Making a difference: McGuire Airman makes the most of time in Afghanistan

Shock -- it's what Senior Airman Felicita Torres-Perkins said she felt more than once after volunteering for a deployment to Zabul Province in Southeast Afghanistan. She left behind her duties as an aerospace medical service journeyman with the 305th Medical Group Ambulance Services to join the

C-17s evacuate from Charleston

Eleven C-17 Globemaster III aircraft evacuated from Charleston AFB Sept. 4 due to the possibility of inclement weather caused by Tropical Storm Hanna. The evacuation of the C-17s began midmorning and continued until about 2:15 p.m. Six of the aircraft relocated to Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, while

AMC 'Be Your Own Safety Manager' campaign first to prevent summer fatalities

Air Mobility Command's 101 Critical Days of Summer campaign was its most successful one ever, with no fatalities among AMC Airmen between the Memorial Day and Labor Day holidays. "I want to express my gratitude to every member of AMC for making this year's 101 Critical Days of Summer campaign our

Team Charleston welcomes home 'Pelicans'

More than 125 Airmen from the 14th Airlift Squadron returned home Sept. 3 after being deployed more than four months to Southwest Asia supporting Operation's Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. While deployed, the 14th AS "Pelicans" flew more than three thousand missions with nearly four thousand

Take that!

MacDill responds to Gustav

'Raven'-ly aggressive

Pope Airmen aid hurricane evacuees

Members of a Pope AFB Mobile Aeromedical Staging Facility team providing assistance to Hurricane Gustav evacuees hit the ground running when they arrived at Lakefront Airport, La., Aug. 30, after spending much of the day in a C-17 aircraft. Once the plane landed, the MASF team immediately plunged

AMC poised to support post-hurricane operations

Air Mobility Command planners and operators held a collective breath as Hurricane Gustav made landfall Sept. 1. Although most AMC aircraft and personnel were pulled back from the U.S. Gulf Coast area Aug. 31 -- hours before the hurricane's projected landfall -- the command was still fully engaged in

McChord deploys for Hurricane Gustav response efforts

"Anytime, any place." McChord Air Force Base, Wash., put those words into action in the early hours Saturday as a C-17 Globemaster III headed to Travis Air Force Base, Calif., for Hurricane Gustav preparation efforts.Without knowing what or who they were picking up, the first of three C-17