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  • 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

  • Airman wins Volunteer Parent of the Year

    Military personnel have always made community involvement and volunteering a priority and a Dover NCO was recently recognized for his efforts. Staff Sgt. Jon Meyers, 9th Airlift Squadron flight engineer, received the Capital School District Parent Volunteer of the Year award in a ceremony May 29,

  • Intelligence Airman wins volunteer award

    Contrary to her quiet and unassuming demeanor, an Air Mobility Command Intelligence Directorate's knowledge operator is defined more by her volunteerism than by her modest personality.Senior Airman Natasha Thomas, Air Mobility Command Air Intelligence Squadron knowledge operator, spearheaded

  • The true secrets of the giant golf ball

    Usually on the running path down to the SeaScapes restaurant on the beach people see the giant white golf ball on the southern end of base and ponder its purpose. Is it the reason that cell phones continue dropping calls? Do they get free cable TV? Are they communicating with aliens? The answer to

  • Former Warrior of the North 'pays it forward'

    Senior Airman Taylor Lilley has a heart for service to others. The 24-year-old native of Lynchburg, Va., grew up in a household where volunteering for a variety of projects and organizations, as well as church mission trips, was a way of life.That's why when her mother, Millie McDowell, was

  • Grand Forks AFB tops Air Force Assistance Fund goal

    The Warriors of the North logged the highest 2013 Air Force Assistance Fund participation rate in the Air Mobility Command, and raised more than $7,000 over their goal, officials said this week.The campaign kicked off March 18, and by April 19, officials had collected $36,140.85, exceeding the