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  • AMC inactivates two C-17 squadrons over next two years

    Air Mobility Command will inactivate two  C-17 squadrons over the next two years - one at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., and one at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. - based on the President's Defense Budget for FY15."In this fiscally constrained environment, we have to balance readiness, capability and

  • Airmen busy building gazebos

    For 21 days 15 service members and one civilian have been under controlled monitoring at Joint Base Lewis-McChord for the Ebola virus.They've all returned from missions that took them to West Africa. While under supervision at the old World War II barracks on Lewis North, they have passed the time

  • DUI victim's mother raises awareness at MacDill

    Renee Napier, motivational speaker and mother of driving under the influence victim, Meagan Napier, spoke to members of Team MacDill about the severe consequences and ripple effects driving while under the influence causes Dec. 18, 2014 at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.On May 11, 2002, Meagan, 22,

  • Airman earns top firefighter honors

    For the second consecutive year, a Joint Base Lewis-McChord Air Force firefighter won the Army Firefighter of the Year award. Senior Airman Kevin Alfonso, a 627th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, was presented the award for 2013 on Dec. 11, 2014 at JBLM.Alfonso has served at McChord Field's Fire

  • USAF EC holds Wingman Day Event

    The U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center paused Dec. 16, for a Wingman Day Event to allow staff members time to focus on building relationships and increasing awareness regarding issues facing Airmen."Every day is Wingman Day for us here at the EC," said Master Sgt. Osvaldo Freyre, USAF EC Director

  • AMC relocates KC-135 simulator

    As Air Mobility Command fields the KC-46A, displaced KC-135 pilot simulators will be relocated across the Total Force to maximize simulator access across the mobility enterprise.  As a result, AMC, in coordination with the Air National Guard, recently identified four KC-135 pilot flight simulators

  • Recycling the wreckage

    With all of the recent renovations being made preparing for the arrival of the KC-46A Pegasus to McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, comes millions of pounds of unneeded demolition debris awaiting disposal.Instead of sending the materials to a landfill, McConnell recycles the wreckage that can no

  • Powered by Innovation: 725 AMS Creates Cleanup Response Trailer

    The men and women of the 725th Air Mobility Squadron are no strangers to meeting challenges with innovation and adaptability. The 725 AMS faces unique challenges as a tenant unit at Naval Station Rota, Spain, a Spanish controlled base with the United States Navy as the lead American Service. The

  • Mobility tours in Las Vegas

    On Nov. 16, Mobility Rock Band from the U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West launched a four-concert tour in Las Vegas, Nevada.The band is stationed at Travis Air Force Base, California, and was touring in Nevada to represent Airmen from Nellis and Creech Air Force Bases within their local