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  • AMC Airman earns national recognition

    In just one example of the superb work Air Mobility Command Airmen perform each and every day, an AMC noncommissioned officer assigned to the command's Air Transportation Division recently earned the National Defense Transportation Association International Junior Executive Leadership Award.

  • World War II veteran creates 'clean cuts'

    For more than 26 years, Mario Pujol's specialty has been taking care of servicemembers here on MacDill. He cuts hair at the barber shop on base and maintains his regular customers with his sharp precise styles. His customers range from Airmen to generals and civilians to family members, but little

  • RODEO 2009: Doolittle Raiders ride during RODEO

    On the flight deck of a C-17 flown by a crew from Dover Air Force Base, Del., over the mountains of the northwestern Washington landscape, sat two men. They serve as an inspiration to many and have gone down in history as the Doolittle Raiders. Retired Lt. Col. Richard Cole, copilot to Col. Jimmy

  • RODEO 2009: Secretary Donley visits mobility air forces competition

    Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley received an in-depth look at the mobility world during a visit here July 22 for Air Mobility RODEO 2009. Secretary Donley toured the competition, met with Airmen and international partners, and experienced the sights and sounds of the many RODEO events.

  • RODEO, a proud heritage of training and camaraderie

    Among the booths in the exposition hall at Air Mobility RODEO 2009, you'll find a booth, full of Air Force photographs, some black and white, highlighting Air Force milestones and events. This is the Air Mobility Command history booth. "Because RODEO is a large international event, bringing the U.S.

  • RODEO 2009: Two Tuskegee Airmen visit RODEO

    Almost all Air Mobility RODEO 2009 guests have driven down Tuskegee Airmen Boulevard here, but most of them probably did not expect two of the Tuskegee Airmen themselves to be at RODEO. Retired Lt. Cols. Edward Drummond Jr. and Bill Holloman stopped at RODEO today during the opening ceremony to

  • RODEO 2009: Republic of Korea learns new tactics, gains friendship at RODEO

    The Republic of Korea air force is one of seven international teams competing in Air Mobility RODEO 2009. For most of the team members this was their first RODEO. It is also one of the few times they had been in America and interacted with so many other international air forces. "This is a beautiful

  • RODEO 2009: New competition adds SPICE

    Air Mobility RODEO 2009 competition has some SPICE in it for the first time. Along with the usual montage of scheduled flying and ground events, contingency response wings from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., Travis AFB, Calif., and Ramstein Air Base, Germany, are also competing to set up the Small

  • 32nd ARS crew first to refuel new multinational C-17

    With Swedish and U.S. Air Force pilots in the cockpit, the first C-17 Globemaster III to belong to a 12-nation strategic airlift initiative topped off its gas tank in flight for the first time Friday while over the Atlantic, courtesy of a Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst tanker and crew."It was

  • Senior Afghan commander's visit supports AMC role in building partnerships

    The commander of the Afghanistan National Army Air Corps visited Scott Air Force Base July 15 as part of a U.S. visit that included stops at several U.S. Air Force installations, as well as the National Capital Region. According to Air Mobility Command officials, the visit from Afghan Maj. Gen.