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  • K-2s humanitarian airlift gets goods to those who need it

    Loaded on average with more than 13,000 pounds of humanitarian Container Delivery System bundles built by Army aerial delivery technicians here, C-130 Hercules aircrews with the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron completed 13 vital airdrop missions to remote regions in Afghanistan in January and

  • AMC officials announce senior officer retirement, assignments

    Air Mobility Command officials announced the following senior officer retirement and assignments:Senior officer retirement:Col. Henry A. Haisch Jr., director, operations management, Tanker Airlift Control Center, Scott AFB, will retire effective in June.Senior officer assignments:Col. Scott P.

  • 2004 AMC Media Contest winners announced

    Air Mobility Command recently announced the winners of the 2004 AMC Media Contest."I am tremendously proud to congratulate the Air Mobility Command Public Affairs Media Contest winners for 2004," said Gen. John W. Handy, commander of AMC and U.S. Transportation Command. "These outstanding

  • AMC officials announce senior officer retirement, assignments

    Air Mobility Command officials announced the following senior officer retirement and assignments:Senior leader retirement:Col. Herman Hicks, commander, 22nd Mission Support Group, McConnell AFB, Kan., will retire effective May 2005.Senior leader assignments:Col. Richard L. Wesche, student, Air War

  • AMC aircraft, people support tsunami relief operations

    In the days following the Dec. 26 tsunami disaster in South and Southeast Asia, Air Mobility Command aircraft and people delivered tons of relief equipment and hundreds of essential military personnel into the affected region.As of Jan. 5, AMC aircraft and aircrews had delivered more than 1.6

  • 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

  • Robins answers C-5 mayday with quick turnaround

    Robins maintainers recently took just one week to repair a C-5 Galaxy with a basketball-sized hole in its engine and damage to the pylons that attach it. The 3rd Airlift Squadron aircrew, en route from Dover Air Force Base, Del., to Puerto Rico, declared an in-flight

  • 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,

  • AMC announces senior officer retirements, assignments

    Officials at Air Mobility Command have announced the following senior officer retirements and assignments:Retirements:Col. Roy J. Hobbs, chief, Medical Support Division, Office of the Command Surgeon, Headquarters AMC, Scott AFB, will retire Oct. 1.Col. Frank Laras, vice commander, 43rd Airlift

  • AMC Airmen chosen for 'Tops in Blue'

    Air Force officials selected seven Air Mobility Command Airmen for the 2004 Tops in Blue team. Winners were chosen from contestants who participated in the 2004 Air Force Worldwide Talent Contest at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.The entertainment branch of the Air Force Services Agency conducts