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  • A sandwich and soda with the general

    The Air Mobility Command vice commander hosted a "brown bag" lunch Dec. 3 with 22 Airmen to hear their ideas for improvement and update them on the latest command news. Maj. Gen. Rowayne Schatz said that when he was a young officer, he remembers wondering why certain tasks or policies were created,

  • 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

  • ISO dock keeps C-5 fleet in check

    The 436th Maintenance Squadron Isochronal (ISO) Maintenance Dock helps keep the largest aircraft in the Air Force inventory, the C-5 Galaxy, in the air to deliver cargo, combat equipment and humanitarian relief supplies to anywhere in the world whenever called upon.In an effort to maximize the

  • Joint Base Charleston Airmen receive 4 AF Aircrew Excellence Award

    A Team Charleston Aircrew, received the Fourth Air Force Aircrew Excellence Award Nov. 19 here for their efforts while executing an airlift mission to Central African Republic Sept. 25, 2015.As a part of Operation Echo Casemate, the aircrew of REACH 356 braved poor weather conditions, fuel system

  • Air Force testers cleared for Pegasus

    Now that Boeing has two aircraft -- one a 767-2C freighter and one a militarized KC-46A tanker -- in the air, the program expects flight testing will really get off the ground.All told, the path forward is for flight testing to validate the aircraft meets performance requirements and achieves both

  • Dental Squadron innovates

    The 375th Dental Squadron has been finding new ways to improve their processes and the numbers are showing it.They're No. 1 in Air Mobility Command for the past six months and No. 4 Air Force-wide for their high Class I rate. Class I is when a patient is deployment ready and no further treatment is

  • C-5 performance 100 percent on time for fourth consecutive year

    In the current sustainment environment, there are military aircraft flying worldwide missions every day protecting American interests.Their sustainment is crucial.One of those airframes is the C-5 Galaxy - one of the world's largest airlifters - which was first deployed more than 45 years ago and is

  • Annual Operation DEEP FREEZE to commence Sept. 28

    The U.S. military will kick off the 2015-2016 season of Operation DEEP FREEZE, the Department of Defense's support of the U.S. Antarctic Program and the National Science Foundation, with operations commencing Sept. 28.This support is provided by Joint Task Force-Support Forces Antarctica, led by

  • Fairchild, Spokane first responders participate in joint exercise

    Fairchild Air Force Base Airmen worked together with Spokane County emergency response agencies during a Major Accident Response Exercise that involved a simulated crash of a KC-135 Stratotanker Sept. 15, at Riverside State Park in Spokane, Washington.The exercise kicked off Tuesday morning when the

  • Boom simulator cuts dollars, increases training availability

    At 12,000 feet, the airman from the 155th Air Refueling Wing lies on his stomach in the KC-135 Stratotanker's boom pod, his hands tense on the controls."Start guiding in the receiving plane," a voice tells him. The airman may feel nervous, but the B-1 Lancer pilot sounds calm as he receives