AMC Airmen chosen for 'Tops in Blue'

Air Force officials selected seven Air Mobility Command Airmen for the 2004 Tops in Blue team. Winners were chosen from contestants who participated in the 2004 Air Force Worldwide Talent Contest at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.The entertainment branch of the Air Force Services Agency conducts

AMC announces senior officer, senior leader assignments

Air Mobility Command officials have announced the following senior officer and senior leader assignments:Col. Michael J. Basla, director of communications, information and chief information officer, Headquarters AMC, will become deputy director, Operations Support Modernization, Deputy Chief of

C-5 shop trimming flow days, taking on extra workload

C-5 production branch experts here cutting 43 days off the cargo giant's A and B model programmed depot maintenance time is earning them extra work which puts more aircraft back in the fight quicker.The new workload includes depainting seven of the 18 aircraft currently scheduled for PDM, torque

AMC announces O'Malley Award nominee

Gen. John W. Handy, Air Mobility Command and U.S. Transportation Command commander, has announced AMC's nominee for the 2003 General and Mrs. Jerome F. O'Malley Award.Colonel and Mrs. Brooks Bash, 437th Airlift Wing, Charleston AFB, S.C., were chosen to represent AMC at the upcoming Air Force-level

Senior officer assignment announced

Air Mobility Command officials have announced the following senior officer assignment:Col. Kurt A. Klausner, chief, Program Management Division, Directorate of Communications and Information Management, Headquarters AMC, Scott AFB, will become commander, 552nd Communications Group, Tinker AFB,

Lancer reflection

Robins production branch gets C-5s to warfighters faster

C-17 crew wins Mackay Trophy

One year after they led the biggest combat airdrop since Operation Just Cause in Panama in December 1989, five Airmen from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., are the winners of the National Aeronautic Association's Clarence Mackay Trophy for 2003.Lt. Col. Shane Hershman, 7th Airlift Squadron; Maj. Bob

Security forces commanders swap jobs for a week

When Lt. Col. David Foster arrived at MacDill, the security forces commander from McGuire AFB looked out over the waters of Tampa Bay and knew he was a long way from New Jersey. Likewise, Lt. Col. Steven Kauffmann, MacDill's security forces commander, probably was thinking the same thing when he

AMC Airmen to be recognized during April 15 banquet

The Air Mobility Command Outstanding Airmen and First Sergeant of the Year Banquet is April 15 at the Scott AFB Club.Attendees at this year's banquet will receive a special coin commemorating the event. The front of the coin contains enlisted ranks (chevrons) circling the Earth, signifying the