Global Mobility Wargame 2008 explores the future of air mobility

From June 16 to 20 within the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center here, wartime planners from across the Air Force, Army and coalition nations investigate future concepts in air mobility through Global Mobility Wargame, or GLOMO, 2008. "GLOMO helps shape Air Mobility Command's strategic planning via

Expeditionary Center NCO among 12 Airmen living among thousands of Iraqi soldiers

Twelve Airmen working together for the past nine months at the remote Iraqi Military Training Base of Kirkush, located in the Diyala Province just over 10 miles from the Iranian border, are hoping to work themselves out of a job. Among those Airmen include Tech. Sgt. Shane Lacaillade, deployed from

Air Force Announces Air Force Week in Philadelphia Events

The United States Air Force is proud to announce events planned for Air Force Week in Philadelphia, May 26-June 2. Activities in the Philadelphia metro region will begin on Memorial Day, May 26, and culminate with an Air Exposition--featuring the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration

AMC ready to assist in Burma relief operations

Airmen from the 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center said Friday that if called upon, they are prepared to assist victims of Cyclone Nargis, which ravaged Burma last week, leaving as many as 100,000 dead and millions homeless. Thus far, the Burmese government has allowed the U.S. to fly only limited

USAF EC commander enlists new Airmen at Fort Dix MEPS

Advanced Study of Air Mobility: Around the world in an Expeditionary Center classroom

They've traveled across the U.S. to visit military and industry headquarters for the past 10 months. Now they're preparing to travel around the world in the next few months before they graduate. What other in-residence Intermediate Developmental Education, or IDE, program offers Air Force majors the

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

CMSAF outlines Air Force priorities to Dover Airmen

The chief master sergeant of the Air Force outlined the Air Force's primary concerns Feb. 11 to Dover Air Force Base Airmen. Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Rodney J. McKinley told base Airmen that the service's top-three priorities are winning the war on terrorism, taking care of Airmen and

AMC announces 2007 Media Contest winners

Air Mobility Command announced the winners of the 2007 AMC Media Contest, which recognizes the best journalist, photographers and broadcasters contributing to the command's base newspapers and video productions. Winners were selected by a panel of three judges, and first-place winners go on to

Medical professionals score big wins for Air Mobility Command

Air Mobility Command medical specialists from various bases earned top awards at the Air Force level. Air Mobility Command's winners are: Outstanding Dental SNCO of the Year - Master Sgt Randy Wroten, 375 MDG, Scott AFB, Ill. Outstanding Junior Dental Educator of the Year - Lt. Col. Sean Digman, 60