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  • Could you be the next AMC Icon

    Air Mobility Command is searching for the next AMC Icon. The AMC Icon program is loosely based around the hit TV program, American Idol.All AMC installations will conduct base level talent shows, around during July and August. Local contestants compete for $1000 in cash prizes. The top finishing Air

  • 18th AF commander visits JB Charleston

    Lt. Gen. Mark Ramsay, 18th Air Force commander, visited Joint Base Charleston, S.C., June 3 and 4 to get a firsthand look at the daily operations of the 437th Airlift Wing and its mission partners, as well as to speak to wing Airmen during an 'All Call'.During the All Call, which took place in the

  • ASAM takes classroom abroad

    Advanced Study of Air Mobility students from the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center applied classroom theories to operational realities during visits with military units throughout U.S. Pacific Command, May 6-18. With stops at Yongsan Army Garrison and Osan Air Base in Korea; Yokota Air Base in

  • 87th LRS Airman's combative skills dominate competition

    Instructors from the Modern Army Combative Program on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., conducted a level one combative training class April 30 to May 4, with more than a dozen Airmen taking to the mats with other service members from the Army, Navy and Coast Guard.The course graduated 20

  • Travis prepares for Critical Days of Summer

     The Critical Days of Summer campaign begins May 25 for the Memorial Day weekend and ends after Labor Day weekend. Travis leadership's goal is to heighten activity awareness so each Airman will make their safety a personal choice. The theme this year is "Safety - It's Personal." On May 18, members

  • TEDxScottAFB: Service to others

    Scott Air Force Base has an idea worth spreading: service to others. But why do we work in service to others? To answer this question the base is hosting the first U.S. Air Force TEDx event May 30 at the Global Reach Planning Center. TED is a nonprofit devoted to "Ideas Worth Spreading." At 18

  • Leaders help inspire resilience

    Multiple deployments. Budget cuts. PT tests. Combat stress. All of these issues weigh down on today's Air Force family. To help Airmen and family members overcome stress, the Air Force is focused on enhancing force resiliency."Resilience does more than help you through bad times," said retired Army

  • Mobile app connects Airmen to their base

    Want to connect with friends and family? There's an app for that. Need to find the best restaurant around? There's an app for that. Want to see what movies are playing nearby? There's an app for that.Discovering what events your base is hosting on a particular day? Now there is an app for that,

  • New housing website prepares Airmen for moving

    With the summer moving season just around the corner thousands of Airmen and their families can now use a new housing website to help prepare for their move. The website, www.housing.af.mil, provides dormitory information for unaccompanied Airmen while detailing housing options and support services

  • TACC leading effort for 'retrograde' cargo from Afghanistan

    For airlift aircraft transiting and moving cargo to and from the Central Command area of responsibility, planners at the 618th Air Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center) are leading an effort to keep those aircraft full of cargo as they return from the deployed areas to the United