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  • Charleston wing earns award with valor

    The 437th Airlift Wing here has been awarded the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (with Valor) for meritorious service from Sept. 11, 2001, to June 30, 2003. All Airmen assigned to the wing during this time will receive the award, but only those who were deployed overseas during this time will

  • AMC people encouraged to circle the globe

    Starting June 1 and continuing through August, Air Mobility Command personnel and their family members are encouraged to fly Around The World In Ninety Days."Around The World In Ninety Days, more commonly known as ATWIND, is AMC's summertime program wherein participants can win big prizes for

  • AMC people capture comm/info awards

    Four Air Mobility Command people are among the winners of the Air Force's annual communications and information awards for 2003.The awards were announced by Lt. Gen. Tom Hobbins, Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Warfighting Integration.The AMC winners are:Tech. Sgt. Lisa S. Collins, Headquarters

  • National magazine honors Pope AFB flight nurse

    A flight nurse from the 43rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron here will be spotlighted in the May issue of Nursing Spectrum for winning the magazine's southeastern U.S. Nurse of the Year award.Major Jacqueline Hayes-Hethington and other nominees were evaluated on practice, courage and compassion and

  • Grand Forks teen named North Dakota Youth of the Year

    Jessica Weber, daughter of Lt. Col. James and Denise Weber, is the new North Dakota Youth of the Year for 2004. She earned the honor during the Boys and Girls Club of America state competition March 27 at Minot AFB, N.D. Youth from four Boys and Girls Clubs in the state entered the competition.The

  • AMC captures four Air Force design awards

    Four Air Mobility Command design projects captured top honors as best in the Air Force during the 2004 U.S. Air Force Design and Construction Awards.In the Planning Studies and Design Guides category, the command earned a Citation Award for the Fairchild AFB, Wash., Survival School 10-Year Master

  • AMC announces O'Malley Award nominee

    Gen. John W. Handy, Air Mobility Command and U.S. Transportation Command commander, has announced AMC's nominee for the 2003 General and Mrs. Jerome F. O'Malley Award.Colonel and Mrs. Brooks Bash, 437th Airlift Wing, Charleston AFB, S.C., were chosen to represent AMC at the upcoming Air Force-level

  • C-17 crew wins Mackay Trophy

    One year after they led the biggest combat airdrop since Operation Just Cause in Panama in December 1989, five Airmen from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., are the winners of the National Aeronautic Association's Clarence Mackay Trophy for 2003.Lt. Col. Shane Hershman, 7th Airlift Squadron; Maj. Bob

  • AMC Airmen to be recognized during April 15 banquet

    The Air Mobility Command Outstanding Airmen and First Sergeant of the Year Banquet is April 15 at the Scott AFB Club.Attendees at this year's banquet will receive a special coin commemorating the event. The front of the coin contains enlisted ranks (chevrons) circling the Earth, signifying the

  • AMC earns back-to-back flight safety award

    An exemplary flight safety record in fiscal year 2003 earned Air Mobility Command its first back-to-back Order of Daedalians' Maj. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois Memorial Award.The Foulois Award is given annually to the Air Force major command that achieved the best flying safety record, and is determined