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  • Airdrops could play key role in eventual Afghanistan transition

    During 2011, mobility Airmen airdropped more than 80 million pounds of cargo for troops deployed throughout austere locations in Afghanistan. In the future, the Air Force expects airdrops to continue as troops move out of Afghanistan in coming years.In March, Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen,

  • TACC leading effort for 'retrograde' cargo from Afghanistan

    For airlift aircraft transiting and moving cargo to and from the Central Command area of responsibility, planners at the 618th Air Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center) are leading an effort to keep those aircraft full of cargo as they return from the deployed areas to the United

  • Galaxy rising: C-5's future to 'surge' to new heights

    Air Mobility Command has a goal -- to have a minimum of 30 C-5 Galaxy aircraft tasked and flying missions every day. That would be a "surge" of new daily operations for the airframe, the crews who fly them and the maintainers who keep them ready.The current average of C-5s tasked "in the system" is

  • Air Force's top enlisted leader visits Joint Base Charleston

    The 16th chief master sergeant of the Air Force spoke with Joint Base Charleston Airmen about current and future Air Force operations April 9 during a brief visit here.During his visit, which included an "all call" held at the base theater, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Roy touched on

  • Critical care transport team continues to save lives

    Since mid-January, the newly formed all-Air Force Critical Care Air Transport Team with the 651st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron or EAES at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan has been saving lives, whether they're U.S. troops, local nationals, or coalition partners."A life is a life," said

  • Family, friends welcome 7th AS home

    More than 120 Airmen from McChord Field's 7th Airlift Squadron were greeted by family and friends Feb. 29 after a 60-day deployment in support of operations Enduring Freedom, New Dawn, Odyssey Dawn and Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.The Airmen were deployed as the 817th Expeditionary

  • Grand Forks Airman featured in Portraits of Courage

    Tech. Sgt. Clifford Monroe displays a certain quiet -- a distinct air of humility. He is quick to listen, slow to speak.To those who don't know him, it might appear as a sort of melancholy. But it was his combat experience in Afghanistan that helped mold who he is today and how he approaches

  • AMC commander visits McChord Field, delivers new C-17

    Gen. Raymond E. Johns, Jr., Air Mobility Command commander, visited Joint Base Lewis-McChord Feb. 24, 2012 to deliver McChord Field's newest C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. During his short visit, Johns also took the opportunity to thank and inspire Airmen during a commander's call."First of all, I