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  • 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

  • Department of Defense focuses on F-35 costs, fair tanker competition

    Pentagon officials are working to halt spiraling costs in the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter aircraft program, while ensuring competition for a new refueling tanker remains fair to all contenders, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III said in New York City Dec. 2. Deputy Secretary

  • Top USAF chief addresses deliberate development of mobility Airmen

    Today's Airmen are more skilled, trained and educated than they've ever been, said Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James Roy to an audience of approximately 4,000 people at the 41st Annual Airlift/Tanker Association Convention and Symposium in Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 30. To maintain that

  • Youth center programs can keep kids engaged during holiday season

    As the holidays near, some parents face the prospect of hyperactive children or bored teenagers hanging around the house. Many base youth centers will offer activities to keep them positively engaged. During the Year of the Air Force Family, AMC is increasing awareness about existing programs that

  • Mobility Airman named 'Warrior of the Week' at deployed base

    Capt. Rich Martin, deployed to the 380th Expeditionary Operations Group at an undisclosed base here, was named the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing "Warrior of the Week" for the first week of December 2009 for multiple accomplishments during his deployment.Deployed from Air Mobility Command's Travis Air

  • Energy conservation requires shift in culture

    The Air Force is committed to conserving energy, and this takes a long-term change in the way Airmen think."Saving energy shouldn't be a task that we struggle to find time to do while at work, but rather a lifelong attitude we apply to all we do," Col. Mark A. Ruse, chief of the AMC Civil

  • Former MAC commander remembered

    Gen. Paul K. Carlton, former commander of the Military Airlift Command, passed away Nov. 23 at the age of 88 in San Antonio, Texas. General Carlton was commander of MAC from Sept. 26, 1972, to March 31, 1977."General Carlton's accomplishments as a commander will be remembered and honored; he