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  • JPADS continues 'revolution in airdrop technology'

    Since October 2005, the Air Mobility Warfare Center here has partnered in an effort to revolutionize the way the Air Force performs airdrops in the expeditionary environment and around the world with the Joint Precision Airdrop System, or JPADS, initiative."When it was said to make this concept of

  • AMC History Office earns first General Bryce Poe II Award

    The Air Mobility Command History Office is the first recipient of the U.S. Air Force General Bryce Poe II Award. The new award - presented by the Air Force chief of staff during the recent Air Force History and Museums Program Worldwide Conference - recognizes the best annual history written by a

  • Hub-and-spoke missions provide tactical airlift in Iraq

    Whether it's operating from rough dirt strips or dropping off troops and equipment into hostile areas, C-130 Hercules keep convoys off the road in Iraq through airpower. Members of the 777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron deployed from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., fly C-130 hub-and-spoke

  • Travis, Robins demonstrate wireless aircraft intercom system

    For five days, Air Force aircraft maintainers at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., and Robins Air Force Base, Ga., demonstrated the Telephonics TruLink Wireless System at their respective bases to great success. The system demonstration was conducted as part of an initiative dubbed "Wireless Intercom

  • Study at Grand Forks AFB to research jet fuel exposure

    Air Force, Army and civilian researchers will come to Grand Forks Air Force Base this month to conduct a study about exposure to jet fuel in cold temperatures. Led by Dr. Susan Proctor, an Army research epidemiologist, this two-part research study will focus on better understanding of the levels of

  • Port wins AMC Large Terminal Award

    The 60th Aerial Port Squadron won the 2006 Air Mobility Command Large Terminal Unit award for developing innovative practices. "The transformation initiatives we've made at the port set us apart from other AMC units," said Lt. Col. Michael Holmes, 60th APS commander. "We have created efficiencies by

  • Tankers support President Ford's memorial service

    The 319th Air Refueling Wing flew a unique and poignant mission earlier this month through which the Warriors of the North paid their respects to a patriot the best way they knew how: aerial refueling. The mission flown by the Grand Forks Air Force Base tankers wasn't unique, but the final

  • AMC bandsmen perform at Ford funeral

    Nearly 4,000 Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coast Guard members supported the state funeral for former President Gerald R. Ford Jan 3. Two musicians from the United States Air Force Band of Mid-America were among them. Master Sgt. Dean Smith, a Mascoutah, Ill. native, and Staff Sgt. David