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NEWS

  • MacDill’s newest commanders: Ready to lead despite COVID-19

    The month of June marked the beginning of the change of command season for MacDill AFB, with six Air Force leaders stepping into new command positions at the squadron level, and two assuming roles as group commanders. The change of command ceremony is a deeply rooted military tradition, with

  • Independence Day 2020

    Independence Day message from General Maryanne Miller, Air Mobility Command Commander.

  • Wing names chief innovation officer to keep up with modernization demand

    In an effort to keep up with the demand for innovation, leadership at the 621st Contingency Response Wing recently created a new position to assist the development of innovative ideas and continued process improvement.“Innovation is not a nicety. It’s a necessity,” said Lt. Col. Lindsey Bauer, the

  • Pope, Charleston conquer training despite COVID

    Pope Field, N.C. -- The coronavirus (COVID-19) has altered life for everyone, and the aircrew and maintainers of Team Pope are no different.With physical distancing and the DOD-implemented stop movement creating obstacles, this posed a unique problem for the C-17 crewmembers assigned to the 43rd

  • Little Rock Airman forms LeaveWeb update for retirement, separation

    Retirement or separation can be an exciting time for military members, but as expected with any major life transition, it can be fraught with challenges. A 19th Comptroller Squadron Airman’s innovation has made one part of the process smoother. Senior Airman Murad Babatov, 19th CPTS financial

  • 317th Airlift Wing celebrates historic homecoming

    All Airmen and aircraft from the 317th AW now have six-to-eight month dwell time before the next deployment. This will be the longest period of time that all Airmen have been at home station since the start of the war on terror.

  • Rapidly deployed digital tool advances energy in wargaming effort

    In a shortened timeline of 12 weeks, engineers from OSD's Cost Assessment and Evaluation Program (CAPE) augmented the modeling and simulation tool SWIFT (Standard Wargame Integration Facilitation Toolkit) to play the first joint wargame focused solely on energy and fuel logistics, the Joint Forces

  • NPC, NPC-L ready to save lives

    On June 24 the first Negatively Pressurized Conex ready for operational use touched down at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, with 16 experts from Joint Base Charleston and three members of the program office team to stand on alert status and train additional Airmen on the NPC.

  • Beyond 'No Drone Zone' warnings: AMC enabling bases to defend against drones

    SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. – As personal-use drones become ubiquitous, Air Mobility Command is taking steps to protect Airmen and installations from unauthorized drone use.As at all Department of Defense installations, drone use at AMC bases is prohibited by law and violators may be subject to