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  • Nature of war requires successful airlift

    The commander of United States Transportation Command visited Bagram Air Base March 14 to observe and speak about the airlift mission being performed throughout Afghanistan. Airlift is an important part of Operation Enduring Freedom, said the visiting General Norton Schwartz. Making up the airlift

  • AMC command chief focuses on Airmen

    In his visit to Fairchild this week, Chief Master Sgt. Joseph Barron, Air Mobility Command's command chief master sergeant, made an exceptional effort to thank every Airman he came in contact with for their service to our nation. "It is talking to our Airmen and seeing the great things they are

  • 60th, 349th AMXS win 2006 AMC Maintenance Effective Award

    The 60th and 349th Aircraft Maintenance Squadrons recently won Air Mobility Command's Maintenance Effectiveness Award for 2006, the highest command level award for aircraft maintenance squadrons. "With what we've been through the past year, this is a huge accomplishment," said Senior Master Sgt.

  • Fight the base, Recover the base

    Fight the base. Recover the base. Win the war! Not only is this the new 'rally cry' for the 375th Mission Support Group, but it is also the concept behind a benchmark program at Scott Air Force Base aimed at changing the way the Air Force thinks, trains and operates. The idea for Fight the Base and

  • AFSO 21 facilitator training takes off on base

    The first AFSO 21 level one facilitator training class was conducted Feb. 5-8 here. The class consisted of 16 students, both officer and enlisted, with three of the students attending from McChord Air Force Base, Wash. The course functions as a force multiplier for the AFSO 21 program; the trainer

  • Last-minute call leads to unplanned refueling mission

    A late night call, a cancelled sortie and flexibility led an aircrew from the 351st Air Refueling Squadron here to expedite medical care for more than a dozen severely injured troops being transported from Iraq to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., on Feb. 7. According to Capt. Brent Toth, 100th

  • Loadmasters learn from mentors

    A hefty responsibility rests on the shoulders of many junior expeditionary Airmen in the war on terrorism. Daniel Stone, Brian Mulkey and Sheldon Cary, all loadmasters and airmen 1st class from the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, are among the many junior Airmen making a difference on a daily

  • Programs allow deployed Airmen to e-mail, chat with family members

    The Air Force continues to provide deployed Airmen and their families with Web-based communication tools allowing e-mail and instant messaging from virtually anywhere in the world. The Air Force Instant Messenger and Global Internet Mail programs help ease the stress of deployments by keeping family

  • Center of Excellence opens its doors to first set of redeployers

    The kids are getting restless; the TV can only hold their attention for so long. Families are waiting in the break room, waiting for their Airmen, waiting for reunion, waiting. Twenty-two maintainers and two KC-135 crews returned to Fairchild Monday after a deployment to Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan,

  • Travis trains Pacific AMC crews to maintain KC-10s

    In an effort to streamline KC-10 maintenance responsibilities in the Pacific theater, the 60th Maintenance Operations Squadron developed a two-phase course designed to train en-route maintainers how to recover aircraft and perform basic maintenance tasks to help move aircraft through the theater