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  • AMC historian: 'Farewell, Mr. President'

    Every president since Harry Truman, the first to fly out of Andrews AFB in 1946, has had a close relationship with the men and women of Andrews. Ronald Wilson Reagan was no different. As America mourns his death, we at Andrews celebrate his life and look back at the special relationship the former

  • AMC announces senior officer assignments

    Air Mobility Command officials have announced the following senior officer assignments:Col. Scott A. Miller, Deputy Commander, 62nd Maintenance Group, McChord AFB, Wash., will become Commander, NATO E-3A Logistics Group, Geilenkirchen, Germany, effective in August.Col. James J. Wendling, Chief,

  • Ear what I'm saying?

    SOUTHWEST ASIA (AMCNS) - Senior Airman Willie Myers, 379th Expeditionary Operation Group, receives an ear examination from Lt. Col. Blake Lollis, squadron medical element leader here. Colonel Lollis is deployed from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. (Photo by Airman Alexis Lloyd)

  • Learning basic math lessons from doughnuts, bicycles

    Adapting to the new Air Force Fitness Program has forced me to learn a lot of strange new things over the past six months - some things I wish I never knew.A lot of that has to do with math. Math and exercise are two things most people don't really enjoy - so we avoid them when we can.However, I've

  • Go fly a kite

    Senior Airman Ryan Sullivan, a member of the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron here, controls his parafoil stunt kite May 29. Airman Sullivan said he made a hobby of flying his kite during his days off, wind permitting. He is deployed from McChord Air Force Base, Wash.

  • Boom operator's biggest stage is in air

    - When he graduated from the University of Northern Iowa with a bachelor's degree in acting, Eric Ryan's plans were not immediately focused on the Air Force.It was not until the events of Sept. 11 that Senior Airman Ryan, a boom operator with the 906th Air Refueling Squadron here, said he first

  • Airmen, Soldiers support Baghdad airlift mission

    Airmen and Soldiers are combining forces to get passengers and cargo through Baghdad International Airport.Airmen from the 447th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron aerial port flight, and Soldiers from the 368th Cargo Transfer Company, 4th Platoon and 386th Movement Control Team work as one

  • AMC Spotlight

    BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan (AMCNS) - Staff Sgt. Eugenio Prado, 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, double-checks information on an entry badge with a coalition military member at Operation Enduring Freedom. Sergeant Prado, whose hometown is Perth Amboy, N.J., was the Bagram Air Base NCO

  • Documenting history

    From the left, Sue Norfleet, Katie Spaulding and Vickie Thompson unfold an 1808 quilt to be photographed and documented as part of the Delaware Quilt Documentation Project held at the Air Mobility Command Museum here. The University of Delaware and Delaware State Museums are heading the program to

  • Charleston AFB plays role in D-Day remembrance

    Members of the 437th Airlift Wing and 315th Airlift Wing here will commemorate the Normandy invasion Saturday, airdropping about 90 Soldiers at a drop zone in Normandy, France.These Soldiers will parachute in just as they did in 1944, only this time, they will not be met by enemy fire.This event,