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  • Team Dover flies to one of the nation's biggest air shows

    Every year Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisc., hosts one of the nation's largest Air Shows, the Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture, bragging an attendance of more than 500,000 during the week. This year, 20 Team Dover members from both the 436th and 512th Airlift Wings flew a C-5M

  • Travis CRW Airmen capture RODEO trophy

    Travis AFB welcomed home a championship team as members of the 615th Contingency Response Wing returned victorious from the 2009 Air Mobility Command RODEO competition. The annual event, held at McChord AFB, Wash., proved an opportunity for the 615th CRW to demonstrate what they always strive to do

  • New C-5 inspection program saves money, keeps planes in the air

    A new inspection program being tested at Dover Air Force Base will not only save the Air Force $1.38 billion over the next two decades, it will also keep four extra C-5 Galaxy aircraft available every day for Air Mobility efforts. The new program -- which will change the way the Air Force conducts

  • Operation Allied Force comes alive through 'Tanker Living Legends' series

    Four veterans of NATO's 78-day air war, Operation ALLIED FORCE, recalled their experiences through the "Tanker Living Legends" speaker series July 30 at the Global Reach Planning Center at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. Among the "living legends" who spoke included Lt Gen Rusty Findley, Vice

  • C-17 delivers MRAPs to Afghanistan

    A C-17 Globemaster lll delivers Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles, or MRAPS, to Bagram Airfield Aug.4. The MRAPS are designed to be both safe and effective for Soldiers conducting patrols, convoy security and other missions throughout Afghanistan. The C-17's mission is to perform tactical

  • Room renovations unveiled for GRPC, AMC Headquarters areas

    Air Mobility Command officials unveiled four areas within the Global Reach Planning Center and AMC Headquarters here July 30 that have been renovated to honor AMC's past, present and future accomplishments. "Showing this is a chance for you to see the renovations and learn a little about our

  • Photo essay: Covering Operation Enduring Freedom

    Staff Sgt. Daniel Bowles recently escorted media reporter Mr. David Wood into Afghanistan to cover forces involved in Operation Enduring Freedom.  Sergeant Bowles and Mr. Wood flew on a C-5 Galaxy to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and then a KC-135 Stratotanker for the final flight into Afghanistan.