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  • Team Fairchild receives Air Force Outstanding Unit Award

    Team Fairchild prides itself on its legacy as the Air Refueling Center of Excellence, a legacy that was reiterated when it received the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Oct. 26, 2017. Fairchild was selected for the AFOUA for its performance of exceptionally meritorious service. The award-period for

  • JB MDL civic leader sustains community partnerships

    ORLANDO, Fla. -- Dana Lancellotti received the Tampa Bay Trophy during the 49th Airlift/Tanker Association Symposium here Oct 26, 2017.  The Tampa Bay Defense Alliance presents the trophy annually to an individual civic leader exhibiting sustained and enduring service to the community, Air Mobility

  • USTRANSCOM trailblazing transition to cloud

    SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. – U.S. Transportation Command is the first Department of Defense organization to initiate migration of its cyber domain to a commercial cloud provider to improve mission assurance, while strengthening information technology efficiency and effectiveness.

  • McConnell AFB completes construction on KC-46 hangar

    Team McConnell held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 16 at the new KC-46 Pegasus three-bay hangar to recognize that the base now stands ready to be the first to accept the new multi-role aircraft next year.

  • 726th AMS, 60th APS come together to assist Airman

    “On Monday morning, a little after 8 o’clock in the morning, I received notice from my first sergeant that a family member of one of our troops had been shot in an ongoing active shooter event in Las Vegas, Nevada.,” said Lt. Col. Shannon Caleb, 726th Air Mobility Squadron commander at Spangdahlem

  • Puerto Rico ANG helps to build air bridge

    For all the airlift missions that the pilots and the loadmasters of the 198th Airlift Squadron have planned over the years, there is one major difference between those and the ones they are scheduling now as the Puerto Rico Air National Guard's representatives to Hurricanes Irma and Maria relief

  • Airman's hometown visit leads to helping hurricane victims

    A civil engineer air advisor for the 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron at Travis Air Force Base, California, had been looking forward to visiting his hometown in Texas for a relaxing Labor Day weekend with family and friends, but instead his plans quickly changed when Hurricane Harvey made

  • AMC renames planning center after first USTRANSCOM commander

    SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill — Scott Air Force Base’s Global Reach Planning Center was renamed the Gen. Duane H. Cassidy Conference Center during a dedication ceremony here Oct. 6. Members from Air Mobility Command and United States Transportation Command gathered together to honor the impact made by

  • A/TA honors air mobility pioneer

    SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- The Airlift/Tanker Association honored Sir Alan Cobham as their 28th Hall of Fame inductee Oct. 5 as they held an unveiling ceremony of his bust now located in Scott Air Force Base’s “Walk of Fame” area.“Sir Cobham had a way of seeing the future before it was there,”