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  • McGuire goes 'green' with solar panel installation

    Continuing efforts to go "green," reduce energy cost and consumption, and become an energy-neutral base by 2015, McGuire recently completed two solar panel installation projects. The first of the projects was a 14 kilowatt installation at the McGuire Library that was commissioned in February and the

  • Transition to AMC SharePoint site set for April 3

    Air Mobility Command officials moved one step closer to making it easier to share information within squadrons, wings and across all of AMC on March 20, wrapping up a 14-month Enterprise Information Management deployment tour across the command.The seven-person EIM team spent three weeks at McChord,

  • AMC goes green with aircraft engine washes

    Air Mobility Command bases are using a new aircraft engine wash system that's not only better for the plane, it's better for the environment. The EcoPower Engine Wash System is a system that uses atomized water, collects the effluent water and purifies it for recycled use. EcoPower builders claim

  • Dover wins Abilene Trophy

    Dover is the home of the Abilene Trophy this year after winning the 2008 Air Mobility Command Community Support Award, which was announced during AMC Phoenix Rally at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., March 25.The Abilene Trophy is presented annually to a civilian community for outstanding support to a

  • 18th AF Command Chief praises 618th TACC's enlisted force

    Eighteenth Air Force's top enlisted member praised the 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center's enlisted force as the 'backbone of air mobility' during a visit to the center, Tuesday. Chief Master Sgt. James Cody, 18th AF's Command Chief Master Sergeant, spoke with 618th TACC Airmen about the

  • Warriors of the North dedicate time, energy to flood preparations

    Emergency preparations began when Govs. John Hoeven, North Dakota, and Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota, declared a state of emergency in the Red River Valley after waters began rising at a record rate. Volunteers of all ages and backgrounds began working around the clock to mitigate flood damage throughout

  • AMC maintainers compete in civilian aircraft maintenance competition

    Three Air Mobility Command maintenance teams gathered in Las Vegas, Nev., March 9-12 to compete in the Aviation Maintenance Technology Society's second annual Maintenance Skills Competition.AMC teams were from Dyess AFB, Texas; McChord AFB, Wash.; and McGuire AFB, N.J.The competition consisted of 12

  • 'Total Force' keeps 618th TACC, air mobility in the fight

    The 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center, Air Mobility Command's hub for directing global airlift, air refueling and aeromedical evacuation operations, has sustained record high levels of operation since the onset of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom, thanks in large part to the contributions of