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  • McConnell's 22nd MDG picks up 21 AMC-level awards

    The mission at McConnell is supported by various groups, and through their efforts to support McConnell, the 22nd Medical Group recently won 21 Air Mobility Command-level awards for 2010. The awards are given annually to outstanding teams and individuals who stand out in their specialty. McConnell's

  • Comprehensive Airmen Fitness: Fairchild spouse group is 'key' to deployments

    Keeping a household together is no easy feat, especially when a member of that family is deployed.So, when the going gets tough, Fairchild Key Spouses lend a hand. "They're kind of the unsung heroes of the base," Ruth Sunde, Airman Family Readiness Center Key Spouse Program coordinator said.The key

  • Scott firemen honor life of a fellow firefighter

    Members of Air Mobility Command and 375th Air Mobility Wing leadership and Scott firefighters gathered Monday at 7:30 a.m. for a "Last Alarm" ceremony to honor the life of Mr. Rick Grammer, AMC fire chief, who died last week.The Last Alarm ceremony is a traditional final tribute to a firefighter who

  • Grand Forks family get a 'twice-in-a-lifetime' Super Bowl experience

    Master Sgt. Jay Peavey, 319th Security Forces Squadron, and his wife Jennifer, were named as Air Mobility Command's award winners Jan. 7 and will attend Super Bowl XLV as part of the Air Force-wide Football Frenzy contest.This will be the couple's second year of winning Super Bowl tickets from an

  • AMC passenger terminal becomes pet hotel for a night in Yokota

    Often when people think of the Air Mobility Command Passenger Terminal here, they think of people coming and going, not a place for housing pets.But a "pet hotel" is exactly what the terminal became Dec. 30 when a snow storm in South Korea grounded a Yokota AB-bound Patriot Express, keeping the

  • 21st EMTF moves forward in JB-MDL change of command ceremony

    Brig. Gen. Scott Goodwin took command of the 21st Expeditionary Mobility Task Force from Brig. Gen. Michael Kim in a ceremony here, Jan 7. General Kim was given temporary command of the 21st EMTF in August 2010 when its previous commander, Brig. Gen. Timothy Zadalis, was deployed to Kabul,

  • CCATT brings ICU to battlefield, gives patients better chance in Afghanistan

    He walks into the Kandahar Role 3 Hospital with his medical bags in tow. Minus a few dusty footprints at the doorway from the outside environment, it resembles any other hospital complete with the clean, sterile smell -- a scent absent anywhere else on the airfield in Afghanistan which is noted for

  • JETs help move Afghanistan mission

    Most Airmen know that Air Force jets move cargo, personnel and equipment in and out of theater. But for some Airmen, this type of jet doesn't exactly rack up flight time. This JET is really a Joint Expeditionary Tasking in which several Transit Center at Manas Airmen are assigned to the Army to

  • Joint Base Lewis-McChord's 62nd OSS keeps McChord in flight

    The broad term "operation support" is thrown around and often spoken of at the 62nd Airlift Wing. But what exactly does that term entail?The 62nd Operations Support Squadron, foundation of the 62nd Operations Group, provides direct support to each and every flying mission at McChord Field. "The 62nd