Deployed C-130 aircrew prevents potential loss of life

While flying a combat mission supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 17, a C-130 crews skillful actions and ingenuity prevented a potential loss of life during an airlift of soldiers out of Iraq.After picking up more than 50 Soldiers in Iraq, the aircraft began leveling off at altitude. The

AMC prepares to honor its outstanding Airmen, first sergeants

AMC commander announces retirement

Gen. John W. Handy, the commander of U.S. Transportation Command and Air Mobility Command, is slated to retire Oct. 1, according to AMC officials.General Handy will retire with nearly 39 years of service to the Air Force. The general took command of AMC in November 2001. He is a command pilot with

Dips Branch carries AMC aircraft over foreign soil

Long before an Air Mobility Command aircraft crosses into airspace above foreign soil, a group of people within the Tanker Airlift Control Center here have taken steps to ensure that aircraft is cleared to fly there.Those "steps" include creating and sending messages to U.S. embassies, tracking

For air transporters, supporting war on terror is about success

First Air Force alternative back surgery performed on AMC NCO

AMC support

An adverse terrain forklift from the Air Terminal Operations Center here, capable of lifting more than 10,000 pounds, waits to offload cargo from a C-17 Globemaster III here during airfield operations March 6. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Scot T. Sturkol)

18th Air Force leadership focuses on operational partnership

The 18th Air Force Commanders/Command Chiefs Conference concluded here March 4.Approximately 57 commanders and command chiefs attended the conference, which began Monday.The conference, themed Wingman Ops, focused on building an operational partnership between commanders and command chiefs to

AMC officials announce senior officer retirement, assignments

Air Mobility Command officials announced the following senior officer retirements and assignments:Senior officer retirements:Col. David L. Thurston, director of Public Affairs, Headquarters AMC, Scott AFB, will retire in September.Col. Larry W. Brittenham, chief, Plans and Programs Division,

Battlelab demonstrates new propeller balancing system

The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Battlelab recently demonstrated a new In-Flight Propeller Balancing System that can greatly reduce propeller vibration levels and ground maintenance requirements.Currently C-130 propeller balancing procedures are similar to spin balancing the wheel of an automobile.