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  • AMC honors operations squadron

    The 60th Operations Support Squadron Current Operations Flight was named the 2014 Air Mobility Command Aviation Fuel Efficiency Operation Team of the Year Nov. 1 during the Airlift/Tanker Association's annual convention in Nashville, TN.AMC annually recognizes those who make a significant impact on

  • McConnell crews recover downed F-16

    Crews from McConnell Air Base, Kansas, helped recover an F-16 Fighting Falcon, Oct. 29, near Moline, Kansas.The aircraft, which belonged to the Oklahoma Air National Guard 138th Fighter Squadron, crashed Monday, Oct. 20, and Airmen from McConnell provided support from the first response to final

  • Top picks compete for AMC Icon

    Air Mobility Command conducted its seventh annual AMC ICON program and would like to congratulate all of our 2014 finalists. This year's AMC ICON is 1st Lt. Chad Slayton from Joint Base Charleston, S.C. with Senior Airman Andrew Hicks from Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., and Senior Airman Tim

  • Nonprofit helps deploying servicemembers with dogs

    When a military member receives a deployment checklist, circumstances surrounding pets are not on the list. Many members have a hard time finding a place for their pet during these situations, and the Dogs on Deployment organization can be a big help.Senior Airman Jakia Chang and her husband were

  • Airman from Iraq gains citizenship through service

    Theo Shakir grew up in a very different landscape compared to the life he wakes up to now. He hasn't always been an Air Force biomedical equipment technician and he hasn't always been a citizen of the United States.His life changed dramatically in 2005, when he and his family took leave from their

  • Joint exercise highlights medical capabilities

    Members of the 141st Medical Group participated in a joint exercise with soldiers in the 168th Aviation Regiment here Oct. 31.Working on a five-man team, the 141st MDG members simulated deploying into a combat environment where patients with surgical needs were waiting. Each patient was assessed and

  • Airmen represent Team McChord with honor

    Six Airmen stand in position as a hearse rolls to a stop just past them. They open the back door revealing a casket with the U.S. flag draped over it. They carefully carry out the casket before placing it on the lowering device, its final resting place. They methodically remove the flag from the

  • McConnell Airman nominated for Robbie Risner Award

    After surpassing both the wing and Air Mobility Command levels, McConnell's Maj. Derrick Baker, 22nd Operations Support Squadron wing tactics officer, is now in the running to receive the Air Force 2013 Robbie Risner Award.The award is named after Brig. General Robinson "Robbie" Risner, a highly

  • Scott couple find work/life balance singing with choir

    Finding the time to balance work and your personal interests is a must when it comes to being a comprehensively fit Airman.  And for one couple, they do that through music.Lt. Col. Christine Blice-Baum, 375 Air Mobility Wing Chaplain, and her husband, Mark Blice-Baum, 375th Force Support Squadron