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July 31, 2017
AF offers high year of tenure extensions to retain experienced Airmen

The Air Force is offering high year of tenure extensions to active-duty Airmen in certain shortage Air Force specialty codes and grades effective Aug. 1, 2017.
July 28, 2017
Mobility Guardian, AMC’s premier exercise

Train like we fight is the focus of the inaugural iteration of the largest scale exercise that Air Mobility Command has ever undertaken. Mobility Guardian will feature over 3,000 personnel, including 25 international countries from July 31 to August 11 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.
July 21, 2017
Contingency response forces provide mobility expertise during Exercise Saber Guardian ‘17

BEZMER AIR BASE, Bulgaria -- Approximately 80 Airmen assigned to the 321st Contingency Response Squadron Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, are deployed here in support of the exercise Saber Guardian July 14 to 25.Saber Guardian is an annual multinational exercise held in the Black Sea
July 20, 2017
AMC commander meets with Congress, mobility air force caucus

The Air Mobility Command commander, Gen. Carlton D. Everhart II, was invited by Congress to speak to congressional leaders at the Congressional Mobility Air Forces Caucus Breakfast, July 12, in Washington D.C.
July 7, 2017
Officials announce 12 OAY Award winners for 2017

Air Force officials have named the service's top enlisted members, announcing the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2017.
June 17, 2017
Air Force salutes ‘Flying Tiger’ after 75 year journey home

Blood is thicker than water. For the family of an American Volunteer Group pilot killed in a 1941 training accident in Burma, it ran the Pacific Ocean and spurred a search lasting until his remains reached Kansas 75 years later. John Dean Armstrong, a Hutchinson, Kansas native, was buried Saturday,
June 14, 2017
US, Iraqi air forces recover, return pallets to DOD system

BAGHDAD (AFNS) -- Air transportation specialists assigned to the 370th Air Expeditionary Air Advisory Group began recovering more than $2.1 million in U.S. Air Force aerial port assets from Iraqi air force counterparts.Aerial porters at the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center have recovered more than
May 26, 2017
Joint Base Charleston executes large formation exercise

JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, South Carolina -- The 437th Airlift Wing executed a large formation exercise with 21 C-17 Globemaster III aircraft to complete a joint forcible entry airdrop with the 82nd Airborne Division at Pope Army Airfield, North Carolina, May 25, 2017.“On order of our commander in
May 24, 2017
Scott civic leaders tour MacDill, Tyndall

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Through close coordination with units from MacDill and Tyndall Air Force Bases in Florida, a group of southern Illinois community leaders traveled more than 1,000 miles to get a glimpse of the capabilities wielded by the world’s greatest Air Force May 18 to 19th,
May 24, 2017
Follow-on options available to Airmen who volunteer for extended deployment

Airmen, both officers and enlisted, who volunteer for an extended 365-day deployment can apply for one of two assignment options--either an advanced assignment or a two-year deferment from a permanent change of station, if eligible. “If an Airman signs the notification stating their intent to