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  • RODEO 2009: New competition adds SPICE

    Air Mobility RODEO 2009 competition has some SPICE in it for the first time. Along with the usual montage of scheduled flying and ground events, contingency response wings from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., Travis AFB, Calif., and Ramstein Air Base, Germany, are also competing to set up the Small

  • RODEO 2009: Rainier Ranch serves as 'home away from home' for teams

    More than 100 teams from across the Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard and selected foreign countries are competing in Air Mobility Command's RODEO 2009. After hours, they need someplace to meet and greet - that's where Rainier Ranch comes into play. Named for the 14,410-foot Mount

  • AFGLSC transforms Air Force supply chain

    For more than a decade, Air Force supply chain leaders and their commercial industry peers have met with nearly identical objectives -- finding ways to enhance the Air Force supply chain to improve support to the warfighter. Recently, the Air Force Global Logistics Support Center, along with its

  • AMC supports humanitarian mission to Argentina

    Members of the 375th Logistics Readiness Squadron here June 12, loaded the 26,000-pound heart of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging machine onto a C-17 bound for Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. -- and ultimately Argentina. The MRI equipment was donated to a hospital in Salta, Argentina, by Washington

  • Maintaining the Fight: Air Mobility in Afghanistan

    Being in a fight is easy, it is having the ability to stay in the fight until you win that is the hard part. This is especially true in the new type of war being fought by the Coalition forces in Afghanistan where the enemy's strategy is to outlast the resolve and sustainment capability of U.S. and

  • U.S. Military Shepherds Humanitarian Aid to Pakistan

    Two Air Force C-17 airlifters have begun delivering humanitarian aid to internally displaced people in Pakistan's northwestern provinces, the chief U.S. defense representative said today. For Navy Rear Adm. Michael A. Lefevre, who works out of the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, the humanitarian effort

  • AMC Airmen: 'Time to showcase your singing talent'

    Airmen at AMC wings and affiliate units will have the opportunity to showcase their singing talents this summer during "AMC Icon," an annual command-wide contest to crown the best Air Force vocalist in AMC. "We're excited to once again offer mobility Airmen the opportunity to showcase the vocal

  • AMC's operations hub plans missions to deliver MRAPs to Afghanistan

    Air Mobility Command's hub for global airlift, air refueling and aeromedical evacuation is "all in" with its commitment to support joint worldwide operations, including efforts to deliver Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles to support the increasing U.S. presence in Afghanistan.The vehicles,

  • Defense task force seeks feedback on sexual assault in military

    Members of the Defense Task Force on Sexual Assault in the Military Services visited Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst recently to speak with base leaders, sexual assault response coordinators and other base personnel. The task force, which was chartered by Congress to look at sexual assault programs

  • ‘6S’ leads to AMC success

    Air Mobility Command Airmen recently spent a day focused on using the "6S" method to reduce clutter, inefficient processes, waste and more in their work spaces.6S is a six-step process that stands for safety, sort, straighten, shine, standardize and sustain."Through the 6S method, Airmen learn to