376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron supply element here has 27,500 items total items currently in stock valued at $3.9 million. Manas is the strategic airlift hub for operations in and around Afghanistan and provides tactical airlift and aerial refueling in support of Operation

AMC summer safety goal -- zero fatalities

Memorial Day marks the start of our 101 Critical Days of Summer Safety Campaign. There are two numbers I want you to remember. The first is 36. That's the total number of our fellow Airmen who lost their lives during last year's campaign. The second is zero. That's the Air Force's and Air Mobility

AMC announces senior officer retirements, assignments

Air Mobility Command officials have announced the following senior officer retirements and assignments:Retirements:Col. David W. Smith, deputy commander, 721st Air Mobility Operations Group, Ramstein Air Base, Germany,, will retire effective Jan. 1.Col. Rex S. Brennan, command public health

Scott AFB volunteers provide 'Christmas in April'

(Courtesy photo)

Travis children, spouses experience mobility process

(Photo by Amy Thurau)

Elementary martial arts

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AMCNS) -- Chief Master Sgt. Jose Guzman, 436th Mission Support Squadron military personnel flight superintendent, gave more than 25 children an elementary martial arts skills class April 16 at the Youth Center here. Chief Guzman currently holds a sixth degree black belt

'Heart Link' helps spouses understand Air Force life

While Air Force enlisted members attend Basic Military Training at Lackland AFB, Texas, to learn about Air Force history, customs and courtesies and many other aspects of Air Force life, many Air Force spouses get thrown into the mix completely unprepared.To remedy this, the Air Force created

AMC band shares music knowledge with local conductors, educators

In an effort to reach out to music educators, the Band of the Golden West held a program here April 17 to share their musical knowledge with band conductors and educators.The third annual symposium focused on offering conducting experience that will allow educators to better communicate with their

Fairchild maintainers help Oregon Reserve unit with tanker task

Members of the 939th Air Refueling Wing, an Oregon Air Force Reserve unit, departed Fairchild April 19 after two weeks of training on a major KC-135 maintenance task.Until 2002, the 939th ARW (formerly the 939th Rescue Wing) flew H-60 Pavehawks. With the new unit designation came a new mission.

Fairchild team tackles 35-mile 'Ridge to River' relay

Six members of a Fairchild relay team -- dubbed 'Your Worst Nightmare Dream Team' -- took their physical and mental challenge to the next level during the "Ridge to River" relay in Wenatchee, Wash., April 18.The Ridge to River relay was conceived in 1980 as a fund-raising event. Since then it has