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AMC announces senior officer retirements, assignments

Officials at Air Mobility Command have announced the following senior officer retirements and assignments:Retirements:Col. Craig H. Hollenbeck, deputy chief, Aerospace Medicine and Readiness Division, and Senior Biomedical Sciences Corps Advisor, Office of the Surgeon General, Headquarters AMC,

McConnell security forces named best in Air Force

The 22nd Security Forces Squadron here is No. 1 in the Air Force for the second year in a row. According to officials, no other squadron in security forces history has taken first in the Air Force two years in a row for medium category squadron.Maj. David Young, 22nd SFS commander, attributes their

The sky's the limit

POPE AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. (AMCNS) - Members of the 14th Air Support Operations Squadron and the 18th Air Support Operations Group watch as fellow Airmen jump from a C-17 at Fort Bragg's Sicily Drop Zone April 7. The ground team designated the point of impact zone with orange markers called block

Mobility experience

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AMCNS) -- Dover youth process through the 2nd Annual Children's Mobility Line at the Youth Center here April 14. More than 50 Dover youth participated in the event, sponsored by the Dover Family Support Center to help children better understand their parents' Air Force

Enlisted aviator career field puts 'chevrons' in the sky

Between 1912 and 1942, nearly 3,000 enlisted men of the Signal Corps, Air Service and the Army Air Forces became enlisted pilots. In fact, enlisted men piloted many of the aircraft flown in the Allied invasion of North Africa in 1942.Although the Flight Officer Act in 1942 ended the enlisted pilot

Birthday surprise

Kiosks bring important information to Charleston people

Charleston AFB has made accessing personal information easier by installing three "Air Force Onestop" interactive computer kiosks. According to Air Mobility Command officials, Charleston is the first base in the command to test and implement the kiosk system. By using the kiosks,

Grand Forks teen named North Dakota Youth of the Year

Jessica Weber, daughter of Lt. Col. James and Denise Weber, is the new North Dakota Youth of the Year for 2004. She earned the honor during the Boys and Girls Club of America state competition March 27 at Minot AFB, N.D. Youth from four Boys and Girls Clubs in the state entered the competition.The

AMC commander names command's top Airmen

Gen. John W. Handy, commander of U.S. Transportation Command and Air Mobility Command, has announced AMC's Outstanding Airmen, who will go on to compete for honors in the 2004 Air Force 12 Outstanding Airmen and First Sergeant of the Year.Nominees were announced during an April 15 banquet here