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  • AMC aircraft mobilized to assist with Rocky Mountain wildfires

    In support of firefighters battling out-of-control blazes across thousands of acres throughout the Rocky Mountains, two C-130 Hercules aircraft from the Wyoming National Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing, and two C-130s from the 302nd Airlift Wing in Colorado Springs, Colo., all equipped with Modular

  • Air Force cadets visit McConnell

    Eleven United States Air Force Academy cadets participated in a three week tour of McConnell June 4 to 21, 2012, as part of the Operation Air Force program.Every summer, cadets visit bases worldwide to learn about the various wing's overall mission. This opportunity to experience Air Force

  • JB Charleston Airman rewarded for big 'IDEA'

    A Joint Base Charleston Airman recently received a cash bonus for discovering an innovative way to repair cables once they were deemed unserviceable.Master Sgt. Michael Stone, 437th Airlift Wing maintenance engineering superintendent, received more than $9,000 through the Air Force Innovative

  • Social media guidance available

    Social media can be a force multiplier in keeping America informed about its Air Force, but it can equally bring discredit to the service if Airmen use the tool to make inappropriate comments.In conjunction with the Air Force release of its updated social media guide, the 18th Air Force Vice

  • 87 Forgotten Heroes remembered in Moses Lake

    Korean War veterans, families and friends and community members honored 87 "Forgotten Heroes" of a tragic Air Force C-124A Globemaster crash nearly six decades ago, at what was then Larson Air Force Base, during a memorial dedication ceremony at the Grant County International Airport here June 9. As

  • Honor the nations' colors on Flag Day

    Many public buildings in towns and homes across America flew the nation's Flag June 14 in honor of Flag Day.A celebration of Continental Congress adoption of the American flag in the First Flag Resolution of June 14, 1777, Flag Day was not officially recognized until President Harry Truman signed it

  • 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