Could you be the next AMC Icon

Published June 14, 2012
Air Mobility Command Public Affairs

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Air Mobility Command is searching for the next AMC Icon. The AMC Icon program is loosely based around the hit TV program, American Idol.

All AMC installations will conduct base level talent shows, around during July and August. Local contestants compete for $1000 in cash prizes. The top finishing Air Force vocalist will then compete for $2,000 in cash prizes during the Icon finals which will be held at Scott Air Force Base on Oct. 25, 2012.

The AMC Icon program also features a special category for those Air Force members not stationed on or near an AMC host base. AMC affiliate participants can enter by forwarding a music video showcasing their talents. Cash awards are available in this category as well, and the winner will also compete in the command finals.

"AMC is loaded with many extremely talented Airmen, Icon is one of the very best ways for those folks to showcase the best vocal talents within the command," stated Scott Black, chief AMC marketing and Icon program manager. "Now in our fifth year of AMC Icon, we've been blessed with an abundance of exceptional vocalists, and have actually had several of our finalists go on to perform with Air Force Tops in Blue."

Finalists are accompanied by the Air Force Band of Mid-America and arrangements are in the works to again broadcast the show live over the internet.

Interested participants are encouraged to contact their base FSS Marketing office for additional information including your base's local competition. Local base shows are open to all ID card holders 18 and older. The top finishing Air Force member will represent their base/unit during the command finale in October.