McChord Reservist earns prestigious Air Force award

A Reservist from the 446th Maintenance Squadron here was selected as one of the 12 Outstanding Airman of the Year Award today. This is the first time a member of the 446th Airlift Wing has gone to the top in this annual competition. Staff Sgt. Channel Bolton-Scholl, a crew chief with 446th MXS, was

Air mobility, tanker support key elements of Global Thunder success

AMC Airlift and tanker support were key contributors to the success of Exercise Global Thunder 09, June 24-30, AMC officials said. Global Thunder 09 was a U.S. Strategic Command-led exercise. The exercise provided training opportunities for various service components, units and their respective

AMC commander visits AOR – highlights mobility’s role

Like clockwork, an Air Mobility Command aircraft departs on a mission within the area-of-operations every two minutes every hour of every day. Providing the three cornerstones of the command's mobility mission - airlift, aerial refueling and aeromedical evacuation - AMC Airmen have provided constant

437th APS prepares for Rodeo 2009

Scott Airman earns national recognition

The Air Force selected the service's top enlisted members by naming the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2009. Of the selected winners, Team Scott's very own Tech. Sgt. Manuel Herrera was selected as one of the winners. Sergeant Herrera is an explosive ordinance technician from the 375th Civil

AFGLSC transforms Air Force supply chain

For more than a decade, Air Force supply chain leaders and their commercial industry peers have met with nearly identical objectives -- finding ways to enhance the Air Force supply chain to improve support to the warfighter. Recently, the Air Force Global Logistics Support Center, along with its

621st CRW exercises evacuation operations

Web site to open sign-ups for Post-9/11 GI Bill transfers

The Defense Department signed off June 22 on policies and procedures servicemembers will use to transfer their unused Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to their spouses or children, a Pentagon official said June 23.Eligible servicemembers will be able to register their immediate family members to receive

Airmen see base's future first-hand

A small contingent of Grand Forks Airmen departed theJune 25 en route to the unveiling ceremony of the Block 40 Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft System at Air Force Site 42 in Palmdale, Calif.Led by Col. Joseph Douez, 319th Mission Support Group commander, seven Airmen disembarked a KC-135 Stratotanker

36th Rescue Flight makes 634th save

What started out as a day of hiking in the cathedral-esque mountains just west of Wenatchee, Wash., turned into a nightmare for a local 58-year-old man and his son at around 3 p.m. June 14. One misplaced step sent the 58-year old man tumbling more than 1,000 feet down a mountain in an avalanche