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NEWS

  • Fairchild fights global warming with new 'alternative fuel'

    As the threat of global warming keeps our climate on thin ice, every effort to cut emissions and "go green" helps reduce our carbon footprint.With that in mind, Team Fairchild has taken action and opened an E85 pump for use by certain government vehicles Wednesday on base. Col. Timothy Bush, 92nd

  • Phoenix Ravens secure AMC aircraft supporting Operation Unified Response

    When Tech. Sgt. Toma Ferguson received a phone call Jan. 15 putting him on alert for a flight to support Operation Unified Response, he was excited about being able to provide relief and support to the millions of Haitians impacted by the Jan. 12 7.0-earthquake.Since leaving Jan. 16 on his first

  • Open for business

    A ceremony here Jan. 15 marked the opening of a two-bay C-17 Globemaster III hangar.The 105-foot tall facility was under construction since 2008. It is one of the final pieces in a 22-project series to make a home for the C-17 airframe at the base.Col. Jim Vechery, 60th Air Mobility Wing commander,

  • New plan promotes energy conservation

    In February, Dover will begin construction to decentralize its aging heat plant, which is expected to save the base about $1.9 million a year.This project is estimated to cost just under $25 million and is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 with four contracts already

  • AMC wins Air Force Organizational Excellence Award

    Air Mobility Command was recognized with its eighth Air Force Organizational Excellence Award Jan. 22.  Air Force officials announced the 2008-2009 U.S. Air Force unit awards naming 16 units among the Air Force's best in five categories.The AFOEA recognizes the achievements and accomplishments of

  • C-17 Stage office keeps fleet moving

    When Charleston Air Force Base became the air hub for C-17 Globemaster III's providing relief supplies of water, food and medical needs, the 437th Airlift Wing established a C-17 stage to manage the vast number of aircrews supporting Operation Unified Response."As support for Operation Unified

  • AMC Airmen continue aeromedical evacuation relief in Haiti

    After flying two missions in less than three days, a Critical Care Air Transport Team flew on a third mission as part of Air Mobility Command's aeromedical evacuation mission to Haiti on Jan. 23 and 24.The three-member CCATT, assigned to the 88th Medical Group at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,

  • Aeromedical evacuation 'angels' rescue injured Haitians

    "Don't leave me," said a young Haitian girl, her arms and head bandaged after being badly burned. She reached out to a nearby nurse, "Am I going to die?""No, not today. Don't you worry," said the nurse. The girl settled back onto her litter.Farther down the row of litters a Haitian man was chanting,

  • Dover C-17 Globemaster III crew delivers cargo to Haiti

    Airmen from the 3rd Airlift Squadron flying a C-17 Globemaster III  transported disaster relief supplies and military personnel to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 19.The C-17 arrived in Haiti in the late evening of Jan. 19 with nearly 90,000 pounds of cargo to be dropped off in support of Operation

  • MacDill MASF arrives in Haiti

    A team from MacDill AFB, Fla. arrived Jan. 21 at the Port-au-Prince airport to assist with the ongoing relief efforts here.The 6th Medical Group sent one of their 13-person Mobile Aeromedical Staging Facilities here to help prepare patients for medical aero evacuation to other treatment