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  • Team Scott builds lasting memorial for 9/11 anniversary

    Team Scott came together on the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11 to dedicate a memorial that not only symbolizes the three places where so many lost their lives, but that also incorporates a piece of the World Trade Center in its design.The memorial consists of a planter that is shaped like the Pentagon

  • Dover AFB's Eagle's Rest Inn wins top Air Force award

    Eagle's Rest Inn, Dover AFB's lodging facility, has been named 2011 Innkeeper of the Year (small base) for the Air Force. The award will be presented in New York City in November. Rauchelle Watson, Eagle's Rest general manager, believed her inn was the best, now they have the award to prove it.

  • Student presents thank you card for Team Scott signed by 500 peers

    Within four days of watching a documentary about Sept. 11, high school senior Mackenzie McIntyre arrived on the steps of the 375th Air Mobility Wing headquarters Sept. 9 to present the commander with a special card of thanks signed by more than 500 of her peers."I was so moved by the documentary,

  • AMC Airmen observe 10th anniversary of 9/11 with retreat ceremony

    The overcast skies couldn't hide the brightness of the American flag as it was lowered from the base flagpole on the parade grounds here Sept. 9 during a retreat ceremony observing the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.One-hundred Airmen from Headquarters Air Mobility Command

  • 9/11: Through the eyes of Airmen

    Ten years ago, the men and women who are today's young servicemembers, were still in grade school. Some were in high school, even fewer were enrolled in college. Many had no idea what the World Trade Center towers were, what the Sept. 11 attacks meant politically or the lasting impact the day's

  • Remembering 9-11-01: History shows AMC's response after terrorist attacks

    If you thumb through the volumes of Air Mobility Command history, many significant events are documented. The terrorist attacks on the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, are among them. On the morning of Sept. 11, 19 Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners and

  • Scott AFB's 375th AMW commander: 'Remembering 9/11'

    As the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, approached, Col. Mike Hornitschek reflected his thoughts in a story on the 375th Air Mobility Wing Web site. Hornitschek serves as the wing commander of the 375th AMW.Following is an exerpt from that story written by the colonel