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  • Tankers: From a Question Mark to Today's Fight

    Air refueling operations continue to be amazing aerial feats, especially for people who witness the process for the first time. As mobility Airmen, we consider it simply part of what we do but, in reality, it is quite remarkable to have two aircraft meeting less than 50 feet apart at more than

  • Flight of the 'Question Mark'

    Editor's note: This is the first article in a series of articles highlighting the history of aerial refueling and the important role aerial refueling has played in American military history.On Jan. 1, 1929, a tri-engined Fokker C-2 aircraft with a crew of five climbed into the southern California

  • McChord Airman receives Purple Heart

    Wednesday in Iraq -- another routine day -- it would be hump day if it weren't for the seven-day work week the Airmen from the 586th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron at Camp Bucca, Iraq, commit to.For one security forces .50 caliber Humvee gunner, Nov. 28, 2007 would be more than just another

  • McChord Airmen fuel Operation Deep Freeze

    Airmen from the 446th and 62nd Airlift Wings assigned to the 304th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron in support of Operation Deep Freeze completed the first operational C-17 Globemaster III airdrop to the Antarctic Gamburtsev Mountain Province Nov. 26. Thirty bundles of fuel and other supplies were

  • Help from Above: More than a slogan on a patch

    A warfighter has just been wounded on the battlefield. As seconds seem like hours they hear the whirl of a helicopter in the distance. The next thing they know, there is a medic treating your wounds and taking them to safety and treatment. Tech. Sgt. David Denton, 375th Aeromedical Evacuation

  • AMC unveils new mission statement and focus areas

    This past June, I issued a call for all AMC personnel to "return to basics," and I thank you for the renewed attention you've given to our core values and our mobility mission while restoring the Air Force's good name with your daily, outstanding mission accomplishment. Today, we build on that

  • Air Mobility Command sets another all-time sortie record

    Air Mobility Command's 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center, the execution arm for global airlift, air refueling and aeromedical evacuation operations, set a new record for the number of sorties planned in a 24-hour period last month. The new mark, set at 1,063 sorties, toppled the previous high of

  • Air Mobility Command air traffic controllers lauded for excellence

    The Air Traffic Control Association presented AMC's Terminal Instrument Procedures team with the Earl F. Ward Memorial Award at its 53rd annual conference and exposition held in Washington, D.C., Nov. 4.This international award is presented annually to the air traffic control group that demonstrated

  • Global Aeromedical Evacuation Continues Improving to Get Troops Home

    Editor's Note:  This article originally ran in July, and has been published again in acknowledgement of Warrior Care Month.  As of November, 2008, AMC has safely evacuated nearly 55,000 patients to higher levels of care in support of the Global War on Terrorism.Also known as the air ambulance for

  • TRANSCOM commander praises mobility Airmen: ‘We have built a crown jewel’

    In opening the 2008 Airlift/Tanker Association convention here Nov. 7, Gen. Duncan McNabb not only spoke about the evolution of U.S. Transportation Command since the days of its first commander, but also the mobility Airmen who contribute to its success. Citing how the Air Force has made its air