Senior officer retirements, assignments announced

Air Mobility Command officials have announced the following senior officer retirements and assignments:RETIREMENTS:Col. Jeffrey W. Ackerson, deputy director of logistics, Headquarters AMC will retire effective Aug. 1.Col. Randy P. Vieira, deputy director of operations, Headquarters AMC, will retire

AMC central to historic troop rotation

The Department of Defense has challenged Air Mobility Command to play a central role in the Southwest Asia troop rotation by moving 250,000 troops in 60 days. It's roughly the equivalent of the number of passengers who can be seated in 720 wide-body commercial aircraft, or the population of the city

Air Mobility brings forces to Haiti

On Feb. 29, President George W. Bush ordered U.S. Marines into the Republic of Haiti as the leading element of a multinational peacekeeping force sanctioned by the United Nations.Air Mobility Command is once again on the leading edge of transportation efforts, bringing up to 2,000 Marines into

New York fireworks to dance to Air Force band music

When the fireworks blaze in the night sky during the nation's largest Independence Day celebration, they will dance, shimmer and boom to music from the U.S. Air Force Band of Mid-America.The organizers of Macy's 28th Annual Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular in New York City asked the band to

AMC announces 2003 Communications, Information award winners

Air Mobility Command has announced the 2003 AMC Communications and Information Award winners. They are:Organizational Awards:AMC Outstanding Large Communications Unit: 6th Communications Squadron, MacDill AFB, Fla.AMC Outstanding Small Communications Unit: 22nd CS, McConnell AFB, Kan.AMC

Annual Weather Award winners named

Air Mobility Command has named the AMC Weather Award winners for 2003. They are:Outstanding AMC Weather Operations Support Field Grade Officer of the Year (Barney Award nominee): Maj. Travis Steen, 89th Operations Support Squadron, Andrews AFB, Md.Outstanding AMC Weather Operations Support Company

Fairchild GATM team earns command-level Duckworth Award

The Global Air Traffic Management Team, 92nd Operations Group, Fairchild AFB, Wash., was recently named Air Mobility Command's nominee for the 2003 Colonel Joseph B. Duckworth U.S. Air Force Instrument Award.According to the award nomination package, the GATM team was instrumental in the development

Globemasters in action

AMC officials announce senior officer assignments

Air Mobility Command officials have announced the following senior officer assignments:Col. Rowayne A. Schatz Jr., vice commander, 437th Airlift Wing, Charleston AFB, S.C., will become the commander od the 62nd Airlift Wing, McChord AFB, Wash., in May. He is replacing Col. Robert R. Allardice, who

Air Force Portal -- a new standard for Web access

Air Mobility Command kicked off its Air Force Portal registration campaign March 1. The two month-long campaign is a command-wide effort to have all AMC personnel register for an Air Force Portal account by April 30.Today's Air Force Portal isn't what AMC personnel may have experienced in the past.