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  • Restructuring to enhance 18th Air Force, Expeditionary Center

    Air Mobility Command officials announced plans Nov. 2 to restructure some functions of the 18th Air Force and U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center (EC) as part of an ongoing process enhancing both organizations' effectiveness and efficiency as they conduct global air mobility operations. The

  • 618th AOC supports effort delivering hope to Turkey

    In the wake of the Oct. 23 earthquake that left hundreds dead in Turkey, mobility Airmen of the 618th Air and Space Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center) here led planning efforts for an Oct. 31 flight bringing humanitarian assistance to the stricken nation.A C-17 Globemaster from the

  • Photo essay: Tanker team refuels F-16s on final mission for OUP

    A KC-135 Stratotanker, deployed to the 313th Air Expeditionary Wing in the European theater of operations, refueled a U.S. Air Force F-16 over the Mediterranean Sea on the final mission day of flying during Operation Unified Protector on Oct. 31, 2011. The United Nations' mandated mission lead to a

  • Air Force team transports wounded Libyan fighters to U.S.

    Nearly two dozen wounded Libyan fighters were evacuated from the revolutionary battlefields of Libya to the birthplace of the American Revolution, Oct. 29, aboard an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III. At the request of the Department of State, the Secretary of Defense directed two missions supporting

  • Wounded Libyan fighters arrive in U.S.

    At the request of the Department of State and as directed by the Secretary of Defense, a C-17 Globemaster under the command and control of the 618th Air and Space Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center) carried nearly two dozen Libyan fighters to the United States for medical treatment.

  • Final rehearsal prepares Team Charleston for ORI

    Airmen from Joint Base Charleston, S.C., began returning home Oct. 29, following a week-long exercise at the Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Miss.More than 600 Airmen deployed to form the 121st Air Expeditionary Wing as part of exercise Operation Crisis Look, in which Charleston Airmen

  • Libyan fighters receive U.S. medical treatment

    The U.S. government brought two dozen Libyan fighters to the United States for medical treatment they cannot receive at home. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta announced the movement Oct. 27.Clinton and Panetta released the statement seven days after

  • Rig it up, send it out: Army riggers provide supplies for troops downrange

    Some people count stars in the night sky. Some people count planes as they fly overhead. Some people count bundles as they float to the ground. Imagine counting to 1,498. That's the number of bundles the U.S. Army Reserve's 824th Quartermaster Company, Det. 10, also known as Army Riggers, built in