Bagram joint airdrop inspectors ensure ground troops receive supplies

What do rubber bands, string and parachutes have in common?They are all components of an airdrop bundle inspected by the only two qualified Joint Airdrop Inspectors assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron here.Airdrops provide ground members in isolated locations of

Grand Forks Airman earns second chance for AMC Icon title

A Grand Forks Air Force Base Warrior of the North is scheduled to compete for the title of AMC Icon for the second year in a row.Airman 1st Class Andrew Hicks, 319th Medical Operations Squadronan aerospace medical technician, earned the first-place award for a military member in the local Air

Air Mobility Command Scientist: Nature was model for innovative C-17 flight tests to save Air Force millions

AMC's chief scientist credited birds, dolphins and surfers for the success of recent ground-breaking C-17 flight tests expected to save the Air Force millions in annual fuel costs.Dr. Donald Erbschloe flew aboard the test flights involving surfing aircraft vortices for energy - or "$AVE" - from

Airmen keep aerospace equipment on the move

Service members participate in Nuclear Glow 5K

Safety first for Senegalese AF, AMC air advisors

Four air advisors assigned to a safety traveling contact team from the 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron began a week-long trip to Dakar, Senegal, from July 27 to August 3, 2013.The air advisors, deployed from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., focused on safety topics including crew

UCMJ remains strict on drugs

With the successes of Initiative 502 in Washington state and Amendment 64 in Colorado last November, the legal framework of drug use has become decisively more lax.However malleable the legal status of marijuana and other drugs becomes for civilians, the Uniform Code of Military Justice has not

Team Dover SFS nabs simulated criminal

Creating resilient people who happen to the world

Resilience training builds stronger Airmen who can handle adverse conditions and recover from them easily.To equip defenders with resilience, Air Mobility Command security forces commanders and trainers participated in the 2013 AMC Security Forces Defender's Edge Training Summit July 29 through Aug.

Delaware senators address Team Dover civilians

U.S. Senators Tom Carper and Chris Coons, both of Delaware, came to Team Dover to address and answer questions civilian employees might have concerning the recent furloughs Aug. 8, at the base theater here.Furloughs for government employees went into effect July 8. Originally scheduled for 22 days,