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NEWS

  • Olympic silver medalist takes flight

    Monique Lamoureux, a 2010 Winter Olympics Silver Medalist, donned a different uniform for the afternoon during an incentive flight with the United States Air Force Thunderbirds May 20.Ms. Lamoureux played for the US Women's Olympic Hockey Team along with her twin sister Jocelyne. The twins,

  • AMC Commander makes first visit to Korea

    Gen. Raymond Johns, Air Mobility Command commander, visited the Republic of Korea and the peninsula's en-route AMC unit here May 16-18.The visit to the 731st Air Mobility Squadron was the first for General Johns since he assumed command of AMC in November 2009."I don't get many chances to come out

  • AMC commander directs Wingman Stand Down May 10

    Most of us have been there at some point. We've faced overwhelming issues - crises that seemed would never end. To whom did you turn during those times? Was it a family member, a friend or a co-worker? Recent tragic events have highlighted that we as Airmen must become more involved with each other

  • Airmen, families to benefit from more than $430k in YoAFF grant money

    A security forces member takes advantage of CrossFit stations installed around the running trail at his base to help him prepare for his next deployment. Elsewhere, a group of Airmen gather in a comfortable, supportive environment and share tips about what it's like to be single parents. At the same

  • Virtual World prepares mobility Airmen for real mission

    Airmen preparing for the worldwide mobility mission of the 621st Contingency Response Wing here now have a powerful new training tool. A state-of-the-art virtual firearms training simulator with a 300-degree field of view is now being operated by the 819th Global Support Squadron to prepare CRW

  • Base dining transformation underway at four AMC bases

    Would you like to purchase a sub sandwich at a food court near your work place using your meal card? If you are an Airman at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., MacDill AFB, Fla., Little Rock AFB, Ark., or Fairchild AFB, Wash., you may be able to do just that as a pilot program gets underway to transform

  • Brig. Gen. Bradley Pray Speaks to Pope About FMP

    Brig. Gen. Bradley R. Pray, Deputy Director of Operations, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, spoke to Pope Airmen about the Force Management Program, April 8.The FMP is designed to assist Air Force officials in achieving the fiscal 2010 end strength of 331,700, requiring a reduction in force by

  • Reserve officer named Chaplain of the Year

    Chaplain (Capt.) Michael McDonald is the 2009 Thoralf T. Thielen Reserve Chaplain of the Year.The award is meaningful for Chaplain McDonald because his career didn't start in the chapel, and Chaplain McDonald himself was not always on a religious path.During the nine years he served as an active

  • AMC CRE increases, sustains airlift flow at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan

    AMC 615th Contingency Response Element Airmen recently deployed to Camp Bastion in Southern Afghanistan to increase airfield operations in direct support of U.S. Marines during the U.S. troop increase called for by President Obama to target the insurgency and secure key population centers."The 615th

  • eFinance mandatory for submitting non-DTS travel vouchers

    A new financial services tool is now available to assist travelers with filing their non-DTS travel vouchers. eFinance offers a secure, paperless way to submit TDY-related financial documents by providing automated assistance to the traveler. This process is accomplished using a "wizard approach" to