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  • 317th AG maintenance units recognized as AMC's best

    Air Mobility Command recently recognized the 317th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and 317th Maintenance Squadron with the 2012 AMC Maintenance Effectiveness Award in the medium and small aircraft maintenance squadron category.The AMC Maintenance Effectiveness Award, the command's premier maintenance

  • First operational KC-135R Stratotanker retires

    After more than 50 years of service and 22,500 flying hours, the first operational KC-135R Stratotanker retired from service, Feb. 21, 2013.The aircraft made one last high-speed pass on the runway before heading to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz..,

  • KC-46A team visits Fairchild

    A team assigned to survey potential operating locations for the new KC-46A refueling tanker visited Fairchild Feb. 18-23.The Air Force site activation task force team assessed operational and training requirements, potential impacts to existing missions, housing, infrastructure and manpower at

  • Transit Center maintainers keep C-17s mission-ready

    When two out of four of the Transit Center at Manas' mission pillars rely on the C-17 Globemaster III, it's important those aircraft are ready to fly. The Airmen assigned to the 728th Air Mobility Squadron Operating Location-Alpha are responsible for maintenance of the C-17, ensuring the aircraft

  • Gen. Selva visits JB Charleston for three-day tour

    Gen. Paul Selva, Air Mobility Command commander, arrived at Joint Base Charleston, Jan. 13, 2013, for a three-day visit, kicking-off a series of extended tours of AMC units and installations. Accompanying Selva was his wife, Ricki, and Chief Master Sgt. Richard Kaiser, AMC command chief. The visit

  • Air Mobility Command Headquarters garners Organizational Excellence Award

    The Air Force has awarded the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award to Headquarters Air Mobility Command for global air mobility operations from Jan. 1, 2010 through Dec. 31, 2011. "This award recognizes the Airmen of Air Mobility Command who provide global support to our joint partners, allied

  • K-9 knows the drill

    Military Working Dog Shark, assigned to the 628th Security Forces Squadron, is placed on the operating table before his root canal surgery and teeth cleaning Feb. 20, 2013, at the Veterinary Clinic at Joint Base Charleston - Air Base, S.C. Shark works on both the Air Base and Weapons Station at JB

  • 305th APS improves PAX terminal's family focus

    Personnel from the 305th Aerial Port Squadron conducted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Feb. 12, 2013 for the McGuire Passenger Terminal's newly renovated Family Lounge and Teen Room, here.The impetus for the renovations came about when for Air Mobility Command Commander Gen. Raymond Johns, identified a