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  • 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

  • AMC leading the way in Total Force Integration

    Oct. 1 marks another step forward in Air Mobility Command's Total Force Integration efforts with the standing up of three active associate units that now combine active duty units and Airmen who accomplish the KC-135 air refueling mission with their Reserve and Guard counterparts. The three units

  • Charleston Airmen supply CENTCOM first M-ATV shipment

    Charleston Airmen began the distribution of a new version of the mine-resistant, ambush-protected, or MRAP, vehicle from here Sept. 30 to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. The MRAP All-Terrain Vehicles, or M-ATVs, were the first to be delivered to the Afghanistan theater for

  • AMC poised to support humanitarian operations in American Samoa

    Air Mobility Command forces are poised to support relief operations in American Somoa after an earthquake-caused tsunami struck the region Tuesday, according to AMC officials. Up to 10 C-17 Globemaster IIIs and crews have been placed on alert, according to officials, posturing forces to take-off

  • Grand Forks Airman named "Node Site Coordinator of the Year"

    After 10 months on station and 18 months time of service, an Airman from the 319th Communications Squadron was named the stateside "Node Site Coordinator of the Year" by the Defense Information System Agency. Airman 1st Class Michael J. Roy was recognized for this accomplishment by Col. John E.

  • New airlift team ready for sucess in Southwest Asia

    They've departed the sunny South for sandy Southwest Asia. A new crew of Airmen has rotated into the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron from Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., to continue the squadron's mission of providing airlift support, moving equipment and people as required to locations down

  • 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