Photos: Band of the Golden West spreads holiday cheer

Photo essay: Joint Base MDL year in review

The Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst community has seen many things happen during 2011. The Marines finally landed, hundreds of Airmen were sent to compete in Air Mobility Command's Rodeo, the Army mobilized and demobilized thousands of Soldiers, the Navy made countless advancements with the new

Travis Airmen honored for 'Commuter Challenge'

Approximately 65 Travis Airmen and civilians were honored recently at Travis' Delta Breeze Club for their environmental efforts during the Solano Commuter Challenge banquet.The Airmen and civilians performed exceptionally during the challenge by using alternative methods of transportation to and

Travis Airmen learn the art of self-defense

Members of the 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron completed the week-long Krav Maga Worldwide instructor course Dec. 4 in the survival, evasion, resistance and escape building here.Krav Maga is the official self defense system of the Israeli Defense Forces which emphasizes instinctive

Electronic flight bags could boost operational safety, effectiveness

Just as emergency doctors might thumb through tons of pages of manuals to reference follow-on care procedures for a patient they just stabilized, mobility aircrew members sift through volumes of reference materials in the cockpit during in-flight emergencies. Today's technology makes it easy to turn

KC-10 cargo load training facility opens doors

A new KC-10 cargo load training facility has opened here. The structure, officials say, is the first of its kind in the Air Force as a facility for cargo load training on the KC-10 Extender did not exist before. The building allows Airmen to train on cargo loading without an aircraft.Before the

Photos: SERE jump training

Committed to caring in CAF: AMC holds command-wide leadership training for youth coordinators

For the second straight year, Air Mobility Command Headquarters here hosted youth coordinators from across all AMC bases to take part in a Boys and Girls Clubs of America advanced leadership training opportunity. Twenty-four "hand-selected" youth coordinators were led in training by Sidney Boyd,

Photos: First sergeants host unaccompanied Airmen holiday feast at McChord

Sweet treats delivered to Airmen

Thousands of homemade cookies were collected, bagged and delivered to dormitory residents Dec. 9, 2011, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan.Nearly 400 single service members of McConnell and 50 patients at the Robert J. Dole Veterans Affairs Regional Medical Center received more than 5,000 cookies as