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  • AMC names 2010 Outstanding Airmen of the Year

    Air Mobility Command officials announced named four Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2010 during the command's OAY banquet April 1.Each of the four winners were named from a field of 12 finalists in Airman, NCO, senior NCO and first sergeant categories. The four Airmen who won the AMC titles will

  • Medical equipment system unfailingly covers wounded warriors

    You're riding in a convoy in Afghanistan on the way back to your base, joking with your friend about his obsession with "Dancing with the Stars" and daydreaming about eating hot wings for dinner when you notice your vehicle driver squint at the road just before an explosion blacks you out.Someone

  • Deployed airdrops continue record pace through first quarter of 2011

    At the end of 2010, deployed mobility Airmen supporting airdrop operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility airdropped a record 60.4 million pounds of cargo to austere locations in Afghanistan. But, by the end of 2011, that record might change.The 2010 airdrop record, which was

  • McConnell aids Red Cross, earns national recognition

    During a time of severe cold weather conditions, Team McConnell kept the warm blood flowing to the banks of the American Red Cross. While thousands of blood drives where canceled throughout the nation, McConnell Airmen were helping fill a shortage caused by winter storms hitting the U.S. In order to

  • Team Dover C-5Ms support Operation Odyssey Dawn

    Three Team Dover C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft delivered cargo in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn in Libya March 23-27.Both the Air Force Reserve's 709th Airlift Squadron and active-duty's 9th AS here worked overtime this past weekend in a tag-team effort of several cargo transport missions,

  • Dover Airmen support Operation Odyssey Dawn

    Three Team Dover C-5M Super Galaxy aircrafts delivered cargo in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn in Libya March 23-27.Both the Air Force Reserve's 709th Airlift Squadron and active-duty's 9th AS here worked overtime this past weekend in a tag-team effort of several cargo transport missions,

  • Volunteers aid pets during Operation Pacific Passage

    For nearly a week, a small portion of the Travis Air Force Base passenger terminal was filled with barking, growling, and even a few "oohs" and "ahhs." Men and women returning to the U.S. from Japan as part of Operation Pacific Passage were accompanied by not only their spouses and children, but

  • Last Operation Pacific Passage mission arrives at Travis

    The last flight transporting military family members who voluntarily departed Japan as part of Operation Pacific Passage arrived March 28 at Travis Air Force Base.One hundred fifteen passengers were greeted by Air Force, Army, Navy, and Marine Corps members along with hundreds of volunteers who

  • Travis volunteers aid Operation Pacific Passage

    Nearly 1,000 service members from the Air Force, Army, Navy and Marines along with family members, civil service workers and community leaders volunteered March 22 through March 28 in support of Operation Pacific Passage.Team Travis, in conjunction with the Airman and Family Readiness Center, joint

  • President Obama makes case for U.S. participation in Libya

    It was in America's vital interests to stop a massacre in Libya, President Barack Obama said today at the National Defense University.President Obama spoke of the justification for establishing the no-fly zone over Libya and protecting the Libyan people from Moammar Gadhafi's regime to an audience