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  • Total Force Airmen successfully MEDEVAC Antarctic worker

    Utilizing night vision equipment and navigating around volcanic ash hazards, a C-17 Globemaster III and crew from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, alongside aeromedical evacuation and Critical Care Air Transport Team Airmen, successfully evacuated an ailing Antarctic government contractor June

  • Total Force Airmen successfully evacuate Antarctic worker

    Utilizing night vision equipment and navigating around volcanic ash hazards, a C-17 Globemaster III and crew from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., alongside aeromedical evacuation and Critical Care Air Transport Team Airmen, successfully evacuated an ailing Antarctic government contractor June 30.

  • Expeditionary Center's 'Spartans' host air advisor TTP conference

    Airmen with expertise in the Air Force's air advisor mission joined forces with the 422nd Joint Tactics Squadron to conduct a tactics, techniques and procedures conference at the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center in mid-June.The conference brought subject-matter experts from across the Air Force

  • AMC, mobility air force teams gearing up for Air Mobility Rodeo 2011

    The 2011 edition of Air Mobility Rodeo, sponsored by the Air Mobility Command, is set to take place July 24 to 29 at McChord Field on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Rodeo is a readiness competition that "focuses on improving our worldwide air mobility forces' professional core abilities," AMC

  • On-line EC unit deployment manager course launches

    As part of the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's continuing goal of leveraging technology to assist in training, the Expeditionary Center's Mobility Operations School celebrated the launch of the on-line Unit Deployment Manager Course this month.The eight-hour online course was created as part

  • Joint Base Charleston aerial porters prepare for AMC Rodeo

    Six Airmen from the 437th Aerial Port Squadron completed a four-mile challenge course May 17, at Hunley Park on Joint Base Charleston in preparation for the Air Mobility Command Rodeo 2011 readiness competition. Air Mobility Rodeo 2011, scheduled for July 23 to 31 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.,

  • USAF EC hosts Pentagon-sponsored civic outreach program

    A group of influential U.S. citizens hand-picked to participate in a high-profile civic outreach program visited Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ and the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center May 4th as part of the Department of Defense's Joint Civilian Orientation Conference program.Approximately

  • Photo essay: Stratotanker illustrated

    The KC-135 Stratotanker helps provide the core aerial refueling capability for the U.S. Air Force and has excelled in this role for more than 50 years. This unique asset enhances the Air Force's capability to accomplish its primary missions of global reach and global power, its Air Force fact sheet

  • Members voluntarily leave Japan in support of Operation Pacific Passage

    More than 500 service members, family members and civil service employees, who voluntarily departed Japan, arrived at Travis Air Force Base March 22 aboard charted military flights in support of Operation Pacific Passage.U.S. Army North officials along with Team Travis members activated the Joint

  • Comprehensive Airman Fitness: Looking out for those 'invisible wounds'

    As deployment rates continue to climb and the jobs exceed the number of available workers, Airmen may forget to keep their guard up for one of their deadliest foes and greatest ally - their mental health ."We provide our Airmen the best equipment in the entire world, without a doubt, but it's the