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  • McChord Field stays prepared with MOBEX

    The key to ensuring deployment is a success requires hours of work and collaboration from Team McChord. The 62nd and 446th Airlift Wings and 627th Air Base Group conducted a mobility exercise, or MOBEX, here Nov. 5 to 10 to enhance those skills and keep the three units prepared for deployment

  • Deployed Fairchild Airmen deliver coats, blankets to Kyrgyzstan school

    Whether it's the annual Bloomsday Run, Fourth of July Celebration or the Lilac Festival, Fairchild Airmen are no strangers to community outreach in the Spokane area. While deployed to the Manas Transit Center, Kyrgyzstan, they bring with them that same spirit of service and helping others.To that

  • McConnell Airmen participate in Wichita Career Day

    Showcasing the Air Force core value of service before self, Airmen from McConnell AFB gave back to the community by participating in the first ever Wichita Career Day on Oct. 20.The event, a cooperative effort facilitated by the W.G. Williams Foundation and Wichita Public Schools, was at the Koch

  • DGMC surgical team successfully completes hospital's first open heart case

    What had been a dream for decades finally became reality at David Grant USAF Medical Center.After years of planning, months of construction, weeks of training and countless hours in preparation, history was made Oct. 8 in the midst of 18 regularly-scheduled cases conducted in one of the hospital's

  • Air Force, Navy officials celebrate JB CHS inauguration

    Two historic Lowcountry military installations merged and were officially inaugurated as the Department of Defense military installation Joint Base Charleston, Oct. 1.The inauguration of the joint base marks its full operational capability and is the final step in the stand-up of JB CHS. The two

  • USAF Expeditionary Center takes UDM training on the road

    The U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst is expanding its capability for training unit deployment managers by deploying mobile training teams across the Air Force.These mobile training teams will consist of pairs of UDM instructors who will travel to major Air

  • House of Representatives resolution honors aeromedical evacuation Airmen

    On Sept. 28, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution honoring the Airmen who support and perform aeromedical evacuation - a core competency of Air Mobility Command.House Resolution 1605, according to the Library of Congress, recognizes "the service of the medical and aircrews in

  • Travis Week thanks Solano

    Airmen from Travis Air Force Base and their families joined together to celebrate Solano County during Travis Week from Sept. 11 to 19.Deemed 'Team Travis Salutes Solano,' more than 650 Airmen supported 20 events throughout the week that brought them to seven cities in Solano County and Sacramento

  • Airlift moves mountains for Afghanistan surge

    During a recent commander's call, Gen. Raymond E. Johns Jr., Air Mobility Command commander, may have best cited the importance of airlift to today's military when he said, "One mission can change the world."As one of AMC's core capabilities, airlift remains a staple in getting the "beans and

  • C-5M Super Galaxy delivers 7-ton particle detector

    It's the physics community's billion-dollar baby -- a 7.5-ton device so powerful that it could rock the core of modern science and reveal a new chapter in the universe's history. And the aptly-named C-5M Super Galaxy flew the device on its last terrestrial journey Aug. 26 before traveling on the