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  • Fire Emergency Services Flight receives international accreditation

    Months of tedious preparation recently paid off for the 628th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Emergency Services Flight upon earning its accreditation with the Commission on Fire Accreditation International.The unit is the 14th in the Department of Defense and sixth in the Air Force to receive CFAI

  • JB MDL welcomes AMC command chiefs

    Twenty-one command chiefs from throughout Air Mobility Command arrived here March 2 for a four-day, dual-purpose visit.In addition to familiarizing themselves with the USAF Expeditionary Center here, the chiefs conducted a mini-board to determine which AMC Airmen will travel to Scott AFB in April to

  • Expeditionary Center 'Eagles' give AMC chiefs birds-eye view

    More than two dozen of Air Mobility Command's command chief master sergeants were introduced to the ever-growing mission of the United States Air Force Expeditionary Center during a command chief conference here, March 1 to 4.While visiting the Expeditionary Center, the AMC's command chiefs were

  • Top AMC leaders visit Charleston en route to Haiti

    Joint Base Charleston was honored with a visit from Air Mobility Command's top leaders, AMC Commander Gen. Raymond Johns and the AMC Command Chief, Chief Master Sgt. David Spector, during their recent mission to Haiti.Their stay in Charleston was brief but busy, with Chief Spector arriving Feb. 16,

  • EC hosts Republic of Yemen Air Force student

    The United States Air Force Expeditionary Center, through its Mobility Operations School here, recently hosted an Air Force officer from the Republic of Yemen as part of the International Military Education and Training Program. The training is a component of U.S. Air Force's efforts to build the

  • Command announces 2009 AMC Communication Excellence Awards

    Air Mobility Command Public Affairs recently announced the winners of the 2009 AMC Communication Excellence Awards. These annual awards recognize both organizations and individuals who have shown excellence in communication, outstanding achievement and innovation through Public Affairs, Band and

  • Aeromedical evacuation 'angels' rescue injured Haitians

    "Don't leave me," said a young Haitian girl, her arms and head bandaged after being badly burned. She reached out to a nearby nurse, "Am I going to die?""No, not today. Don't you worry," said the nurse. The girl settled back onto her litter.Farther down the row of litters a Haitian man was chanting,

  • Travis AFB medics set to deploy to Haiti

    Fifty-eight medical staff assigned to the 60th Medical Group are set to provide medical and humanitarian relief to the earthquake ravaged nation of Haiti.Personnel from the David Grant USAF Medical Center are bringing a 10-bed, completely portable "hospital in a box" known as an Expeditionary

  • Dover Airman named deployed wing's 'Warrior of the Week

    Staff Sgt. Eric Lowery, a fuels distribution Airman, was named "Warrior of the Week" for the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing for the week of Dec. 30, 2009, to Jan. 5, 2010.Sergeant Lowery, the Fuels Service Center accountant and controller with the 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron at a

  • Berlin Airlift Exhibition to reside at Travis Air Museum

    Colonel Gail Halvorsen, the man known fondly as the "Candy Bomber" for his role in the Berlin Airlift of 1948-49, cut the ribbon on the Berlin Airlift Exhibit Dec. 10, at the Travis Air Museum.After traveling to 29 different cities, the exhibit now has a permanent home at the museum. Mr. Heinz-Gerd