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  • Wounded Libyan fighters arrive in U.S.

    At the request of the Department of State and as directed by the Secretary of Defense, a C-17 Globemaster under the command and control of the 618th Air and Space Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center) carried nearly two dozen Libyan fighters to the United States for medical treatment.

  • Extra incentives still available for energy-saving ideas

    Extra incentives are still available for anyone wishing to submit ideas through Air Mobility Command's Fuels, Energy and Environment Idea Campaign, which ends Nov. 1.So far, 50 percent of AMC personnel ideas submitted through the Air Force IDEA Program this month have been related to energy savings,

  • New public health officer to promote resiliency at Fairchild

    In addition to the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and the Coast Guard, there are also two less-known branches of the Federal Service - the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Public Health Service. At Fairchild, there is now a member of the Public Health Service whose sole

  • Dover senior airman earns 2011 AMC Icon title

    In Senior Airman Naomi Scott's words, "The third time was the charm." In her third competition, Scott won the 2011 Air Mobility Icon title during competition here Oct. 20.Singing Adele's "Rolling in Deep," Scott wooed the competition's three judges to top a field of 10 competitors to become this

  • Travis to host P90X creator Tony Horton

    Travis is scheduled to host Tony Horton, creator of the P90X fitness program, for a two-day visit Oct. 27 and 28.With mass workouts planned both days, a motivational fitness rally, a book signing and a physical fitness test challenge versus Travis' own Airmen, this visit looks to get Travis

  • AMC Chief Scientist: Alternative fuels can be the ‘cleaner jet fuel’

    Just as the character "Doc" in the "Back to the Future" movie loaded the flux-capacitor of the time-travel modified 1975 DeLorean with a banana peel and trash from Marty McFly's garbage can, Air Force scientists are looking for the next readily available, renewable clean-burning aircraft fuel.Air

  • AMC command chief plants seed of expectations in Airmen

    Chief Master Sgt. Andy Kaiser, Air Mobility Command's newly-appointed command chief, shared his expectations and hopes for the Airmen here, while outlining what is to come in the future.Kaiser, from AMC's headquarters at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., visited Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst as well as

  • Denton Program, 437th APS support humanitarian missions

    There are currently 24,800 pounds of humanitarian aid stored at the 437th Aerial Port Squadron which is waiting to be shipped to Colon, Honduras on Oct. 25, 2011. Twenty reverse osmosis water purification systems and two anesthesia machines are being sent to provide clean water and medical supplies

  • When to contact a commercial travel office

    Commercial Travel Offices, or CTOs, are contracted to support travel arrangements made both in conjunction with the Defense Travel System, or DTS, and outside that system. The questions and answers below will assist travelers in determining when it may be necessary to call a CTO directly and when