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  • For legal officer, there's 'no such thing as a traditional deployment'

    Long gone are the days of the "traditional" Air Force deployment. The increase of troops into the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility is also increasing the non-traditional roles filled by Airmen in combat, straight into the Air Force's "all in" philosophy. Capt. Maureen Wood, a legal

  • Have you earned your wings?

    One of the things I enjoy doing every year during the holidays is watching the classic Christmas movie, "It's a Wonderful Life." The film is about an angel named Clarence who is trying to earn his wings and a man named George who plans to end his life by jumping off a bridge into icy water. The men

  • Mobility commander visits U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center

    On the final leg of his first trip since taking the reins of Air Mobility Command, Gen. Raymond E. Johns Jr., AMC commander, was welcomed by Brig. Gen. Rick Devereaux, commander of the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center here. General Johns' visit gave him a feel for the place that many combat

  • To the men and women of Air Mobility Command

    I am truly honored to join the AMC team. It is a privilege to serve with you, the men and women who make our global mobility mission happen each and every day. You are the thread that binds our nation's combat capability as you are the enablers of Unrivaled Global Reach for America...Always!As your

  • 615th CRW assists in Mobility Air Forces Exercise

    The 615th Contingency Response Wing recently sent approximately 50 Airmen to the bi-annual U.S. Air Force Weapons School Mobility Air Forces Exercise at Nellis and Creech Air Force bases in Nevada.Approximately 1,500 people using more than 50 aircraft from more than a dozen Armed Forces

  • 615th CRW snipers participate in joint competition

    A two-man security forces team assigned to the 615th Contingency Response Wing recently took part in a week-long interservice sniper competition hosted by the Army National Guard at Fort Chaffee, Ark. The event, which is in it's second year, is held to inspire camaraderie among military sniper

  • Dover C-5Ms complete test in surge operations

    The C-5M Super Galaxy team has completed another stage of operational test and evaluation with the conclusion of surge operations at Dover AFB. The surge operations consisted of 31 days of delivering essential cargo and flying sorties non-stop, from Dover Air Force Base to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey,

  • Main Afghanistan threat remains in south, east, Admiral Mullen says

    Many of the extra 30,000 U.S. forces deployed to Afghanistan in the coming months will confront continued enemy threats in the country's southern and eastern regions, the U.S. military's senior officer told Capitol Hill legislators here Dec. 3. The principal threat to U.S., coalition and Afghan

  • Troops to focus on reversing Taliban's momentum

    The 30,000 additional troops President Barack Obama is sending to Afghanistan will focus on reversing the Taliban's momentum, a senior Defense Department official said Dec. 1 during a "DoDLive" bloggers roundtable following the president's announcement of his new strategy. "What we are sending into