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  • AFSO 21: AMC simulator linking initiative making pilot training better

    Air Mobility Command is not only training its pilots, it's doing it better. The command is linking its aircraft training simulators through numerous bases to make a good flight crew an even better flight crew. This simulator linking initiative is part of an Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st

  • As last KC-135E retires, focus shifts to KC-X

    One of the last of the KC-135E Stratotankers to retire made its final flight to Sheppard AFB, Texas, on Sept. 28. After more than 50 years of service, tail number 56-1503 will be relegated to a life as one of several planes at Sheppard used for aircraft maintenance training. In the case of the

  • McChord Airmen deliver equipment to American Samoa

    A C-17 Globemaster III from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., touched down at Pago Pago International Airport late Oct. 1, bringing nine Federal Emergency Management Agency members and 17,000 pounds of cargo to American Samoa in support of relief operations. The mission was McChord's first humanitarian

  • Scott AFB to host AMC Icon's finals competition

    Air Mobility Command will host the AMC Icon finals at the Scott Club on Oct. 22 from 6:30-9 p.m. with the event featuring a special performance by AMC's own Air Force Band of Mid America. As an added feature, the command finals will be broadcast to AMC installations planning an Icon viewing party.

  • Active associate unit 906th ARS stands up at Scott AFB

    As part of the Air Force's ongoing Total Force Integration efforts, the 906th Air Refueling Squadron raised its flag Oct. 2 at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. The 906th ARS is an active association squadron with the Illinois National Guard's 126th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) serving as its host organization

  • McChord Airmen fly response team to Samoa

    In the wake of a 7.6 magnitude undersea earthquake that caused a devastating tsunami to strike American Samoa, McChord Airmen, on-alert to support any tasking associated with a mounting relief effort, deployed a U.S.-based Federal Emergency Management Agency team to the region at 2 p.m. Thursday

  • Commander inaugurates first tri-service base

    The 87th Air Base Wing commander kicked off her first commander's call as she assumed the role of commander, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, to celebrate the inauguration of the nation's only tri-base military installation on Oct. 2. Dignitaries including Congressmen, local politicians, military

  • Charleston officer provides assistance at car accident scene

    An officer assigned to Charleston AFB helped rescue workers get to a victim of a car accident in north Charleston on Sept. 28. Capt. Kari Fleming, a C-17 pilot with the 15th Airlift Squadron, was heading west on Interstate 526 while driving to work when she was stopped on the Don Holt Bridge due to

  • Mobility Airmen deliver first M-ATV to Afghanistan

    Mine-resistant, ambush-protected all-terrain vehicles arrived at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, on Oct. 1, after being offloaded from a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III by 455th Air Expeditionary Wing Airmen.  The M-ATVs arrived less than a day after leaving Air Mobility Command's Charleston Air