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  • Air Force, AMC poised for Hurricane Irene response

    In response to preliminary reports showing Hurricane Irene heading for the East Coast of the United States, the Air Force and Air Mobility Command are postured to support relief efforts, if needed. Hurricane Irene is currently a Category 2 storm, according to the National Weather Service. The

  • Scott AFB supports Hurricane Irene

    Scott Air Force Base received aircraft from more than 20 aircraft from various East Coast locations Aug. 27 and received a few more early Aug. 28 as a result of Hurricane Irene bearing down on military bases there.On Aug. 27, Scott AFB received:-- Eight F-15Cs and 26 support personnel from the 125th

  • Planes, response team evacuated to Little Rock AFB

    Aircraft and rapid response team members from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., evacuated to Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., Aug. 27 as a precautionary measure to assure the planes are not damaged and that the response team is prepared to act after the landfall of Hurricane Irene. The

  • 8th Airlift Squadron deploys for overseas contingency operations

    Airmen assigned to the 8th Airlift Squadron departed McChord Field on Aug. 26, 2011, for a 60-day deployment in support of operations New Dawn and Enduring Freedom. "While it has been approximately one year since the 8th Airlift Squadron returned from last year's deployment, our aircrews have

  • Building partnerships through training at Little Rock AFB

    In May 1971, the 314th Airlift Wing was introduced to Little Rock Air Force Base. Throughout the last 40 years, C-130 training has expanded as well as the opportunities afforded to international students. Foreign students come here for training, but when they leave, they take with them not only a

  • Fairchild Airmen rescue hiker, son from mountain top

    Airmen from the 336th Training Group saved a 50-year-old man from a mountaintop near Wenatchee, Wash., on Aug.  20.Patrick Ward had been hiking with his son, who contacted local authorities when his father began suffering from acute mountain sickness."When you go up in altitude, your body doesn't

  • Couple's bedroom gets homecoming makeover

    Members of 60th Force Support Squadron Full Access Marketing and Balfour Beatty Communities worked together Aug. 13-14 to make the "Homecoming Home Makeover" possible in support of a deployed service member and his active-duty spouse.The $5,000 event was put together to show military appreciation by

  • Review of Rodeo 2011 scores results in several awards changes

    A programming error in the Air Mobility Rodeo 2011 scoring system resulted in a change to several major awards, one of them being the Best Air Mobility Wing. Air Mobility Command officials found the programming error Aug. 18 during a thorough scrub of all the results prior to posting the detailed