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  • Rapid Improvement Event targets transportation efficiency, effectiveness

    Air Force leaders continue to shape wartime work processes by applying AFSO21's Lean principles and techniques. Functional-area experts representing the majority of the combatant commanders, both functional and geographic, as well as the Joint Staff met here Jan. 8-12 to look at improving overall

  • JPADS continues 'revolution in airdrop technology'

    Since October 2005, the Air Mobility Warfare Center here has partnered in an effort to revolutionize the way the Air Force performs airdrops in the expeditionary environment and around the world with the Joint Precision Airdrop System, or JPADS, initiative."When it was said to make this concept of

  • Hub-and-spoke missions provide tactical airlift in Iraq

    Whether it's operating from rough dirt strips or dropping off troops and equipment into hostile areas, C-130 Hercules keep convoys off the road in Iraq through airpower. Members of the 777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron deployed from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., fly C-130 hub-and-spoke

  • 19th ARG spreads holiday cheer

    The Toys for Team Robins program, headed by the 19th Air Refueling Group, officially ended their 2006 campaign on Dec. 21. The success of this year's campaign was largely due to the generosity of various squadrons, private organizations, and the local community. The program raised over $5,000 and

  • Chief Scientist joins Air Mobility Command

    Air Mobility Command recently welcomed Dr. Donald R. Erbschloe as the Chief Scientist for Gen. Duncan McNabb, commander, AMC. As the command's chief scientist, Dr. Erbschloe will be the principal advisor for the commander on science and technical issues. Through his scientific counsel, technical

  • Air Force plans to deactivate Willow Grove wing

    Air Force Reserve Command officials briefed congressional leaders today on plans to deactivate the command's 913th Airlift Wing located at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Willow Grove, Pa. The deactivation process would result in personnel authorizations being removed Oct. 1, 2007. The Air

  • Registration began Jan 1 for RODEO 2007

    Registration for Air Mobility Expeditionary RODEO 2007 began Jan. 1 and officials expect more than 100 teams to participate in this year's event. "Teams from the active Air Force, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard, as well as our international partners, are expected to participate," said Lt.

  • Elite Air Force unit transports former president's body

    Airmen from the 89th Airlift Wing at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., will transport the body of former President Gerald R. Ford, a U.S. Navy veteran, as his remains are flown between points in California, Washington and Michigan, Air Force military officers based here said. Ford, the nation's 38th

  • TRANSCOM Commander visits Air Mobility Warfare Center

    Saying he was impressed by the remarkable people and their wide-ranging missions, Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, commander of the U.S. Transportation Command, wrapped up a recent two-day tour of units at McGuire Air Force Base, nearby Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, the Air Mobility Warfare