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  • Servicemembers, senior leadership interact during forums

    Servicemembers had an opportunity to ask questions and interact with senior leadership in forums during the 37th Annual Tuskegee Airmen Convention held at McGuire Air Force Base July 17. In two separate forums, leaders spoke about several issues. During the officer mentorship forum, leaders

  • Tuskegee Airmen honored at McGuire ceremony

    Team McGuire personnel honored the original Tuskegee Airmen with a rededication of Tuskegee Avenue July 17. "Team McGuire did extremely well," said Col. Samuel Douglas, Air Mobility Command Operations Division chief. "They went above and beyond with the ceremony. It was great having both dignitaries

  • Military Child Education Agreement signed

    Delaware has always been proud of its moniker the "First State," but today military families can laud Delaware as the tenth state in ratifying House Bill 297, the Compact on Education Transition for Military Children. Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner signed House Bill 297 July 17, making Delaware the

  • Most outstanding contribution to flight in DoD

    The 906th Air Refueling Squadron was recently awarded the Air Force Association 2008 David C. Schilling Award. According to the AFA's Website, the award is given to units with the, "most outstanding contribution in the field of flight." The citation noted that the 906 ARS gave the, "most outstanding

  • C-17 crew returns rescued contractors to America

    Three Americans flew to freedom aboard an Air Mobility Command C-17 July 2 after being held more than five years in captivity by the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. The three military contractors -- Marc Gozalves, Thomas Howes and Keith Stansell, all employees of the Los

  • Global Aeromedical Evacuation Continues Improving to Get Troops Home

    Also known as the air ambulance for the military and the joint warfighter's "lifeline home," the Air Mobility Command's Aeromedical Evacuation system provides critical medical care from the front lines and contingencies around the world. Since Oct. 2001, more than 48,000 Soldiers, Marines, Sailors

  • Local recruit loses 90 pounds in 8 months to join Air Force

    Checking in at 253 pounds, the weight limit could keep most people from even thinking about joining the Air Force ... but not everyone. "I wasn't surprised that I weighed too much, but I really didn't know the weight limit would be that low," said Matt Mobley, a 5-foot-7-inch 20-year-old. "But I

  • Team Charleston gears up for the ORI

    More than 400 Airmen from the 437th Airlift Wing participated in a week-long mobility exercise June 20 in preparation for Charleston AFB's operational readiness inspection in August. During the Crisis Look 08-06 exercise, Charleston Airmen simulated deploying from here to form the 805th Air

  • New program to help Airmen, families cope

    Senior leadership came together June 23 at the Airman and Family Readiness Center here to learn about a new Office of the Secretary of Defense initiative to help Airmen and their families cope with issues surrounding deployments and how it affects the family. The Military and Family Life Consultant

  • Global Mobility Wargame 2008 explores the future of air mobility

    From June 16 to 20 within the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center here, wartime planners from across the Air Force, Army and coalition nations investigate future concepts in air mobility through Global Mobility Wargame, or GLOMO, 2008. "GLOMO helps shape Air Mobility Command's strategic planning via