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  • Driver potentially saves lives at MacDill

    What would your immediate response be if some form of suspicious activity came to your attention? Would you get away from the scene as quickly as possible? Pretend as if you didn't see anything and continue life as usual? Or would you quickly take action and report it to the proper

  • Every $398 million counts – airlift scheduling changes ring up big savings

    Analysts here took the spirit of "Every Dollar Counts" seriously - more than 395 million times over.Improvements to the way intra-theater airlift is done in Afghanistan are saving taxpayers between $300 million and $398 million a year after a team of air transportation professionals found a way to

  • AMC recognizes Airman

    Ask Airman 1st Class Scott Krause, 60th Maintenance Squadron avionics flight member, to talk about himself and the response is a quiet one.Lacking boast or ego, the Air Mobility Command-level recipient of Tuskegee Airmen Inc.'s Senior Master Sgt. Margaret Barbour Frances Award is speechless about

  • Dover safety specialist helps reduce vehicle mishaps

    Tim Hahn, 436th Airlift Wing Safety Office occupational safety and health specialist, was recently recognized for his abilities as an instructor and awarded with the 2012 Defensive Driving Courses "Alive at 25" U.S. Air Force Instructor of the Year. In 2003, Dover Air Force Base had 29 Airmen who

  • Aircraft Loadmasters recognized as AFAs Team of the Year

    The Air Force Association proudly announced the AFA 2013 Team of the Year March 29, 2013, honoring the Aircraft Loadmaster career field and singled out a 437th loadmaster from Joint Base Charleston as a representative of the distinguished career field.Each year, the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air

  • Could you be the next AMC Icon?

    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 during July and August. Local contestants compete for $1,000 in cash prizes. The top finishing Air Force

  • Pope Field building 'green' control tower

    Construction crews here are putting finishing touches on a new air traffic control tower with improved environmental controls and a smaller ecological footprint. Many of the tower's improvements stem from its "green" roots as a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, certified

  • Grand Forks AFB Fire and Emergency Services Airmen burning up the awards

    Two Warriors of the North were recently recognized for being outstanding firefighters.Master Sgt. Jason Barnard, deputy fire chief, and Tech. Sgt. Byron Ball, assistant fire chief, earned the honors.John Hamilton, Veterans of Foreign Wars National commander, presented Barnard with the VFW's National

  • The reel standard: Base maintainer master of two lines

    A ripple on the water breaks the calm of a serene mountain morning. For a brief moment life seems to stop and take notice as man and nature acknowledge the other's presence on the line. Master Sgt. Jeff Wade, 19th Maintenance Group quality assurance chief inspector, is in his element. A standout on

  • McChord museum's SA-10 restoration wins AMC award

    The men and women volunteers of the McChord Air Museum were recently selected as recipients of the Air Mobility Command's Heritage Award for their recent restoration of a SA-10 Catalina aircraft. The award recognizes outstanding achievements by Air Force museum personnel who have helped preserve and