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  • Airpower...from the ground up: Exercise Eagle Flag

    From March 2 to 14, 2014, the boots of Airmen and Soldiers participating in Exercise EAGLE FLAG, arrived on the sands of the fictional nation of 'Dakaar' and began executing mobility operations 'from the ground up'. Exercise EF is a U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center hosted exercise used to execute

  • Leadership Pathways courses go paperless

    In the Air Force, the "change is the only constant" idiom has proved itself truthful throughout generations of Airmen.Air Mobility Command has created a system intended to develop Airmen and family members with a fortitude that can withstand and cope in an environment of constant change.Leadership

  • A story of hardship--Jeanne Rapp

    Eugenia Szaban was only six years old when she and her family were taken from their home and forced into slavery. She recalled the following events as if they happened yesterday."On the night of Feb. 9, 1940, a blistering cold night, we [my family and I] were aroused by a banging on our door by

  • 5-year old wins 1st place in AF 'U Got Talent'

    Imagine getting on a stage and singing in front of a group of strangers for a talent competition, your nerves and adrenaline have you trembling while trying to remember the words of your song and hitting that perfect note. Now imagine doing that and only being five-years-old.That's exactly what

  • The Wall That Heals

    The Wall That Heals brought 58,286 Vietnam veterans who paid the ultimate sacrifice to friends, family members and those who fought by their side Feb. 27 to March 2 at the capitol building in Sacramento, Calif. The wall is a traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C.

  • Former fire chief recalls famous crash

    From the air traffic control tower March 3, 93-year-old Robert Dittmer marveled at the transformation Travis Air Force Base has undergone in the last 60 years since he first paved the original runway. "The base has grown so much," Dittmer said. "Everything is new and modern."Dittmer's family lineage

  • Scrubs to flight suit: Major changes gear

    As far back as he can remember, Maj. Christopher Bates wanted to fly. Whether it was the single-engine Cessna his family flew around its small Kansas town that served as his inspiration or the 26 years his father served as a fighter pilot in the F-4 Phantom, all Bates knew was that he was meant to

  • Grand Forks Airman named AMC's 2013 Air Traffic Controller of the Year

    Senior Airman Lauren Hornbaker, 319th Operations Support Squadron air traffic controller journeyman, was recently named the 2013 Air Traffic Controller of the Year for Air Mobility Command.Hornbaker's primary duties consist of safeguarding billions of dollars in Air Force assets through various

  • Dying art form saves Air Force millions

    Something as simple as a stitch can be the one thing that saves an Airman's life or ensures they are capable of completing their day-to-day mission.The civilians who work in the 437th Aircrew Flight Equipment Flight Fabrication Shop, devote their time to making sure every needle that plunges into a