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  • MacDill answers the call for hurricane relief

    MacDill is one of many military installations pitching in to help Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.The base has deployed a team of nearly 30 support personnel, completed aerial refueling and airlift missions, and provided personnel assistance in support of hurricane relief operations.The deployed

  • AMC Airmen lend helping hand in aftermath of Katrina

    While most of the nation sits glued to television and radio stations, watching and listening to reporters describe conditions in the Hurricane Katrina devastated region, Air Mobility Command Airmen continue to fly missions into and out of Mississippi and Louisiana.

  • Air mobility in action In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Air Mobility Command has transported thousands of military support personnel, civilian emergency response team members and evacuees, and has delivered thousands of tons of emergency equipment a

    Evacuees of Hurricane Katrina were evacuated from New Orleans, La., and flown by a C-17 Globemaster III airplane from McCord Air Force Base, Wash., to Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., on Sept. 1. There, the injured were examined and transported to Atlanta, Ga., hospitals. (Photo by Donald Peek)

  • Specialized AMC unit eases airlift burden in New Orleans

    Without the quick deployment of a special Air Mobility Command unit, the air evacuation plan at New Orleans' Louis Armstrong International Airport might not unfolded as quickly or as smoothly.The 818th Contingency Response Group from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., arrived Aug. 31, a day after

  • Health officials seek to reduce tobacco usage

    Having the highest percentage of Airmen passing the new fitness test or scoring 90 or above on career development course tests is something commanders can be proud of. However, having the highest percentage of smokers isnt the record Air Mobility Command wants to hold.In AMC, 26.9 percent of Airmen

  • Pope AFB hoopsters play with 'Magic'

    Magic filled the air and was on the basketball court July 29 at Fort Bragg’s Ritz-Epps Fitness Center as Ervin “Magic” Johnson paid a visit to Fayetteville, N.C. Johnson, who led the Los Angeles Lakers to five Nation Basketball Association championships, spent his weekend

  • 4th AS aircrew aids in international rescue mission

    McChord Airmen left for Russia’s Pacific coast Aug. 6 to support a submarine rescue mission near the Kamchatka peninsula. Air Mobility Command was called upon to assist in the rescue effort to save seven Russian sailors who had been stranded aboard the mini

  • Team Charleston assists with Russian sub rescue

    Team Charleston played a part in the rescue effort Aug. 5 to save seven Russian sailors trapped in a mini submarine 600 feet underwater. The sub became tangled in fishing cable Aug. 4 during a military exercise.Charleston AFB officials got the call in the early afternoon Aug. 5 and by 5:15 p.m. a

  • AMC 'Total Force' rushes to aid of Russian sailors

    Air Mobility Command active-duty, Reserve and Air National Guard units pulled together Aug. 5 in a Total Force effort to rescue seven Russian sailors trapped in a submarine 625 feet below the ocean surface. The Russian sub became tangled in a fishing net Aug. 4 during a military exercise off

  • AMC staff sergeant selected for AF 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year

    Air Force officials recently announced the service’s top 12 Airmen for 2005, and one of Air Mobility Command’s own made the list. Staff Sgt. Terrence A. Raybon, 60th Medical Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron, Travis AFB, Calif., was one of the 12 chosen during