AMC finance specialists win at Air Force level

The Air Force released the names of its fiscal year 2007 Financial Management and Comptroller award winners.   Air Mobility Command nominees rose to the top in five of 27 categories.  The winners are:Financial Analysis Officer of the Year Capt. Christopher M. Underwood,  Fairchild AFB,

Disabled Veterans' "Tour of Duty", brings them to McConnell

What started out as a road trip for rest and relaxation for military veterans Dennis Mitchell and Bruce Jolly, became a personal mission to support military members on the home front. Their road trip, "Tour of Duty 2008: On the Road Supporting Troops" brought them to McConnell March 14 at the

C-130 aircrews, Army riggers reach airdrop record

February marked an airdrop record for the C-130 Hercules of the 774th Air Expeditionary Squadron, but not without the support of the Army's 11th Quartermaster Rigger Detachment and Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force riggers here. The joint team delivered approximately 1 million pounds of

Charleston Airmen win in 2007 AF Media Contest

Pope Honor Guard named AMC's best for 2007

Pope's Honor Guard has been named Air Mobility Command's Honor Guard Team of the Year for 2007.  The team had many accomplishment and were specifically requested for the color guard, firing party and Taps at Dale Earnhardt International Headquarters for a nationally-televised ceremony honoring

Pope flight engineer solves rare landing gear problem in AOR

The prospect of getting up to work at 3 a.m. isn't normal for most Airmen, even those in deployed environments where anything less than a 10-hour day is an exception. So imagine being pulled out of bed at that time after a long day of work that included a flight mission just hours earlier. To

CAFB takes top honors in AF talent contest

Charleston recently took the top three spots in the 2007 Air Force Family and Teen Talent Contest. The winners included: first place, Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Mike Hemphill and his wife Kim, who attend the base chapel; second place, Danielle Major, 14, daughter of Jennifer Major, 437th

Air Force officials respond to Boeing protest

Air Force officials received a copy of Boeing's formal protest March 11on the KC-45A contract award, recently submitted to the Government Accountability Office. It is the company's right to formally submit a protest. Air Force members will carefully evaluate the protest, defend their source

Airmen aid coalition ground forces one leaflet at a time

American Airmen here and members of the Australian Defence Force recently teamed up to deliver critical information to Iraqi civilians in southern Iraq. Flying in a C-130 Hercules, Airmen from the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, worked in conjunction with Australians from Overwatch Battle

Air mobility leader visits deployed Airmen

The general charged with ensuring the success of air mobility in the Global War on Terror visited Airmen deployed to the Persian Gulf Region Mar. 8. Brig. Gen. Thomas Haynes, U.S. Air Forces Central director of mobility forces, visited Airmen from various units throughout the 386th Air Expeditionary