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  • AMC assists Central African Republic peacekeeping mission

    The Defense Department sent another Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport jet from Burundi to the Central African Republic today in support of the African Union-led International Support Mission in that beleaguered nation, Army Col. Steve Warren, a Defense Department spokesman, told reporters

  • Airmen transport Soldier suffering from respiratory failure

    Eight members from the 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron transported a patient from a forward deployed location in Southwest Asia, to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, Dec. 6, 2013, aboard a C-17 Globemaster III. The patient, a 54-year-old Army Soldier, was suffering

  • AMLOs meet for training all-call

    Thirty-two 621st Contingency Response Wing air mobility liaison officers got a chance to get together for the first time in four years for an AMLO Training All-Call here Dec. 3 to 6.The week was filled with a number of sessions covering AMLO issues, drop-zone and landing-zone operations training,

  • AMC Airmen participate in 16th Annual Operation Toy Drop

    Air Mobility Command and German Air Force transport aircraft and Airmen participated in the 16th annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop here Dec. 6 through Dec. 7.Seven C-130H Hercules aircraft and Airmen from the 43rd Airlift Group and 440th Airlift Wing, Pope Army Airfield, 910th Airlift

  • Airmen, Soldiers conduct joint training in Sunflower State

    Travis Airmen from the 21st Airlift Squadron and Soldiers from the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division and 1st Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Infantry Division from Fort Riley, Kan., took part in a Joint Air Force Army Training Nov. 13, at Manhattan Regional Airport in Manhattan, Kan. Working alongside

  • In Praise of War Stories

    Anyone who ever told a flying story started with "There I was ... "You may call them war stories, bar stories, hangar-flying stories, or anything else, but when military personnel with some slack time get together, there is a good chance someone will start telling tales. In the Air Force, these are

  • Joint exercise paves way for future JBLM war-time capability

    A month of joint planning between Air Force and Army units at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., paid off when Airmen from the 62nd Airlift Wing and Soldiers from the 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery came together Nov. 4-5 to carry out "Operation Guy Fawkes," a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System

  • A Lasting Legacy: The 92nd Bomb Wing and the Strategic Air Command emblem

    Throughout its history, Fairchild Air Force Base has been assigned to a variety of commands. These include Air Services Command, Army Air Force Material Services Command, Air Technical Services Command, Air Materiel Command, Strategic Air Command, Air Combat Command and Air Mobility Command. Of all

  • Polish help USAFE Airmen with important JPADS drop

    Airmen successfully completed the first Joint Precision Air Drop System, or JPADS, delivery in the U.S. European Command region during the bilateral theater security cooperation event, Aviation Detachment Rotation 14-1, Oct. 14-25. U.S. forces were based at Powidz AB, home to the Polish Air Force's

  • Local retired major received French Legion of Honor Medal, named a hero

    After conducting countless missions during World War II, surviving a nearly fatal plane crash and overcoming cancer, 92-year old retired Maj. Clarence Grimes was honored with the French Legion of Honor Medal, the highest recognition by the French government.Jack Cowan, Honorary Consul of France,