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  • Hickam crew prepares for AMC Rodeo

    Airmen around the world are preparing for the 2007 Air Mobility Command Rodeo scheduled for July, including Hickam Air Force Base members. This will be the first competition for Hickam AFB 's C-17 Globemaster III crew, which will sport a total force team consisting of members of the active duty

  • Aeromedical evacuation teams ready to help anytime

    Bagram Air Base aeromedical evacuation teams bring the hospital to the wounded supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. The 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight has four, three-person teams consisting of a nurse and two medical technicians, with one team ready to go at a moment's notice.

  • EOHCAMP gives Fairchild check-up

    Team Fairchild must have a firm grip on what it takes to be environmentally sound. The Environmental and Occupational Health Compliance Assessment and Management Program performed by Headquarters Air Mobility Command praised the base for the environmental work done here. EOHCAMP, held June 18

  • Best-of-the-best from 62nd MXG work to wow Rodeo judges

    Editor's note: This is the third in a four part series of articles highlighting McChord's Rodeo 2007 competitors. For months now, they've been devising their plan on just how to best awe their opponents. The first step was to hunt for the most exceptional maintainers in the 62nd Maintenance Group.

  • KC-135, C-17 crews rendezvous for refuel readiness

    A KC-135 aircrew from the 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base, Japan flew to Hawaii to meet up with Hickam Air Force Base's C-17 Globemaster III crew to practice in-flight refueling procedures. Kadena AB's crews don't get many opportunities to work with cargo aircraft like the C-17. At home they work

  • Combat Camera Airmen score big wins for Air Mobility Command

    Three members of Air Mobility Command's 1st Combat Camera Squadron at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., earned top honors with the Air Force Warfighting Integration and Chief Information annual communication awards.AMC's winners are: - Capt. John J. Clagnaz, Air Force Communication and Information

  • Aeromedical teams provide care, comfort in the air

    The 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron has not only made it possible for a speedier recovery by picking up injured and sick servicemembers, but are providing the care and comfort needed to put their patients at ease. Each time a crew from the 379th EAES flies on a mission to care

  • National testing center opens at Travis

    In continuing to seek out new ways to better serve and help Travis Airmen with their educational goals, the Travis Education Center recently opened their new on-base National Testing Center. The center, established with University of Maryland College, is free to military members. It provides 34

  • Airman earns one of 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year Awards

    It's not every day the average Airman receives a phone call at home from a four-star general, but a Charleston Air Force Base staff sergeant assigned to the 1st Combat Camera Squadron is no average Airman. Staff Sgt. Richard Rose Jr., aerial combat photographer, had just come in from cutting his

  • SERE Challenge tests skills of Air Force's "Guardian Angels"

    A pair of water survival instructors assigned here earned the Col. Bud Day trophy Thursday as winners of the 2007 SERE Challenge -- a physically grueling and mentally exhausting competition among some of the Air Force's elite special operators. Staff Sgt. Michael Garcia and Staff Sgt. Matthew Zimmer