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NEWS

  • Virtual World prepares mobility Airmen for real mission

    Airmen preparing for the worldwide mobility mission of the 621st Contingency Response Wing here now have a powerful new training tool. A state-of-the-art virtual firearms training simulator with a 300-degree field of view is now being operated by the 819th Global Support Squadron to prepare CRW

  • Former 437th AW commander remembered

    Brig. Gen. Thomas R. Mikolajcik, former commander of the 437th Airlift Wing, passed away April 17, 2010, at home in Mt. Pleasant, S.C., at the age of 63 after battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease. General Mikolajcik was commander of the 437th Airlift

  • Medical Group trains with Nebraska National Guard

    In an effort to enhance expeditionary medical readiness capabilities and improve emergency care in a combat environment, more than 200 McConnell Airmen conducted an exercise with the Nebraska Army National Guard here, April 16.The exercise, which required Airmen from the 22nd MDG to load and unload

  • Base dining transformation underway at four AMC bases

    Would you like to purchase a sub sandwich at a food court near your work place using your meal card? If you are an Airman at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., MacDill AFB, Fla., Little Rock AFB, Ark., or Fairchild AFB, Wash., you may be able to do just that as a pilot program gets underway to transform

  • AMC's ops hub adjusts flights due to volcanic activity

    Air Mobility Command operations in and around Europe have been adjusted as a large cloud of volcanic ash continues to impact flight operations across much of the continent, according to AMC officials.The 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center, AMC's planning and execution hub at Scott Air Force Base,

  • From trainer to warrior

    Besides the C-17s which arrive at Charleston hot off the assembly line, a different breed of bird also touches down in the Lowcountry to join the fight in providing global mobility.These aircraft arrive at Charleston when local C-17s are transferred to other bases, and for some of the new additions,

  • Reservists mobilized to support Afghanistan surge

    More than 1,600 Air Force reservists went on active duty April 5 to support the Afghanistan surge operations.Aircrew members, aircraft maintainers, aerial porters and base operating support forces are among the reservists supporting the movement of an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan.

  • Air Force Aid helps family provide 'Hope for Max'

    During the past six weeks, members of Team Charleston have had the opportunity to give back to four charities which aid Airmen and their families through the Air Force Assistance Fund campaign, which concludes April 16.Each of the four charities serves a specific purpose, but for Capt. Aaron High,

  • New to the wing, but no stranger to Scott

    Air Mobility Command was only four-years-old when Capt. Kevin Webb arrived for his first assignment at Scott Air Force Base as the Chief of the Airlift Contingency Branch in the equally young 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center. Now, nearly 14 years and five more assignments to Scott later, the

  • Scott Airmen help rebuild Afghanistan

    Senior Airmen Jacob King and Dean Walker, both from the 375th Communications Support Squadron, recently returned from a deployment to Afghanistan where they served on Provincial Reconstruction Teams. "As a member of the PRT in Paktya, Afghanistan, and as a specialist in communications, I was