AMC announces senior leader retirements, assignments

Air Mobility Command officials recently announced the following senior leader retirements and assignments: Senior leader retirements: Col. Douglas E. Beakes, chief, Medical Staff, 89th Medical Group, Andrews AFB, Md., effective in June. Col. Russell J. Deluca, chief, Operations Management Division,

18th AF welcomes new command chief master sergeant

Not only did Chief Master Sgt. Brye McMillon celebrate his 25th year in the Air Force April 6, but he was also recently assigned as the 18th Air Force’s new command chief. Chief McMillon began his Air Force career in April 1981 after graduating from high school. “After I graduated high school, I

AMC welcomes new command chief master sergeant

Opportunity, service, patriotism. Those are words Chief Master Sergeant Joseph Barron lives by, and they are themes he’ll share with Airmen as he travels base to base as the newest command chief master sergeant for the Air Mobility Command. Chief Barron reported for duty with AMC April 10 after a

Reserve crew flies C-130 humanitarian missions in Africa

Horn of Africa - The 120 degree heat, dusty wind and 4,500-foot dirt runway seemed worlds away from snowy Pennsylvania, the home of Capt. Pat Stafy. The Air Force Reserve pilot, activated to fly with the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron in Southwest Asia, was flying his third mission to Bilate,

A view to a refuel

Final flight

AMC 2006 Antiterrorism Award winners announced

The winners in the Air Mobility Command 2006 Antiterrorism Awards are: -- Best Antiterrorism Program, Installation Level: Dover Air Force Base, Del. -- Best Antiterrorism Program, Operational Unit Level: 436th Security Forces Squadron, Dover AFB, Del. -- Best Antiterrorism Program Manager: Mr.

AMC announces senior leader assignments

Air Mobility Command officials recently announced the following senior leader assignments: Maj. Gen. (Sel) Mark R. Zamzow, Inspector General, Headquarters AMC, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., will become director, Intelligence and Air, Space and Information Operations, Headquarters Air Education and

AMC finalists in 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year announced

The Air Mobility Command’s 12 Outstanding Airmen and First Sergeant of the Year ceremony was held at the Scott Club April 6. More than 200 people from AMC bases, including Gen. Duncan McNabb, commander, and newly assigned 18th Air Force command chief, Chief Master Sgt. Brye McMillon, attended the

Airmen, Soldiers join forces for joint cargo aircraft

Airmen and Soldiers are teaming up to get a new cargo aircraft. The Joint Cargo Aircraft will fill a vital combat readiness need for both services. The Air Force has been looking into a new aircraft, smaller than a C-130 Hercules, to fill airlift operations, and the Army needs to replace its current