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  • Two hats one man

    During the week, Robert Foster is the battalion commander for the City of Atlanta Fire Rescue Department, but for one weekend out of each month for the last 20 years, he dons a different kind of uniform and provides lifesaving medical care as an Air Force Reserves chief master sergeant and 927th

  • New addition to ATA Walk of Fame

    The Airlift/Tanker Association inducted Medal of Honor recipient Staff Sgt. William H. Pitsenbarger into the ATA Walk of Fame at Scott with the unveiling of his bust in front of 375th Air Mobility Wing headquarters July 18.For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and

  • AMC Airmen learn resilience

    Air Mobility Command continues to support its Airmen's morale and well being through a resiliency training program.A one-day resiliency course is required for all AMC active duty Airmen and must be completed before the year's end. Resilience training was developed in collaboration with the

  • Area Army Air Corps vet receives French Legion of Honor medal

    Del Casper, Army Air Corps veteran who participated in 35 aerial combat missions over occupied Europe during World War II, was awarded the French Legion of Honor medal at the Spokane Veterans Center in Spokane Valley, Wash., July 15.The award, the highest honor given by the government of France, was

  • Bronze Star: People notice work ethic

    Tech. Sgt. Doug Beish, 436th Operations Support Squadron C-5 Globemaster III loadmaster trainer, received the Bronze Star Medal here July 10, 2013, for his deployment with the Army in 2010.Beish deployed to Iraq in July 2010 and served as a liaison to the U.S. Special Operations Command Air Mobility

  • A 5,000-mile journey to recovery

    An active-duty Air Force crew aboard a C-17 Globemaster III made history July 10 while flying specialized medical teams and a patient requiring equipment never before used on board a trans-Atlantic mission. The spouse of an active-duty Army service member, who wishes to remain anonymous, was being

  • DEAMS begins pre-deployment activities at 4 AMC bases

    Senior Air Force leadership has approved the start of pre-deployment activities in preparation for implementing the Defense Enterprise Accounting and Management System at four Air Mobility Command bases. A final decision from DOD's Milestone Decision Authority to deploy the system Oct. 1 at Dover

  • From E.R. to Black Hawk helicopter, Air Force nurse 'returns' to Army

    Blood spurts from a gaping wound. Broken bones pierce through skin. Screaming, shock, chaos - some things never change for emergency medical personnel.But, for Air Force Maj. Sandra Nestor, a critical care nurse deployed with the 2-149 General Aviation Support Battalion, a typical day is very

  • Dyess leads JOAX, sets world record

    Members from Team Dyess flew to Pope Field, N. C., June 19, 2013, in support of Joint Operational Access Exercise 13-03.JOAX is a 12-day combined military training exercise designed to prepare Airmen and Soldiers to respond to worldwide crises and contingencies."This was the largest JOAX since

  • 618th TACC welcomes a new commander

    Maj. Gen. Timothy Zadalis succeeded Maj. Gen. David Allvin as commander, 618th Air and Space Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center), in a change of command ceremony held here today. Zadalis comes to the 618th AOC (TACC) after serving as the Director of Intelligence, Operations and Nuclear