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  • Survey to assess home-station, deployed personal safety concerns

    Gen. John W. Handy is seeking feedback from Air Mobility Command Airmen on their personal safety. General Handy, commander of U.S. Transportation Command and AMC, is asking Airmen to complete a web-based survey about the sexual harassment and assault climate within the command.Within the next couple

  • Preliminary court proceedings held for Travis Airman

    The next court-martial session involving Senior Airman Ahmad I. Al Halabi, convened at Travis AFB, Calif. At this 39a session, Col. Barbara G. Brand of the Central Circuit Judiciary, Randolph AFB, Texas, is expected to hear government and defense motions.The panel of military members selected to

  • AMC Airman provides last-chance survival training

    Senior Airman Aaron Sanders spends his days teaching students information he hopes they never need to use. But he wants them to learn the material well, just in case. As a Survival, 3vasion, 4esistance and 3scape specialist deployed to the Combined Air Operations Center at Al

  • AMC announces senior officer retirements, assignments

    Air Mobility Command officials have announced the following senior officer retirements and assignments:Retirements:Col. David W. Smith, deputy commander, 721st Air Mobility Operations Group, Ramstein Air Base, Germany,, will retire effective Jan. 1.Col. Rex S. Brennan, command public health

  • Fairchild team tackles 35-mile 'Ridge to River' relay

    Six members of a Fairchild relay team -- dubbed 'Your Worst Nightmare Dream Team' -- took their physical and mental challenge to the next level during the "Ridge to River" relay in Wenatchee, Wash., April 18.The Ridge to River relay was conceived in 1980 as a fund-raising event. Since then it has

  • 'Heart Link' helps spouses understand Air Force life

    While Air Force enlisted members attend Basic Military Training at Lackland AFB, Texas, to learn about Air Force history, customs and courtesies and many other aspects of Air Force life, many Air Force spouses get thrown into the mix completely unprepared.To remedy this, the Air Force created

  • Elementary martial arts

    DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AMCNS) -- Chief Master Sgt. Jose Guzman, 436th Mission Support Squadron military personnel flight superintendent, gave more than 25 children an elementary martial arts skills class April 16 at the Youth Center here. Chief Guzman currently holds a sixth degree black belt

  • Colonel reflects on 40 years of service

    When Airman Basic Dave Thurston joined the Air Force in 1964, there had been no moon landing, the SR-71 Blackbird was about to fly for the first time, Vietnam was just beginning and postage stamps were a nickel.Now, as Colonel Thurston, he is deployed as the director of public affairs for Central

  • Kiosks bring important information to Charleston people

    Charleston AFB has made accessing personal information easier by installing three "Air Force Onestop" interactive computer kiosks. According to Air Mobility Command officials, Charleston is the first base in the command to test and implement the kiosk system. By using the kiosks,

  • Dover 'Night Riders' deactivated April 1

    Shortly after midnight April 1, Lt. Col. Don Gresham, 436th Operations Group chief of special capabilities, brought Dover's C-5 Special Operations Low Level II mission to an end.A crowd of more than 150 people looked on as Colonel Gresham handed the 436th OGS guidon to Col. Jeffrey Brake, Assistant