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  • 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

  • OEF fueled by veteran of wartime skies

    Below a KC-135 Stratotanker on any given night in Afghanistan, there may be Soldiers in night-vision goggles moving in on an enemy position. The enemy has circled and outnumbered the troops in the darkness, the Soldiers call for close air support. In short order, an A-10 appears and the enemy

  • Vice President Cheney visits Scott Air Force Base

    Scott Rally kicked off with high spirits when Vice President Dick Cheney visited the men and women of Scott Air Force Base Tuesday as the country observed the third anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom. More than 2,300 servicemembers gathered in Hangar One as Air Mobility Command’s Band of

  • AMC changes public Web as AF seeks standardization

    Headquarters Air Mobility Command launched its new public Web site today, following an Air Force plan to consolidate all Web content and standardize the appearance of its public sites worldwide. The command joins Air Force Special Operations Command, Air Force Reserve Command, and Air Force Materiel

  • Single C-17 breaks airdrop record

    A single Air Force C-17 Globemaster III airdropped 32,400 pounds of humanitarian aid within 40 minutes to four locations in central and eastern Afghanistan March 16. This feat marked the most cargo airdropped to this many drop-zones in the shortest amount of time from a single aircraft in the