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  • AMC command chief visits Fairchild

    "It's a blessing to be known as Airmen," said Air Mobility Command's command chief during a visit to Fairchild Feb. 16-17. "I believe passionately as members of the United States Air Force we think of ourselves as Airmen first. As important as boom operators are, as important as medics are and as

  • Tuskegee Airman shares history with deploying Soldiers

    More than 60 Army Reserve Soldiers attended a meet-and-greet here with a local member of the second World War's famed Tuskegee Airmen Jan. 27.Retired Tech. Sgt. George Watson Sr., a 91-year-old veteran who served in the African-American fighter group during World War II, shared his experiences and

  • Contingency response group assumes alert rotation for global mission

    Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing here assumed responsibility for a four-month rotation of Joint Task Force - Port Opening alert beginning Feb 1. Approximately 115 Airmen assigned to the CRW's 817th Contingency Response Group will join 55 Soldiers from the U.S. Army's 688th Rapid Port

  • Dover Airmen remember Korean War with ruck march at AMC museum

    Every year, during the bitter-cold winter months, service members and civilians from across the country converge on the Dover, Del., Air Mobility Command Museum to share in a time-honored tradition. Donning camouflage and combat boots, the four-man teams hoist 30-pound rucksacks onto each other's

  • Scott opens new $7.4M aeromedical evacuation building

    Scott AFB opened a new $7.4 million, 21,500 sq. ft. facility that will house 163 active duty, Guard and Reserve personnel who bring home the wounded from America's battlefields.The new building is home to the 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, and replaces a 70-year-old, condemned building

  • Air Advisor Academy honors fallen comrades

    An Afghan Air Force lieutenant colonel walked into the Afghan Air Command and Control Center at the Kabul Air Command Headquarters and without warning or provocation opened fire, killing nine American air advisors on the morning of April 27, 2011. The killing of those eight Air Force servicemembers

  • Technological breakthroughs improve patient care at Travis AFB

    From the time the stethoscope was introduced in 1816, innovation has played a role in improving medical practices.While technology has improved many processes and departments at Travis' David Grant USAF Medical Center, one in particular is the Joint Radiation Oncology Center."We are tech dependent,"

  • Can you dig it? Joint Base MDL is rich in history

    Imagine the thrill of finding a 10,000-year-old arrowhead while walking through Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. Though JB MDL became a joint base just celebrated its second birthday, the history of the land transcends millennia as proven by the vast amount of artifacts found here.The base

  • Red Tails soar through history

    Airmen from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and members of the original Tuskegee Airmen enjoyed an advanced screening of Red Tails Jan. 17 at the King of Prussia Mall Theater in King of Prussia, Pa. The film portrays the exploits of the 99th Pursuit Squadron, an all-black fighter squadron, with the

  • Afghanistan airdrops surpass record levels in 2011

    In 2011, mobility Airmen delivering airdrops reached a new annual record with 80,153,604 pounds of cargo delivered. That's nearly 16 million more pounds delivered than the previous record set in 2010 of 60,400,000.At more than 80.1 million pounds -- that's the equivalent of standing on a mountain