News

July 6, 2017
Squadron Officer School expands to better align with CSAF focus areas

Air University’s Squadron Officer School has redesigned its program to better align with the needs of the Air Force. The new course has increased from five to six-and-a-half weeks, commencing with Class 18A which starts July 31, 2017.
June 23, 2017
Magazine Day at Pentagon showcases Airmen, innovation

In the three years since its inception, the Air Force’s Magazine Day has cultivated relationships and strengthened interaction with media outlets to help spark future story ideas highlighting the innovation, courage and dedication of Airmen.
June 21, 2017
AMC senior leaders visit Team Fairchild

Air Mobility Command’s senior leaders visited Fairchild June 19-20 to spend time with Airmen and families, immerse themselves in the mission, and reflect on the many ongoing successes here.
June 19, 2017
Son continues family military legacy, works alongside father at Dobbins

A new pilot here has a particularly special memory from Father’s Day last year. While he was attending C-130 pilot training at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, his father came to visit. His father is no stranger to Little Rock AFB, he also attended training there as a young aviator and was
June 17, 2017
Air Force salutes ‘Flying Tiger’ after 75 year journey home

Blood is thicker than water. For the family of an American Volunteer Group pilot killed in a 1941 training accident in Burma, it ran the Pacific Ocean and spurred a search lasting until his remains reached Kansas 75 years later. John Dean Armstrong, a Hutchinson, Kansas native, was buried Saturday,
June 14, 2017
US, Iraqi air forces recover, return pallets to DOD system

BAGHDAD (AFNS) -- Air transportation specialists assigned to the 370th Air Expeditionary Air Advisory Group began recovering more than $2.1 million in U.S. Air Force aerial port assets from Iraqi air force counterparts.Aerial porters at the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center have recovered more than
June 6, 2017
Airmen voice suggestions, initiate AMC Aviation Retention Task Force stand up

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Air Mobility Command commander stood up the AMC Aviation Retention Task Force May 3, 2017 after receiving more than 600 responses to a video published on social media mid-April to solicit ideas regarding Air Force aviation retention concerns. "We've received a
June 2, 2017
AMC’s medical community collaborates to improve care

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Medical group commanders, aeromedical squadron commanders and superintendents from across Air Mobility Command gathered here May 22 to 23, 2017 to learn how to improve care within their military treatment facilities.“It is about a change in culture,” said Brig. Gen. Lee
May 26, 2017
Mobility Airmen refuel B-1 during Eager Lion

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. -- As part of Exercise Eager Lion 17, two KC-10 Extender crews from Travis Air Force Base, California, used the airfield on the McGuire-side of the Joint Base as a staging area for refueling operations over Newfoundland, Canada, May 18, 2017. The Travis
May 24, 2017
Scott civic leaders tour MacDill, Tyndall

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Through close coordination with units from MacDill and Tyndall Air Force Bases in Florida, a group of southern Illinois community leaders traveled more than 1,000 miles to get a glimpse of the capabilities wielded by the world’s greatest Air Force May 18 to 19th,