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  • AMC personnel will find maps at new web address

    Military personnel can now access Air Mobility Command maps at a new, easy-to-remember location: https://AMC.maps.us.af.mil.CAC card holders may use the site to search AMC bases for everything from buildings to aircraft location and to create customized maps to match a mission need. The maps,

  • SECDEF visits with 302nd Airlift Wing members

    Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel met with Air Force Reserve members June 28 on the Peterson Air Force Base flightline during the secretary's visit to Colorado Springs, Colo. Hagel met with maintainers and aircrew members from the 302nd Airlift Wing who were involved with Rocky Mountain aerial

  • International military academy students visit New Jersey area

    The 621st Contingency Response Wing welcomed foreign military students for a closer look at its air mobility support operations here, June 26 to 27.Lieutenant Gen. Francois Hendrickx, Belgian director of military education, and 34 students from the advanced staff course at the Royal Military Academy

  • Civic leaders get 'up close' look at maintenance

    More than 35 civic leaders from across Washington state got an 'up close' look at the 92nd Maintenance Group during a tour on June 25.They were here as part of the Honorary Commanders & Eagles program that is designed to bring together Fairchild Air Force Base leaders with Spokane and surrounding

  • Air mobility units join forces to train in remote environments

    Air mobility teams joined forces to develop essential skills that can be used to extend the global reach of the U.S. Air Force in times of crisis.The 3rd Airlift Squadron from Dover Air Force Base paired up with the 621st Contingency Response Wing from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to conduct

  • Globemaster crew perform Afghanistan airdrop

    Crewmembers on an 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron C-17A Globemaster III perform an airdrop over the outskirts of Ghorak, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, June 27, 2013. The Globemaster crew is deployed from Joint Base Charleston, S.C.

  • MacDill pooch in running for 'Hero Dog'

    The catch phrase "man's best friend" takes a whole new meaning when it's applied to one dog in particular: MacDill Air Force Base military working dog Eddie.Recently, MWD Eddie and his handler at the time, Staff Sgt. Shannon Hutto, 6th Security Forces Squadron K-9 trainer, have been getting national

  • 618th TACC welcomes a new commander

    Maj. Gen. Timothy Zadalis succeeded Maj. Gen. David Allvin as commander, 618th Air and Space Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center), in a change of command ceremony held here today. Zadalis comes to the 618th AOC (TACC) after serving as the Director of Intelligence, Operations and Nuclear