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NEWS

  • Operation R&R: building family bonds, rewarding heroes

    One Joint Base Charleston spouse, along with the help and support of the local community, is making a big difference by dedicating her free time to rewarding local heroes. Nikki Weeks, spouse of Capt. Shane Weeks, 16th Airlift Squadron C-17 pilot (along with a team of sponsors, greeters and business

  • AF medic receives AFCAM

    Senior Airman Daniel Shimanski, 436th Medical Operations Squadron emergency medical technician, was awarded the Air Force Combat Action Medal April 5, 2013, at the base theater on Dover Air Force Base, Del. The AFCAM recognizes any Air Force military member who has been under direct and hostile fire

  • Grand Forks AFB civilian wins AMC legal services award

    Marie L. Aubrey, 319th Air Base Wing legal assistant, was recently named the winner of the 2012 Harold R. Vague Award for Civilian Outstanding Legal Services for Air Mobility Command.Over the course of the year, Aubrey drafted 367 powers of attorney and notarized 752 legal documents, saving 413

  • Air Force Band of Mid-America gets in tune with local middle school

    Children can access music on the radio, TV or by streaming it online, but it's not every day they are able to listen to a live band perform. Air Mobility Command's Band of Mid-America broadened the musical exposure in about 70 children at the Valley of St. Louis-Scottish Rite Cathedral March 14.

  • AMC announces annual award winners

    Six Airmen and two teams learned they were AMC's annual award winners as they received phone calls from the AMC commander and command chief, March 25, 2013. The categories of annual award winners are Airman, NCO, Senior NCO, First Sergeant, Honor Guard Member, Honor Guard Program Manager, Honor

  • Corporal's Course receives sister service members

    Joint base service members from the Marine Corps, Air Force and Navy are attending Corporal's Course, previously exclusive to Marines, March 11 through 29, 2013, here.The current iteration of Corporal's Course here is the first to open its doors to sister services. It is a three-week course in which

  • St. Louis region captures Abilene Trophy

    The St. Louis region has been selected as the winner of the prestigious Air Mobility Command Community Support Award for the extensive support demonstrated for the Airmen of Scott Air Force Base and their families during 2012. Also known as the Abilene Trophy, the award is presented annually to

  • Airman saves life, earns city's recognition

    In the early morning, you're driving through the city when you see two men pushing a stalled vehicle. You stop to see if they need help, and another vehicle strikes the two men against their car, fracturing one man's leg and severing the other's below the knee. The victim with the severed leg is