18th Air Force leadership visits Fairchild

Charting a path to continued success during uncertain strategic and fiscal environments was a key theme shared by the 18th Air Force commander during a visit here April 24 to 26.Lt. Gen. Mark Ramsay, 18th Air Force commander, accompanied by his wife, Patty, and Chief Master Sgt. Jeff Williams, 18th

AMC: Maintaining a Global Lifeline

More than a decade after the start of American involvement in Afghanistan, pilots and aircraft belonging to a global mobility enterprise headquartered amidst the cornfields of Illinois here continue to provide a lifeline for thousands of Americans overseas. Each day, Air Force C-17 and C-130

U.S. Transportation Command leaders visit JB MDL

317th AG delivers precision resupply to the joint warfighter

The 317th Airlift Group successfully completed a precision airdrop capability demonstration to a distinguished panel of visitors at Fort Hood, Texas, during the U.S. Transportation Command Component Commander's Conference on April 24.The mission objective was to display combat aerial resupply by way

18th AF commander, command chief visit JBLM

Lt. Gen. Mark Ramsay, 18th Air Force commander, accompanied by Chief Master Sgt. Jeff Williams, 18th AF command chief, visited McChord Field April 26 to meet with leadership and speak with Airmen.During his first day of a two-day visit, the general hosted an all call briefing where he emphasized the

Air Force Academy Cadets learn about the service at Scott AFB

Sixteen cadets from the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., visited Scott Air Force Base April 19-22 to tour the base's organizations and see how it contributes to the Air Force.Each cadet squadron has a wing to sponsor a base visit. Scott was the sponsor for Cadet Squadron 24."This tour

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VA chief visits joint base clinic, discusses progress

The Secretary for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, retired Army Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, along with Rep. Jon Runyan, visited the Community Based Outpatient Clinic April 13 here.Shinseki, the former Army Chief of Staff, came to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to tour the facility and discuss

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AMC staff sergeant earns 'Best OPSEC NCO in Air Force'

Managing a command-wide operations security program was just one area that led to Staff Sgt. Robert Perecko earning the 2011 Air Force Operations Security NCO of the Year. It was also his effort to make it a team approach across Air Mobility Command.Perecko, the information operations fused