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  • Mobility Airman receives “Optometrist of the Year” award

    Maj. Kerry Phelan, 375th Aerospace Medicine Squadron optometry flight commander, will be awarded the Armed Forces Optometric Society Junior Optometrist of the Year 2016 on Nov. 8 at the AFOS annual meeting in Anaheim, Calif.Phelan had already been awarded the AFOS Air Force Junior Optometrist of the

  • C-17 missions still continue into Afghanistan

    The imposing C-17 Globemaster III moved through the darkness during a longer trip than is typical at the Rock, the busiest aerial port in the area of responsibility. The flight was headed to Afghanistan – another example of the steady and enduring requirements of Operation Freedom Sentinel.“The main

  • Tankers: Jack of all trades

    The KC-135 Stratotanker supports a wide-range of missions across the globe. Aside from supporting the war on terror in deployed locations, the KC-135 also supports missions here in the United States. One of these missions includes helping keep illegal drugs from entering the country.According to the

  • One year later: TORQE 62 remembered

    BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Airmen from across Bagram gathered together to remember those lost when a C-130J Super Hercules, call-sign TORQE 62, crashed on departure from Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan one year ago. Six Airmen and five contractors were lost on Oct. 2, 2015.Six battlefield

  • AMC consolidates with MAC

    The secretary of the Air Force announced recently that Headquarters Air Mobility Command will consolidate with Headquarters Military Airlift Command, effective Oct. 1, 2016. With this, AMC will add 51 years to its history, tracing its lineage back to May 29, 1941 and the Air Corps Ferry Command.

  • 1986 to 2016: The AMC Museum turns 30

    Boasting a collection of more than 35 aircraft, a staff of more than 180 volunteers and an overall experience that rivals all other military museums, the ever-growing Air Mobility Command Museum, the only museum in the U.S. dedicated to military airlift and air refueling, celebrated its 30th

  • When it comes to contamination, communication is key

    For the first time since 2008, the 628th Medical Clinic conducted a joint certification course with Decon L.L.C., including an intensive, three day patient decontamination exercise.   Though decontamination training occurs annually, certified Decon L.L.C. instructor Susan Osborne facilitated the

  • Military Health System officials visit Fairchild

    Department of Defense healthcare officials met with 92nd Medical Group leadership to discuss progress of the Military Health System Genesis program Sept. 7, 2016.MHS Genesis is a Department of Defense electronic healthcare record system designed to give military medical professionals improved access

  • Citizen Airman supports Air Force’s newest tanker

    Senior Airman Victoria Montgomery, 446th Logistics Readiness Flight inventory management journeyman, integrates with active duty, supports F-16 missions for certifying refueling with KC-46A Pegasus.

  • Airman laid to rest after being shot down in 1965

    Fifty one years; 18,615 days; 446,760 hours-that is how long his family went without answers, without closure. No longer is he missing in action; now, he is home.Fifty one years to the day that his F-105D Thunderchief was shot down over North Vietnam, the remains of Maj. Dean Klenda were laid to