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  • C-130 accident investigation board complete

    Air Mobility Command today released the results of its investigation into the July 17, 2006 mishap involving a C-130E, deployed from the 43d Airlift Wing, Pope Air Force Base, N.C., during a night landing at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. The aircrew flying the C-130E was deployed from the 317th Airlift

  • Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff gives wounded warrior a lift home

    An injured Marine received an unexpected upgrade in his flight home from Iraq here Feb. 8. Marine Lance Cpl. Steven Eastburn from the Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe, Hawaii, was on his way home to be with his family during his recovery. One of his stops along the way was at the David Grant USAF

  • Dover reorganizes for C-17 mission

    A ceremony here Feb. 4 marked the end of a 30-year run of Dover AFB's sole C-5 Galaxy mission and the beginning of a new era as the base prepares for the first of 13 C-17 Globemaster IIIs scheduled to arrive this summer. Air Force Reserve Command's 512th Maintenance Group is reorganizing to

  • Air Force Reserve expands KC-135 force at March ARB

    Air Force Reserve Command officials have expanded the size of its KC-135 Stratotanker force at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., as part of the Air Force total force integration initiatives. Under the Base Realignment and Closure process, the 939th Air Refueling Wing at Portland International Airport,

  • Trailer allows rapid response to suspected biological agents

    The 22nd Air Refueling Wing lived up to its motto "We Lead" with a ceremony here Feb. 6, marking the first delivery in the Air Force of a Laboratory Response Team trailer. The trailer is equipped with a Joint Biological Agent Identification and Diagnostic System, or JBAIDS for short, providing rapid

  • 317th OSS wins AMC Intel Unit of the Year Award

    The 317th Operations Support Squadron intelligence unit was named Outstanding OSS/Information Warfare Flight Intelligence Unit of the Year by Air Mobility Command for 2006. Now, the 317th OSS will compete with other commands for the Air Force-level award. "We support (the 317th Airlift Group) as it

  • Aircraft maintenance accident investigation board complete

    Air Mobility Command today released the results of its investigation into the June 1, 2006, mishap involving an engine test on a C-32A aircraft at Andrews AFB, Md., during which asphalt from the shoulder pavement disintegrated and impacted the aircraft. The Accident Investigation Board, convened by