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  • '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

  • 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

  • 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,

  • 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

  • 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

  • AMC captures four Air Force design awards

    Four Air Mobility Command design projects captured top honors as best in the Air Force during the 2004 U.S. Air Force Design and Construction Awards.In the Planning Studies and Design Guides category, the command earned a Citation Award for the Fairchild AFB, Wash., Survival School 10-Year Master

  • AMC announces senior officer, senior leader assignments

    Air Mobility Command officials have announced the following senior officer and senior leader assignments:Col. Michael J. Basla, director of communications, information and chief information officer, Headquarters AMC, will become deputy director, Operations Support Modernization, Deputy Chief of

  • Spangdahlem reaches final phase of Rhein-Main transition

    - Lt. Gen. William Welser III, 18th Air Force commander, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., and a team of mobility leaders visited here Saturday to gain a first-hand look at the base's progress in the Rhein-Main transition. The team's visit followed a trip to Ramstein AB and provided 52nd Fighter Wing

  • AMC announces O'Malley Award nominee

    Gen. John W. Handy, Air Mobility Command and U.S. Transportation Command commander, has announced AMC's nominee for the 2003 General and Mrs. Jerome F. O'Malley Award.Colonel and Mrs. Brooks Bash, 437th Airlift Wing, Charleston AFB, S.C., were chosen to represent AMC at the upcoming Air Force-level

  • C-17 crew wins Mackay Trophy

    One year after they led the biggest combat airdrop since Operation Just Cause in Panama in December 1989, five Airmen from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., are the winners of the National Aeronautic Association's Clarence Mackay Trophy for 2003.Lt. Col. Shane Hershman, 7th Airlift Squadron; Maj. Bob