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  • Victory in North Carolina - Airmen, Soldiers, Marines win simulated war

    Three services came together Feb. 27 through March 3 to drop about 2,700 82nd Airborne paratroopers and several loads of equipment into a simulated war zone on Fort Bragg for the Joint Forcible Entry Exercise 06-03. “We called out this group of assets, put them together at Pope Air Force Base,

  • When needs arise in Central Asia, C-17 crews deliver

    The C-17 Globemaster III crewmembers start their day around noon. It will end in about 18 hours, around 5 or 6 tomorrow morning. Today they will fly to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, and back twice, taking one group of passengers a step closer to home and another to the first day of their year long

  • AMC announces senior leader assignment

    Air Mobility Command officials recently announced the following senior leader assignment: Colonel Earl D. Matthews, Director, Communications, Information and Chief Information Officer, Directorate of Communications, Headquarters AMC, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., will become Commander, 38th Combat

  • NCO Enhancement Seminar – better than they were before

    Nineteen McConnell staff sergeants recently graduated the Noncommisioned Officer Professional Enhancement seminar. The four-day course is designed to close the gap between Airman Leadership School and the NCO Academy when it comes to professional military education. According to Senior Master Sgt.

  • Medically ready for challenges ahead

    Air Mobility Command’s Command Surgeon, Brig. Gen. Thomas Loftus, came here Feb. 20 for a site visit and spent time visiting with 43rd Medical Group members. “Great morale and spirit was witnessed today,” the general said. “I saw a lot of smiles from the workers and lots of patients. I like to see

  • Sweet success - Candy Bomber shares Berlin Air Drop stories

    Like many great events in history, it started simply – two sticks of gum given to some children who were living in a bombed and besieged city. That act of kindness eventually led to a prominent place in the history books for retired Col. Gail Halvorsen, who at the time of the gift was a young

  • Command's High Flight program opens door to civilians

    Air Mobility Command added a new twist to the High Flight program here when Air Force civilians were added to the professional development and orientation course. Forty-seven captains from across the Air Force and six civilians from the command recently participated in the twice-a-year program.

  • McConnell provides gas during F-16 delivery to Chile

    Two 22nd Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker crews assisted with the delivery of two F-16s to northern Chile in a foreign military sales deal recently. The F-16s are part of the “Peace Puma” program, which involves the Chilean Air Force purchasing a total of 10 F-16C and D model aircraft from the

  • Grand Forks to host 'Tanker Olympics'

    As the world’s attention remains fixed on the Winter Olympics in Italy, another unique competition is set to take place at Grand Forks AFB this week. Dubbed the “Tanker Winter Games,” this four-day event, which starts Feb. 23, brings together representatives from 18th Air Force tanker units,

  • Three AMC senior leaders nominated for promotion to major general

    The following Air Mobility Command brigadier generals have been nominated by the President for appointment to the grade of major general: Thomas J. Loftus, Command Surgeon, Headquarters AMC, Scott AFB. Frederick F. Roggero, Deputy Director, Operations, Headquarters AMC, Scott AFB. Mark R. Zamzow,