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  • Gulf War created need for better critical care

    January 2016 marks the 25th anniversary of Desert Storm, it also marks a turning point in Air Force Medical Service's Critical Care Transport Teams (CCATT). "We were not serving the Army as well as we could have in the Air Force," explained Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Paul K. Carlton, a former Air Force Surgeon

  • 2.5 Million Pounds of cargo moved during Rota Stage

    Three aircrews from the 9th Airlift Squadron and one from the 739th AS, paired up with two aircrews from Travis AFB, Calif., to transport U.S. Army helicopters and their support equipment into and out of Afghanistan via Rota Naval Station, Spain, during the Rota Multimodal Operation, also known as

  • Retired Col. Earl Young, 18th AF pioneer, passes away at 102

    Retired Air Force Col. Earl B. Young, 18th Air Force's first commander, passed away Dec. 5 at the age of 102.Young served as the 18th Air Force commander when the Numbered Air Force first activated in 1951."It is a sad day for the 18th Air Force family," said Lt. Gen. Sam Cox, 18th AF commander.

  • AMC C-17 facilitates airdrop for Missile Defense Agency test

    Over the summer, the Air Force Test Center sent a C-17 with air and maintenance crews from Edwards to Hawaii, but it was no vacation. The crews worked 24-hour shifts for several months to support a Missile Defense Agency test of the Ballistic Missile Defense System over the western Pacific

  • Mobility Airmen facilitate Operation Toy Drop

    It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...Chutes instead of snowTake a look at the sky again, they're jumping against the wind...Giving gifts, descending to below!Olive drab colored parachutes tinted the early morning sunrays on Sicily Drop Zone Friday at Fort Bragg, N.C. during the 18th Annual

  • CRW Airmen establish airfield, link allies during Exercise Ultimate Reach

    Thirty-five Airmen from across the 621st Contingency Response Wing deployed to Zaragoza, Spain in support of Exercise Ultimate Reach from Nov. 2-8.The Airmen enabled seven C-17 Globemaster IIIs to drop approximately 600 paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division as part of the joint and coalition

  • A grasshopper's final hop

    From a storage facility in Ohio to a museum in Delaware, a piece of U.S. Air Force heritage has a new home.A C-17A Globemaster III, operated by the 3d Airlift Squadron, 436th Airlift Wing, transported a Taylorcraft L-2M "Grasshopper" aircraft from storage at the National Museum of the United States

  • New AMC command chief is proud to be an Airman

    "Airman up!" is a phrase that Air Mobility Command can expect to hear often from the new command chief.Chief Master Sgt. Shelina Frey loves being an Airman and expects others to hold their head up high, she said.   "I want our Airmen, with a big 'A', to be proud ... to know the Airman's Creed and to

  • Green Flag Little Rock 16-02

    Green Flag Little Rock is not traditional training; it provides a complex classroom that uses worst-case scenarios to teach tactics and hone reaction skills for Combat Airlifters.The 34th Combat Training Squadron is responsible for equipping Combat Airlifters with the skills needed for downrange

  • Mobility airmen, nations gather exercise Gunfighter Flag

    Airmen from Travis Air Force Base, California, recently participated alongside other Airmen from various bases, the U.S. Army, the U.S. Navy and the Singapore air force, in the week-long total-force exercise Gunfighter Flag.The joint advanced combat operations training exercise took place from Nov.