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  • AMC command chief visits Dover Team

    Chief Master Sgt. Joseph Barron Jr., Air Mobility Command, command chief, spent two days with Dover's Airmen Sept. 6 and 7. The chief spent much of his time talking to Airmen and taking tours of facilities here. "I see your commander's motto and I immediately sense an attitude; that is a reflection

  • McGuire Airmen reunited with families on 9/11

    On the fifth anniversary of the events of 9/11, approximately 40 Airmen from McGuire Air Force Base's 305th Aerial Port Squadron arrived home after a tour of duty in Southwest Asia. The Airmen were greeted by friends and family at the base passenger terminal after completing their tour as a part of

  • Airman celebrates different KC-135 anniversary

    As people here join in the base's 50th anniversary celebration of the KC-135 Stratotanker, many are reminiscing about their own experiences with the aircraft. Few have a story like Chief Master Sgt. Steven and Justine Robinson. Fifteen years ago, they married on a KC-135 somewhere over Indiana. Both

  • Airmen pay tribute to fallen guardsman

    Thousands of people in uniform came together Sept. 11 in nearby Saratoga County to pay tribute to Master Sgt. Joseph Longobardo, a member of the 109th Security Forces Squadron here. Sergeant Longobardo was laid to rest after tragically dying while on duty with the New York State Police. As part of

  • Five years later Airmen remember 9/11, continue the fight

    Sept. 11, 2001 is a day no American will ever forget. Five years later, flags were flown at half-staff and moments of silence were observed all across the world to commemorate the solemn anniversary. While silent reflection and renewed mourning for the nearly 3,000 lives lost Sept. 11, 2001 were the

  • AMC bases commemorate fifth anniversary of 9/11

    Air Mobility Command joined the citizens across the nation today in paying tribute to those who lost their lives in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Bases across the command commemorated the fifth anniversary with special retreat ceremonies and participation in the America Supports You Freedom Walks in

  • Air Force instructor recalls Pentagon attack

    Five years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Master Sgt. Dean Steele looks at the day as though it were yesterday. Sergeant Steele, an contingency skills training instructor and manager for the 421st Combat Training Squadron here, worked in the Pentagon that day. On every anniversary of

  • Deployed C-17 squadron changes hands, carries on 2 EAS concept

    Charleston Air Force Base's first full-squadron deployment of C-17 Globemaster III aircrew and leadership came to a close Sept. 1 with Lt. Col. Ricky Rupp, 14th Airlift Squadron, assuming command of the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron from Lt. Col. Lenny Richoux, 17 AS, in a brief ceremony on