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  • Airlift moves mountains for Afghanistan surge

    During a recent commander's call, Gen. Raymond E. Johns Jr., Air Mobility Command commander, may have best cited the importance of airlift to today's military when he said, "One mission can change the world."As one of AMC's core capabilities, airlift remains a staple in getting the "beans and

  • Material management flight keeps Pope supplied

    Airmen in the 43rd Logistics Readiness Squadron Material Management Flight have a lot of responsibility at Pope; from ordering, stocking and supplying parts and equipment for aircraft to providing deploying Airmen with Airman Battle Uniforms.There is very little that goes on around Pope without

  • 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,

  • 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