairs Media Contest Awards

    AMC Public Affairs recently announced the winners of its 2010 Public Affairs Media Contest Awards. These annual awards recognize individuals and organizations who demonstrate excellence in telling the Air Force and AMC story through various public affairs processes and products, including print and

  • Air mobility key to outpost sustainability in Afghanistan

    To small military outposts strategically placed throughout Afghanistan's most rugged landscape, air mobility is the key to mission success."We have outposts all over the place here," said Army Lt. Col. David Preston, Support Battalion for Task Force Currahee. "Our guys are bedded down in some of the

  • C-17s deliver largest OEF fuel resupply in Afghanistan

    Three C-17 Globemaster IIIs carrying 120 bundles dropped the largest resupply of fuel ever to a remote military outpost in Afghanistan.Throughout the span of two days, Jan. 29 through 30, Soldiers hustled to collect the pallets, store them and then prepare for the next C-17 pass."When these drops

  • Travis Airmen support Muir Woods National Monument volunteer effort

    Comfortably surrounded by a state park in northern California lies a 560-acre national park, which is home to the tallest living things in the world.Muir Woods National Monument, located 11 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge and surrounded by Mount Tamalpais, has been home to the old-growth