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  • Maintainers multi-task to keep C-17s safe

    In a dusty tent in the middle of maintenance town, computers are humming and a lone radio squawks the status of an incoming C-17 Globemaster III. The only sign that anybody works here is a row of desert camouflage blouses hung neatly near the door. A few of them belong to crew chiefs. The rest were

  • Medics use Smart Ops 21 to decrease patient notification time by half

    For the past year, the 436th Medical Group here has applied a continual improvement process many people often associate with maintenance personnel and programs. LEAN, Six Sigma and Continual Process Improvement are all programs the Air Force has introduced into the maintenance career fields over the

  • General McNabb visits Andersen AFB

    General Duncan McNabb, Air Mobility Command commander, visited Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, accompanied by his wife, Linda, and four other general officers from the Headquarters AMC staff March 15. The visit was part of an Air Mobility Command Pacific en route system tour that included stops at

  • Commanders drive final rivets into Travis C-17

    Commanders from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., got the honor of driving the final rivets into the base’s new C-17 Globemaster III jet transport during a ceremony at the Boeing plant in Long Beach, Calif., March 17. Brig. Gen. Thomas Gisler Jr., 349th Air Mobility Wing commander, and Col. Timothy

  • Frozen Tundra: 62nd AW, 319th ARW flyaway

    More than 850 Airmen from three wings battled freezing temperatures and simulated enemy forces this week as they combined to form the 602nd Air Expeditionary Wing at a deployed location. Airmen and aircraft from the 62nd and 446th Airlift Wings at McChord Air Force Base, Wash., and the 319th Air

  • 21st Airlift Squadron flies final mission

    The 21st Airlift Squadron completed its final operational C-5 mission after touching down at Travis Air Force Base March 13. The mission, with a crew of 11 onboard, left Travis March 5 for an around-the-world flight. The 21st AS ‘BEEliners’ will officially make the transition to a C-17 Globemaster

  • AMC, 18th Air Force to refine warfighting construct

    In October 2003, Air Mobility Command made history when it reactivated the 18th Air Force and became the first major command to establish a warfighting headquarters. On April 1, AMC will take the next step in aligning itself with Headquarters Air Force when the command refines its warfighting

  • C-21s fly DVs around the AOR

    There’s an old saying among C-21 aircrew, “Don’t spill the general’s coffee.” The phrase refers to the crews’ emphasis on flying straight, level and smooth while carrying distinguished passengers called DVs. C-21 pilots are handpicked, often right out of pilot training, to fly the twin turbofan