Civilian employees encouraged to update myPay to receive Smart LESs

On Dec. 29, the Air Force implemented the Smart Leave and Earnings Statement for Air Force civilian employees. Beginning on that date, most employees began receiving e-mail notifications when their SmartLES was available for viewing. Unfortunately, not all are receiving the notifications.According

NCO follows in grandfathers footsteps

C-17s on other end of refueling mission

Normally, strategic tanker aircraft are responsible for refueling missions. But, when a snow storm stranded more than 100 fuel trucks inbound to bases in the U.S. Central Command Theater of Operations, it was the C-17 Globemaster IIIs from Air Mobility Command that came to the rescue.In less than

Snow doesn't slow McGuire mission

A KC-10A Extender sits on the flightline here Feb. 24 during a snowstorm. (Photo by Denise Gould)

Homecoming

Children prepare for the return of their family members on Green Ramp here Feb. 25. More than 200 members of the 2nd Airlift Squadron returned home from deployed locations. (Photo by Senior Airman Cassandra J. Locke)

AMC stands up first Contingency Response Wing

Air Mobility Command stood up the Air Forces first Contingency Response Wing here March 1.The CRW, which will replace the 621st Air Mobility Operations Group, will expand the AMOGs current mission and imbed all necessary capabilities, such as security forces, finance, intelligence, civil

AMC announces its outstanding Airmen for 2004

Air Mobility Command has announced its Outstanding Airmen and First Sergeant of the Year finalists for 2004. They are:Airman category:Senior Airman Ursula A. Etterling, 437th Airlift Wing, Charleston AFB, S.C.Staff Sgt. Terrence A. Raybon, 60th Air Mobility Wing, Travis AFB, Calif.Staff Sgt.

NCO brings world-wide experience to Band of Mid-America

Sometimes Airmen join the Air Force to see the world, but one Scott AFB bandsman saw the world and then joined the Air Force.Staff Sgt. Peter Hensel, a French horn craftsman with the U.S. Air Force Band of Mid-America, lived and worked in Mexico and Germany, and even studied at premier music

AMC announces Communications and Information Award winners

Air Mobility Command recently announced the winners of the 2004 AMC Communications and Information Awards.The winners are:Lt. Gen. Harold W. Grant Award: 92nd Communications Squadron, Fairchild AFB, Wash.Maj. Gen. Harold M. McClelland Award: AMC CG, Scott AFBGen. Edwin W. Rawlings Team Award: C2

Air Force Association honors AMC during Florida gala

Air Mobility was the theme for the 2005 Central Florida Chapter of the Air Force Association Gala held Feb. 18 in Orlando, and Air Mobility Command didnt go unrecognized.Gen. John W. Handy, commander of AMC and U.S. Transportation Command, was on hand to receive a Jimmy Doolittle Educational Fellow