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April 18, 2013
Eighteenth Air Force: A Legacy of Excellence

Although a divide of more than six decades separates them from the founders of their command, today's Eighteenth Air Force Airmen continue to embody the same motto: "Expedite!" signifying a commitment to excellence in the successful and rapid completion of the command's worldwide air mobility
April 15, 2013
The CENTCOM Deployment & Distribution Operation Center and the Afghanistan retrograde

The CENTCOM Deployment & Distribution Operation Center and the Afghanistan retrogradeFormer President Theodore Roosevelt stated "the best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do
April 8, 2013
Airman saves friend's life half a world away

Most Airmen have accomplished computer-based suicide prevention training and are familiar with the "typical" scenario - a bold Airman asking the right questions to someone who isn't acting "right." In these training modules, the interaction is almost always in person, face-to-face. But, as one
April 8, 2013
422nd JTS makes first trip down range

Members of the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's 422nd Joint Tactics Squadron recently traveled to various deployment locations supporting operations in and around Afghanistan to conduct face-to-face interviews with deployed Airmen and collect real-time tactical lessons learned directly from
April 4, 2013
Grand Forks AFB civilian wins AMC legal services award

Marie L. Aubrey, 319th Air Base Wing legal assistant, was recently named the winner of the 2012 Harold R. Vague Award for Civilian Outstanding Legal Services for Air Mobility Command.Over the course of the year, Aubrey drafted 367 powers of attorney and notarized 752 legal documents, saving 413
April 2, 2013
Air Force Band of Mid-America gets in tune with local middle school

Children can access music on the radio, TV or by streaming it online, but it's not every day they are able to listen to a live band perform. Air Mobility Command's Band of Mid-America broadened the musical exposure in about 70 children at the Valley of St. Louis-Scottish Rite Cathedral March 14.
April 2, 2013
After The Battle: The flying ICU

Editor's Note: This is the fourth in a four-part series about the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing's medical response capabilities and the various teams within the wing who play a role in the care and transportation of combat wounded troops throughout Afghanistan.Three critically injured patients need
March 29, 2013
AF to implement force structure changes

The Air Force released its plan Mar. 28 to implement force structure changes mandated by the Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act. The bill authorized the service to complete actions approved in previous years, such as aircraft retirements, and directed execution of
March 28, 2013
Running Strong: Marathon runner delivers motivational speech at base school

Motivational speaker and avid marathon runner Kurt Philion visited Nathan Twining Middle School here March 25 to share the story of how he began running and why he runs today."Kurt doesn't just run, said Dr. May Koopman, Twining Middle School principal during the introduction. "He runs carrying a
March 27, 2013
C-130 maintenance training team helps Royal Thai AF counterparts

A mobile training team from the 373rd Training Squadron's Field Training Detachment 4 returned here March 9 from a month-long deployment to Thailand providing C-130 maintenance training to the Royal Thai Air Force.Nine members of the field training detachment (FTD) made up the team of instructors