618th Tanker Airlift Control Center redesignated as 618th Air and Space Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center)

The 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center, Eighteenth Air Force's hub for worldwide airlift, air refueling and aeromedical evacuation, has been redesignated as the 618th Air and Space Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center).The redesignation, effective today, is the result of Headquarters

Joint Base Lewis-McChord unit deploys for overseas contingency operations

More than 100 Airmen assigned to the 4th Airlift Squadron departed McChord Field here Aug. 26 for a 120-day deployment in support of the operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. "We will be moving people and cargo, conducting combat airdrop missions and supporting freedom," said Lt. Col.

Photo essay: Loadmaster shadow

Master Sgt. John Gorsuch, C-130 Hercules loadmaster and instructor for Headquarters Air Mobility Command/Air Operations Squadron Detachment 5 at the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center at St. Joseph, Mo., looks over a C-130 aircraft display at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., on Aug. 20,

Photo essay: Mobility Airmen team with Marines to move helicopters

Aircrew assigned to the10th and 6th Airlift Squadrons and U.S. Marines assigned to the 266th Medium Tilt Rotor Squadron, finish unloading a U.S. Marine Corps MH-53E Super Stallion out of a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., on Aug. 26, 2010 at Camp Bastion,

Under Secretary of the Air Force visits AMC, discusses fuel efficiency, deployed Airmen, Total Force

Under Secretary of the Air Force Erin C. Conaton made an official visit to Air Mobility Command here Aug. 19-20 to learn more about command's continuing mission, capabilities and abilities.Ms. Conaton flew to Scott AFB on a C-17 and during the flight she was provided a demonstration by an

McConnell Airmen finish historic exercise

Airmen at McConnell AFB participated in a historic exercise that required more than 100 Airmen and four KC-135 Stratotankers to forward deploy to Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., Aug. 15 to 19.The three-day deployment, conducted as part of a nuclear operational readiness exercise, was the first to

McConnell holds historic exercise

"Grab your mobility bags and suit up," was the call McConnell AFB Airmen received Sept. 15, as a historic nuclear operational readiness exercise kicked off.Within hours, the first of many Airmen were airborne, bound for a deployed location.McConnell flexed its mobility muscles in a first-of-its-kind

C-5M Super Galaxy delivers 7-ton particle detector

It's the physics community's billion-dollar baby -- a 7.5-ton device so powerful that it could rock the core of modern science and reveal a new chapter in the universe's history. And the aptly-named C-5M Super Galaxy flew the device on its last terrestrial journey Aug. 26 before traveling on the

Back in Black: New leader tosses gauntlet for Black Knights

The new 19th Airlift Wing commander is honored to be back among the Black Knights and call Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., his home.Col. Michael Minihan, the 19th AW commander, is on his second assignment here and is excited to witness the Little Rock AFB Combat Airlift legacy in motion."It's

Photos: AMC C-5M transports $2 billion space experiment