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  • McConnell civic leader tour takes flight to Scott AFB, Joint Base MDL

    Twenty-six Kansas civic leaders witnessed Air Mobility Command's mission first-hand when they recently toured its headquarters at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.With the recent onset of tasking for Libya and AMC's continuing participation in today's fight, the

  • Arkansas Air National Guard wing called out for tornado damage

    Fifty three Airmen from the Arkansas Air National Guard's 189th Airlift Wing Rapid Augmentation Team Charlie deployed April 26 to Vilonia in Faulkner County to help residents recover from tornado damage.RAT Charlie is one of three 50-person teams comprised of drill-status Guardsmen. It's a volunteer

  • Energy efficiency efforts within DOD helping many customers, including AMC

    In the week leading up to Earth Day on April 22, many efforts across the Department of Defense were highlighted. Some of those efforts are helping Air Mobility Command's efforts as well.In an April 13 news report by American Forces Press Service, "green initiatives" at places like Fort Bragg, N.C.,

  • Aerial porters make history, unload cargo for all of Iraq

    When a runway closed in Turkey, officials scrambled to find another way to get supplies to U.S. forces in Iraq.The answer was quite simple; the Federal Aviation Administration-approved flightline at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, which is the only place in country that can land civilian US flagged

  • DOD: U.S. continues support of NATO operations in Libya

    A U.S. military fighter jet destroyed two of Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi's surface-to-air missile sites near the Libyan capital of Tripoli aPRIL 18, continuing U.S. support of NATO operations there, officials reported.Since NATO took the lead of multilateral operations in Libya on April 1, U.S.

  • USTRANSCOM moves DOD personnel from Japan

    More than 7,500 Department of Defense personnel and family members, and 400 of their pets, were evacuated from disaster ravaged Japan in March. The evacuation was made possible through the combined efforts of the U.S. Transportation Command and its components, Air Mobility Command, Military Surface

  • Joint Base Charleston's 2011 Air Expo draws nearly 80,000

    Nearly 80,000 people attended the Charleston Air Expo 2011 on April 9 here to see performances by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, the GEICO Skytypers and Tora! Tora! Tora! "The 2011 Air Expo was a resounding success," said Maj. Scott Suazo, Charleston Air Expo 2011 director. "It was amazing to see

  • Airmen begin participation in FA HUM 2011 in Trinidad and Tobago

    More than 150 U.S. military personnel and military and civilian officials from Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, Canada, the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, and the Republic of Suriname gathered here April 8 to participate in the annual Fuerzas Alidas Humanitarias, or FA HUM 2011. It is also

  • Tuskegee Airman visits Little Rock AFB

    The term 'Tuskegee Airmen' holds a revered place in Air Force history that continues today at the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. On April 8, one of those legendary Airmen visited Little Rock Air Force Base to share his story. Retired Col. George Boyd, a 28-year combat