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  • AMC set to recognize Outstanding Airmen of the Year, finalists named

    Air Mobility Command holds its annual recognition ceremony here March 21 to celebrate the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year.In a message to the men and women across the command, Gen. Ray Johns, AMC commander, announced the ceremony which will have family members and nominees in various categories

  • Under Secretary of the Air Force visits Travis

    Under Secretary of the Air Force Erin Conaton visited here March 8 to receive a first-hand look at Travis operations, which consists of the 60th Air Mobility Wing, the 349th Air Mobility Wing and the 615th Contingency Response Wing - a total integrated force that makes up one of the Air Force's

  • Mobility Airmen around globe team up with cargo loading efficiency

    More than 18 years ago when Master Sgt. Mitch Pykosz first became an air transportation Airman, the biggest thing in his work life may have been to do his to best learn how to build a cargo pallet for an aircraft. Now, as a team leader on Air Mobility Command's cargo precision loading program, he's

  • Grand Forks Airman featured in Portraits of Courage

    Tech. Sgt. Clifford Monroe displays a certain quiet -- a distinct air of humility. He is quick to listen, slow to speak.To those who don't know him, it might appear as a sort of melancholy. But it was his combat experience in Afghanistan that helped mold who he is today and how he approaches

  • Air Mobility Command announces 2011 Media Contest winners

    Journalists, photographers, broadcasters and others from throughout Air Mobility Command were honored Feb. 6 with the announcement of the 2011 AMC Media Contest results."It is with great pleasure that we announce the command winners," said Lt. Col. Glen Roberts, AMC director of public affairs, in a

  • Fairchild's snow removal crews honored by AF for 6th time

    The 92nd Civil Engineer Squadron Operations Flight was named The Balchen-Post Award winners for the 2010-2011 winter, an honor bestowed on them for the sixth time. To battle record snowfall in November 2010 and more than 58 inches of seasonal snow, an arsenal of 12 different types of equipment, 35

  • Tuskegee Airman shares history with deploying Soldiers

    More than 60 Army Reserve Soldiers attended a meet-and-greet here with a local member of the second World War's famed Tuskegee Airmen Jan. 27.Retired Tech. Sgt. George Watson Sr., a 91-year-old veteran who served in the African-American fighter group during World War II, shared his experiences and

  • Grand Forks firefighter 'Public Servant of the Year'

    The Veterans of Foreign Wars association has named a Grand Forks Airman as the top firefighter in North Dakota.John Hanson, national legislator officer for North Dakota's VFW, presented Tech. Sgt. Jeffery Rueben with the National Firefighters Public Servant Award during a ceremony at the base fire

  • Survival training prepares Travis Airmen

    Mission success has been the norm at Travis over the past several years. With excellent ratings in exercises and award-winning teams in nearly every squadron, Travis is known for providing top-notch global mobility. However, a piece of being successful is preparing for when things do not go right.