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  • AMC delivers lifesaving armor for Humvees

    The streets of Iraq cannot be traveled lightly. The challenge of moving a convoy is not only dangerous, it can be fatal. Insurgents use rocket propelled grenades and roadside bombs to attack coalition forces while in their Humvees. But until now, when American Soldiers and Marines survived their

  • Fairchild Airman awarded Purple Heart

    An explosive ordnance disposal apprentice with the 92nd Civil Engineer Squadron here received the Purple Heart for Military Merit June 7 for injuries he suffered while deployed with the 332nd Expeditionary Air Wing, Balad Air Base, Iraq. Brig. Gen. Del Eulberg, director of

  • McChord Air Force Reserve pilot captures NAACP award

    Maj. Kimberly Scott, a C-17 pilot with the 728th Airlift Squadron, an activated Air Force Reserve squadron here, is the recipient of the 2004 NAACP Roy Wilkins Renown Service Award for the Air Force.The award will be presented June 10 during the NAACP 29th annual Armed Services and Veterans Affairs

  • AMC historian: 'Farewell, Mr. President'

    Every president since Harry Truman, the first to fly out of Andrews AFB in 1946, has had a close relationship with the men and women of Andrews. Ronald Wilson Reagan was no different. As America mourns his death, we at Andrews celebrate his life and look back at the special relationship the former

  • AMC Spotlight

    BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan (AMCNS) - Staff Sgt. Eugenio Prado, 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, double-checks information on an entry badge with a coalition military member at Operation Enduring Freedom. Sergeant Prado, whose hometown is Perth Amboy, N.J., was the Bagram Air Base NCO

  • Charleston AFB plays role in D-Day remembrance

    Members of the 437th Airlift Wing and 315th Airlift Wing here will commemorate the Normandy invasion Saturday, airdropping about 90 Soldiers at a drop zone in Normandy, France.These Soldiers will parachute in just as they did in 1944, only this time, they will not be met by enemy fire.This event,

  • Charleston wing earns award with valor

    The 437th Airlift Wing here has been awarded the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (with Valor) for meritorious service from Sept. 11, 2001, to June 30, 2003. All Airmen assigned to the wing during this time will receive the award, but only those who were deployed overseas during this time will

  • Pro baseball player spends day as an Airman

    Major League Baseball pitcher Al Leiter swapped his New York Mets uniform for an Air Force flight suit on Monday to became a McGuire boom operator for a day. While at McGuire, the left-hander who's played in three World Series and has 146 career wins, learned the ropes of refueling from Senior

  • AMC people capture comm/info awards

    Four Air Mobility Command people are among the winners of the Air Force's annual communications and information awards for 2003.The awards were announced by Lt. Gen. Tom Hobbins, Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Warfighting Integration.The AMC winners are:Tech. Sgt. Lisa S. Collins, Headquarters

  • AMC announces senior officer retirement, assignments

    Air Mobility Command officials have announced the following senior officer retirement and assignments:Retirement:Col. Clarence J. Evans, director, Global Channel Operations Division, Tanker Airlift Control Center, Scott AFB, will retire effective Aug. 1.Assignments:Lt. Col. Thomas J. Dupre, chief,