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NEWS

  • Fuel efficiency among top priorities in AMC's energy conservation

    Imagine your frustration when the price of gas goes up 50 cents and it adds $12.50 to the cost of filling up your 25-gallon tank. Now imagine adding $25,575 to the cost of filling the tank of a C-5 Galaxy that holds 51,150 gallons. The Air Force is the Department of Defense's largest consumer of

  • Commander inaugurates first tri-service base

    The 87th Air Base Wing commander kicked off her first commander's call as she assumed the role of commander, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, to celebrate the inauguration of the nation's only tri-base military installation on Oct. 2. Dignitaries including Congressmen, local politicians, military

  • Sergeant recruits for Reserves and federal jobs

    Covering a five-state region, recruiter Master Sgt. Gary Garnto has his hands full. He travels quarterly to meet and coordinate with commanders, potential recruits, hiring officials and civilian personnelists. Sergeant Garnto is the sole Midwest Air Force Reserve Technician Recruiter. A former

  • Air Force, Army, Navy family services expand for new joint base

    As Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst moves toward full operational capability Oct. 1, family services will expand to support Air Force, Army, and Navy personnel and their dependents. The Airman and Family Readiness Center at McGuire, along with Navy Fleet and Family Services, and Army Community

  • Mobility Warriors: Aerial porters finish Iraq deployment with pride

    "Without our assets, your (butt) sits." That's the (slightly altered) motto of the 332nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron here. If you're in the presence of the squadron's aerial porters -- the men and women who specialize in moving people and supplies -- the words are accompanied by

  • Keeping the airlift mission moving

    Mobility Air Force intra-theater airlifters have flown more than 74,000 sorties, delivering about 251,000 tons of cargo in the CENTCOM Area of Responsibility in 2008 and 2009 so far.  With the statistics soaring, airlift is making a strong case as a primary source of warfighting and life-sustaining

  • New C-5 inspection program saves money, keeps planes in the air

    A new inspection program being tested at Dover Air Force Base will not only save the Air Force $1.38 billion over the next two decades, it will also keep four extra C-5 Galaxy aircraft available every day for Air Mobility efforts. The new program -- which will change the way the Air Force conducts

  • AMC unveils official 'AMC Travel' site

    Air Mobility Command recently unveiled its first official, command-level AMC Travel Web site.People planning to travel the Air Mobility Command military travel system can now point their Web browsers to http://www.amc.af.mil/amctravel/index.asp for the latest in AMC travel information.The site,

  • RODEO 2009: Two Tuskegee Airmen visit RODEO

    Almost all Air Mobility RODEO 2009 guests have driven down Tuskegee Airmen Boulevard here, but most of them probably did not expect two of the Tuskegee Airmen themselves to be at RODEO. Retired Lt. Cols. Edward Drummond Jr. and Bill Holloman stopped at RODEO today during the opening ceremony to