C-17 aircrew helps send message home for holidays

A day of honoring the fallen

More than 5,000 men, women, children, veterans and active-duty service members took time out of their hectic holiday schedules, Dec. 14, 2013, to remember the men and women of the U.S. military who won't be sitting around the table with us this holiday season. The morning started off at the Florida

AMC assists Central African Republic peacekeeping mission

The Defense Department sent another Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport jet from Burundi to the Central African Republic today in support of the African Union-led International Support Mission in that beleaguered nation, Army Col. Steve Warren, a Defense Department spokesman, told reporters

Airmen transport Soldier suffering from respiratory failure

Eight members from the 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron transported a patient from a forward deployed location in Southwest Asia, to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, Dec. 6, 2013, aboard a C-17 Globemaster III. The patient, a 54-year-old Army Soldier, was suffering

AMLOs meet for training all-call

Thirty-two 621st Contingency Response Wing air mobility liaison officers got a chance to get together for the first time in four years for an AMLO Training All-Call here Dec. 3 to 6.The week was filled with a number of sessions covering AMLO issues, drop-zone and landing-zone operations training,

Punches, punchlines, rock & roll: WWE brings wrestling, comedy, music to JBLM

Approximately 4,000 service members and their families packed McChord Field's Hangar 4, which was transformed into a wrestling arena, to witness World Wrestling Entertainment's Tribute to the Troops event here, Dec. 11.The event featured 40 WWE superstars and divas taking turns brawling in the ring

Travis-based call center adds Andrews to rotation

Travis' newly renamed United States Air Force Telephone Operator Consolidated Call Center-West added its 17th installation, Joint Base Andrews, Md., Dec. 5 to the roster of locations for which it provides base operator services.Andrews marks the center's third different major command for which its

Senate confirms James as next secretary of the Air Force

Deborah Lee James will be the next secretary of the Air Force, according to a Senate confirmation vote Dec 13. James provided testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee Sept. 19, before the full Senate voted on her confirmation. Now the president must appoint her before she can assume her new

Middle school sends holiday spirit to deployed Airmen

For the eighth year in a row, Highland Middle School, with the Air Mobility Command Directorate of Financial Management Booster Club, brought holiday joy to 30 deployed service members. Since 2006, every deployed Financial Management Airmen in AMC has received a handcrafted box with food, games,

Dover maintainer returns home