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  • 379th Air Expeditionary Wing brings fight, supplies, relief

    While each military branch promotes individual service pride, the days of fierce competition and rivalry among the services have seemingly slipped to the side for the concentrated war effort. One particular cavalryman here knows this all too well. Army Ground Liaison Officer Capt. Phil Messer

  • Total Force meets at Fort Dix for DIRMOBFOR conference

    More than 20 senior air mobility officers met during a Director of Mobility Forces Conference here Jan. 18-19 to share vital information to improve practices. The conference, which included 10 senior officers who have previously served as Directors of Mobility Forces, was designed to be an

  • AMC Airmen deploying 'a little lighter'

    Air Mobility Command Airmen deploying in Air Expeditionary Forces 9 and 10 will be traveling a little lighter -- nearly 90 pounds lighter -- thanks to the mobility bag prepositioning initiative. The program, now in its second phase, will allow 5,000 Airmen -- about 1,000 from AMC -- to deploy

  • Raptor completes operational refueling flight first

    Airmen from the 18th Air Refueling Squadron here took part in the first operational aerial refueling mission for the F-22A Raptor Jan. 21 in support of Operation Noble Eagle. The F-22A Raptor was declared operational by the Air Force Dec. 15. It is the newest fighter aircraft for the Air Force,

  • AMC warfighting commander visits Travis

    While touring the bases under his command, the 18th Air Force commander on Jan. 17 made his first trip to Travis since 1997. During their one-day tour of the base, Maj. Gen. James A. Hawkins and his wife, Linda, met with Travis Airmen and community leaders and visited several base events, including

  • NSPS implementation in AMC delayed until at least October

    Recent changes to the National Security Personnel System implementation schedule and timelines have pushed back deployment of the new program within AMC to as far away as October, according to Air Mobility Command officials. One of the most significant changes to the Department of Defense personnel

  • Expeditionary course helps prepare senior leaders for deployment

    Thanks to the new Expeditionary Mission Support Group Commanders’ Course, senior Air Force leaders can polish their skills before deploying to a wartime environment. Offered by the Expeditionary Operations School housed at the Air Mobility Warfare Center here, the 3½ -day course is designed for

  • AMC to begin using Smart Card Logon

    According to Air Mobility Command experts, the command is taking steps to bring the Smart Card Logon capability to the AMC unclassified network by March. Kevin Nettrour, the AMC Public Key Infrastructure Point of Contact, said a benefit of Smart Card Login is the capability to use digital

  • AMC announces senior officer retirements, assignments

    Air Mobility Command officials recently announced the following senior officer retirements and assignments: Senior leader retirements: Col. Howard A. Dietrich, director of staff, 89th Airlift Wing, Andrews AFB, Md., will retire, effective in May. Col. Timothy L. Lillard, Dental Flight commander,