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  • 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,

  • 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

  • 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