Pope takes Large Package Week exercise to the next step

By implementing the new Joint Forcible Entry Exercise April 7, Pope took its bimonthly airfield seizure exercise, formerly known as Large Package Week, to the next step.After seizure of the airfield, Pope and other units from all over the Air Force joined the Army and Navy to set up operations on

McChord makes first-ever C-17 polar airdrop

In the first-ever C-17 Globemaster III polar airdrop, McChord aircrews delivered life-sustaining cargo to National Science Foundation scientists on the North Pole April 12. The last polar airdrop was conducted in 2001 by the venerable, but now retired C-141 Starlifter.

AMC Security Forces moves to A7

Brig. Gen. Del Eulberg, director of Installations and Mission Support for Air Mobility Command, announced an enhancement to the headquarters A-7 directorate.Effective March 15, the directorate now includes AMC Security Forces.Integrating Security Forces with other aspects of mission support at the

AMC announces senior officer assignments

Air Mobility Command officials announced the following senior officer assignments:Col. Michael S. Stough, commander, 615th Air Mobility Operations Group, Travis AFB, Calif., will become commander, 100th Air Refueling Wing, Royal Air Force Mildenhall, United Kingdom, in April.Col. Michael K. Baker,

Stratotanker maintainers keep refuelers airborne

Sergeant's EOD vehicle design becomes standard for Air Force

McChord Airmen gain combat edge

Services work together, keep convoys off streets

As Operation Iraqi Freedom continues, American service members are put in harms way on a daily basis. The Department of Defenses various services are working together to make Iraq a safer place for American service members. This is the primary thinking behind the Tanker Air Lift Control Element, a

K-2s humanitarian airlift gets goods to those who need it

Loaded on average with more than 13,000 pounds of humanitarian Container Delivery System bundles built by Army aerial delivery technicians here, C-130 Hercules aircrews with the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron completed 13 vital airdrop missions to remote regions in Afghanistan in January and

AMC names 2005 Antiterrorism Award winners

Air Mobility Command officials recently announced the 2005 AMC Antiterrorism Award winners.They are:Best Antiterrorism Program-Installation Level: 89th Airlift Wing, Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Honorable mention to the 436th Airlift Wing, Dover AFB, Del.Best Antiterrorism Program - Operational Unit