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McGuire Airmen provide earthquake relief

Air Mobility Command's 621st Contingency Response Wing stationed here will deploy Airmen to Haiti today in the wake of the country's 7.0-magnitude earthquake.Members are deploying to facilitate humanitarian airlift operations and aid in providing ground support to the people of Haiti.More than 100

AMC commitment to conserve energy sizzles with new McGuire contract

The temperature of Air Mobility Command's commitment to energy conservation is as high as the savings that will be realized through an Energy Savings Performance Contract signed Dec. 23 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.The Energy Savings Performance Contract implements four energy savings

New group commander 'a living example' of family values

The Charleston AFB family offered a warm welcome to the new commander of the 437th Operations Group Dec. 21 during a change of command ceremony here.Col. Robert Holba, formerly the chief of the Air Mobility Division for the 617th Air Operations Center, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, assumed command of

Air Force mobility aircraft, personnel poised to support Haiti relief operations

Air Mobility Command forces are actively working to support relief operations in Haiti after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake devastated the Caribbean nation Tuesday, according to AMC officials. President Barack Obama directed a swift, coordinated effort from the U.S., saying "the people of Haiti will

Fueling the fight: Airmen making a difference one gallon at a time in Southwest Asia

By anyone's imagination, pumping more than 188 million gallons of fuel to 9,500-plus aircraft would take a while, and probably would be one long line-up for the fuel pump. For the Airmen of the 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels management flight, that was their 2009 totals of

Photo essay: Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst KC-10 Extender returns from combat air refueling

A KC-10 Extender deployed from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., returns from a combat air refueling mission at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia on Jan. 6, 2010. The KC-10, assigned to the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, is one of Air

Photo essay: KC-10 returns from night mission in Southwest Asia

A KC-10 Extemder deployed with the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing's 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron taxies on the flightline to park after completing a combat air refueling mission on Jan. 10, 2010. The 380th AEW supports Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom and the Combined Joint

Photo essay: KC-10 Extenders ready to go in Southwest Asia

KC-10 Extender aircraft assigned to the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, are parked on the flightline at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia on Jan. 1, 2010. The KC-10 is one of the airframes in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility that provides

Pope contracting NCO leads deployed contingency contracting flight

In a deployed location, getting items and services a deployed unit needs often means someone has to go out and get it. Most often, that job goes to people like Tech. Sgt. Craig Castleman and his contingency contracting flight with the 380th Expeditionary Contracting Squadron here at a non-disclosed