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  • Giants of airpower celebrate at McChord

    Sixty-two years of airpower excellence -- past, present and future, connected more than 600 Airmen, family members and community leaders as they gathered here Sept. 26 to celebrate the 62nd Air Force birthday with guest of honor, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz.Following a powerful

  • Scott AFB wing changes name, adds new mission

    Team Scott saw a name change Sept. 30 as the 375th Airlift Wing officially became the 375th Air Mobility Wing as a result of the Air Force's most recent Total Force Integration effort. The TFI effort here called for the creation of an associate unit consisting of active duty KC-135 pilots, boom

  • Sergeant recruits for Reserves and federal jobs

    Covering a five-state region, recruiter Master Sgt. Gary Garnto has his hands full. He travels quarterly to meet and coordinate with commanders, potential recruits, hiring officials and civilian personnelists. Sergeant Garnto is the sole Midwest Air Force Reserve Technician Recruiter. A former

  • Scott Inn scores well in 2009 accreditation

    Patrons of Scott Inn here can rest easy during their stay knowing the facility is a well-accredited Air Force lodging facility. Scott Inn underwent an accreditation Sept. 9 to 11 by Air Force Services Agency and passed with an 89.9 percent. Two Air Force lodging evaluators examined 499 areas of

  • Grand Forks AFB receives national recognition 16 years in a row

    Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., received a Tree City USA Community Award for the 16th straight year during an Arbor Day celebration Sept. 29. "A community, its elected officials and its citizens that provide needed care for its trees deserves recognition and thanks," said John Rosenow, chief

  • Communications present no 'show-stoppers' in joint-base endeavor

    Personnel from the 87th Communications Squadron finished preparing 300 computers here Sept. 18 to be installed at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst in support of the joint-base endeavor. Fort Dix, McGuire Air Force Base and NAES Lakehurst are all combining support services in accordance with a

  • Polish air force commander learns AMC's mission

    The Polish air force commander visited Air Mobility Command Sept. 23 as part of a multi-stop tour consisting of several U.S. Air Force installations to specifically focus on and learn about U.S. airlift capability. Lt. Gen. Andrzej Blasik, Poland's air force commander, visited AMC because he is

  • AMC Safety reviews 2009 'Back to Basics' campaign

    Remaining numbers are still trickling in and being quantified by Air Mobility Command's safety experts, but so far all statistics reflect that AMC's Critical Days of Summer campaign to educate its people and prevent mishaps was successful. "We had a slight decrease in the number of reportable

  • A/TA Hall of Fame inductee honored at Scott AFB

    Retired Maj. Gen. Robert B. Patterson, the 19th person to be inducted into the Airlift/Tanker Association Hall of Fame, was honored in a special ceremony at Air Mobility Command Headquarters Sept. 24 for his "52 years of selfless devotion to mobility forces." General Patterson was first officially