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  • New York fireworks to dance to Air Force band music

    When the fireworks blaze in the night sky during the nation's largest Independence Day celebration, they will dance, shimmer and boom to music from the U.S. Air Force Band of Mid-America.The organizers of Macy's 28th Annual Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular in New York City asked the band to record original music for the show. Macy's

  • AMC announces 2003 Communications, Information award winners

    Air Mobility Command has announced the 2003 AMC Communications and Information Award winners. They are:Organizational Awards:AMC Outstanding Large Communications Unit: 6th Communications Squadron, MacDill AFB, Fla.AMC Outstanding Small Communications Unit: 22nd CS, McConnell AFB, Kan.AMC Communications and Information Team Award: AMC Warfighting

  • Annual Weather Award winners named

    Air Mobility Command has named the AMC Weather Award winners for 2003. They are:Outstanding AMC Weather Operations Support Field Grade Officer of the Year (Barney Award nominee): Maj. Travis Steen, 89th Operations Support Squadron, Andrews AFB, Md.Outstanding AMC Weather Operations Support Company Grade Officer of the Year (Grisham Award nominee):

  • Fairchild GATM team earns command-level Duckworth Award

    The Global Air Traffic Management Team, 92nd Operations Group, Fairchild AFB, Wash., was recently named Air Mobility Command's nominee for the 2003 Colonel Joseph B. Duckworth U.S. Air Force Instrument Award.According to the award nomination package, the GATM team was instrumental in the development and testing of a $1.2 billion program to improve

  • Globemasters in action

  • AMC officials announce senior officer assignments

    Air Mobility Command officials have announced the following senior officer assignments:Col. Rowayne A. Schatz Jr., vice commander, 437th Airlift Wing, Charleston AFB, S.C., will become the commander od the 62nd Airlift Wing, McChord AFB, Wash., in May. He is replacing Col. Robert R. Allardice, who will become director of personnel, Headquarters

  • Air Force Portal -- a new standard for Web access

    Air Mobility Command kicked off its Air Force Portal registration campaign March 1. The two month-long campaign is a command-wide effort to have all AMC personnel register for an Air Force Portal account by April 30.Today's Air Force Portal isn't what AMC personnel may have experienced in the past. The portal has been updated, providing a one-stop

  • AMC honors its outstanding airmen for 2003

    Air Mobility Command has announced its Outstanding Airmen and First Sergeant of the Year finalists for 2003. They are:Airman categorySenior Airman Dawn Moss, medical laboratory journeyman, 375th Medical Support Squadron, Scott AFBSenior Airman Kevin Peck, aerospace propulsion technician, 436th Component Maintenance Squadron, Dover AFB, Del.Airman

  • AMC announces 2003 airfield operations awards

    Air Mobility Command officials recently announced the winners of the command's annual airfield operations awards.The AMC winners and nominees to the air staff competition are: Airfield Operations Flight Complex of the Year:436th Operations Support Squadron, Dover AFB, Del. Air Traffic Control awards:Ray Hardin ATC Facility of the Year: 375th OSS,

  • Deployed AMC first sergeant shows the way

    Merlin the Magician was King Arthur's most trusted counselor, offering insight about the subjects of Camelot to help guide the king and make the kingdom prosperous. He served the people, and occasionally used magic to help those in need and protect the realm.In today's Air Force the first sergeant is to the commander what Merlin was to his king.
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