Pacific Air Chiefs visit AMC Headquarters

Nine Pacific Air Chiefs visited Air Mobility Command Oct. 28 as part of a multi-stop tour consisting of several U.S. Air Force installations in an effort to continue to develop and enhance the relationship between the U.S. and other air forces, officials said. The air chiefs, who hailed from

McConnell wife named Key Spouse of the Year

Megan Mitchell is proof when people marry servicemembers, they also say "I do" to the military. She too adheres to the Air Force's "Service before Self" core value, and her dedication hasn't gone unnoticed. As part of the July 2009 - July 2010 Year of the Air Force family initiative, Air Mobility

Pope captain recalls deployment with Afghanistan provincial reconstruction team

With 16 years in the Air Force on both the enlisted and officer side of things, one captain knows that life isn't about settling for comfort, but pushing beyond what is thought possible. She cannot only strengthen herself, but her team as well. Capt. Beverly Mock, chief of 43rd Airlift Wing Public

Photo essay: McConnell KC-135 team supports multi-national training in Jordan

A KC-135 Stratotanker and it's aircrew and support Airmen from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., took part in 2009 Eager Tiger 10, Falcon Air Meet -- a multinational F-16 competition -- in mid October. The meet was inspired by Prince Feisal Bin Al Hussein and first organized in 2006. A main goal of

KC-10 maintainers work 'around the clock' in Southwest Asia

The scene -- a hot aircraft ramp located in a Southwest Asia desert on Oct. 29, 2009. The people -- 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Airmen. Their mission -- generate KC-10 Extenders to refuel aircraft providing combat support in Afghanistan. To generate aircraft 86-0038, a KC-10

618th TACC member re-enlists following fight with cancer

MacDill tankers keep mission airborne at Red Flag

Members of the 91st Air Refueling Squadron from MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., are doing their part to ensure participants in Exercise Red Flag 10-1 stay in the air here. Aircrews in KC-135 Stratotankers flew multiple sorties per day Oct. 19 through 30 and pushed more than 1.4 million pounds of fuel

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Little Rock leads joint force training effort at JFEX

The 19th Airlift Wing's own C-130s took the lead at Joint Forcible Entry Exercise 10-01 held here Oct. 25-29. According to Col. Dave Kasberg, 19th Operations Group commander and JFEX Air Mission commander, the purpose of the JFEX is to reestablish forcible entry capability through air power by

MacDill airlift squadron receives outstanding flight award

The 310th Airlift Squadron received world-wide recognition on Oct. 21 when Gulfstream Aerospace named them one of the inaugural winners of the Gulfstream Outstanding Flight Award. The 310th AS was presented the Alber-Rowley Trophy at the National Business Aviation Association Annual Meeting and