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NEWS

  • AMC completes KC-135 Accident Investigation Board

    Air Mobility Command has released the results of its investigation into the May 15, 2005, mishap involving a KC-135R aircraft assigned to the 128th Air Refueling Wing, Milwaukee, Wis. An Accident Investigation Board, convened by AMC, concluded the cause of the accident was unforeseen, unforecasted

  • Charleston AFB breaks C-17 flying record

    The largest formation of C-17 Globemaster IIIs from a single base took off this morning from here in a demonstration of the strategic airdrop capability of the Air Force. Seventeen C-17s took off at about 10:20 a.m. Previously, the largest C-17 formation consisting of aircraft and aircrew from a

  • AMC announces 2005 Security Forces award winners

    Air Mobility Command recently named the 2005 Security Forces individual award winners. According to a message released by AMC Installation and Mission Support, these individuals "distinguished themselves in an extremely close selection process and have proven that they are truly the best of the best

  • AMC announces senior officer retirements, assignments

    Air Mobility Command officials recently announced the following senior officer retirements and assignments: Senior leader retirements: Col. Dennis M. McCarthy, chief, C-17 Program Office, 60th Air Mobility Wing, Travis AFB, Calif., will retire in April. Col. Ben McCollum II, commander, 89th

  • AMC names civil engineer, environmental award nominees

    Air Mobility Command recently named the nominees for the 2005 Air Force-level General Thomas D. White awards and Air Force Outstanding Civil Engineer Environmental Flight Award. The awards recognize installations, teams and individuals for environmental excellence. The nominees are: Environmental

  • Travis captures command-level Hennessy Award

    The Sierra Inn at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., is Air Mobility Command's 2006 Services Hennessy Award winner in the single-facility category. The 60th Services Squadron facility will represent AMC as the command's single-facility nominee in the Air Force competition. According to AMC senior

  • Wing, EPA back plan to treat contaminated base site

    The 89th Airlift Wing and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency signed a Record of Decision to address historic contamination of groundwater at Fire Training Area No. 4 here during a briefing of the base’s Environmental Restoration Program at the Maryland Department of the Environment

  • Warfare Center offers online courses

    Ever wondered how wartime planners decide the best ways to organize and deploy air mobility forces and assets? For instance, who goes in to start a bare base operation, security forces or the tanker airlift control element and flight? What are the variables in determining how many pallets you can

  • McChord Airman earns Air Force leadership award

    A Joint Tactical Air Controller with the 5th Air Support Operations Squadron at Fort Lewis was recently selected for the 2005 Lance P. Sijan Air Force Leadership Award. Senior Airman Grailin Blamer earned this recognition for his quick and cool-headed thinking while providing air cover for Soldiers

  • Andrews firefighter helps rescue man from water tower

    Andrews Air Force Base and Prince George’s County firefighters rescued a man from atop a 200-foot water tower here Dec. 5. An electrical engineer with the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, Josh Vinson’s blood-sugar level dropped suddenly while he was doing routine water tower maintenance,