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  • 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

  • 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.