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  • Air Mobility Command’s Icon experience gets enhanced

    Air Mobility Command teamed with Air Force Personnel Center's Entertainment Office for the first time to further enhance the AMC Icon competition for contestants and the audience. AMC Icon, held Oct. 25 at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., showcased the talent of 10 Airmen from across the command. The

  • Grand Forks Airman to compete at AMC Icon singing competition

    A Grand Forks Air Force Base Warrior of the North is scheduled to perform in the AMC Icon singing competition Oct. 25 at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. Airman 1st Class Andrew Hicks, an aerospace medical technician with the 319th Medical Operations Squadron here, is taking advantage of the opportunity

  • Deployed maintainers keep the 'Herc' fit to fight

    Every day, thousands of coalition service members operating in Afghanistan rely on the C-130 Hercules to enable their operations; to meet this requirement, the men and women who operate this venerable tactical airlift workhorse rely on a team of maintainers who keep the "Hercs" ready to fly.

  • Black boots, white laces

    The elite gate guard uniform is now being utilized as the uniform for seventeen 22nd Security Forces Squadron entry controllers as of March 2012.While gate guards display the precision and professionalism of Air Force Airmen, their main objective is to ensure the security of McConnell.According to

  • Breaking it again at 89 with DGMC's assistance

    Yeager... Few last names in modern Air Force history evoke as much lore, legacy, respect and admiration by Airmen everywhere as this local living legend. Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles "Chuck" Yeager retraced history Sunday, 65 years to the minute, as the first test pilot to break the sound

  • AMC Icon final competition is Oct. 25 at Scott Club

    Air Mobility Command will host the AMC Icon finals at the Scott Club Oct. 25 from 6:30-9 p.m., and the event will feature the Air Force Band of Mid-America. "AMC Icon provides Air Force vocalists an opportunity to showcase their talent, and with the Band of Mid-America providing accompaniment, the

  • 'Army Wives' producers, writers gain insight from JBLM families

    Reality met television last week when producers and writers of the hit Lifetime television show, "Army Wives," met with Joint Base Lewis-McChord families to discuss their experiences, Oct. 10. The crew travels to one military post a year for story ideas, and this visit marks their first to a joint

  • Fairchild Airman to compete at AMC Icon singing competition

    A Fairchild NCO will sing in the Air Mobility Command Icon singing competition Oct. 25 at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. Staff Sgt. Abigail Foster, a former Tops in Blue vocalist and member of the 92nd Maintenance Squadron, got her chance to go to the AMC Icon after winning the local Fairchild Air Force

  • Team McChord kicks off ODF main season

    Airmen from 62nd and 446th Airlift Wings, kicked off their participation in the 2012-2013 Operation Deep Freeze main season, transporting National Science Foundation cargo and personnel to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Oct. 1. Deployed as the 304th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron from Joint Base

  • McConnell AMC finalist for 2013 CINC Installation Excellence Award

    McConnell is Air Mobility Command's finalist for the 2013 Commander-in-Chief's Installation Excellence Award.As AMC's finalist, McConnell will go on to compete against nine other bases to earn the Air Force nod for the award.To compete for the award, a detailed report was submitted by each base in