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July 17, 2020
SecAF visits Team Pope

Secretary of the Air Force Barbara M. Barrett visited Pope Army Airfield, North Carolina on July 16 to discuss joint operations and the integral part the Air Force plays during global responses.
July 14, 2020
Boneyard Bound: First KC-10 set for retirement

The 305th and 514th Air Mobility Wings bid farewell to the first KC-10 Extender set for retirement during a ceremony July 13 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey.
June 16, 2020
Assistant Secretary visit pushes optimism for MacDill housing future

In an ongoing effort to analyze and evaluate progress towards remedying issues in base housing on MacDill Air Force Base, the 6th Air Refueling Wing hosted Hon. John Henderson, the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Environment, Installations and Energy, as well as U.S. Air Force Gen. Arnold
June 16, 2020
Team Pope welcomes new 43rd AMOG commander

The 43rd Air Mobility Operations Group officially welcomed new commander, Col. Joseph “Jacko” M. Vanoni to Team Pope on June 15 during a virtual change of command ceremony.Maj. Gen. John R. Gordy, commander of the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.,
June 11, 2020
Sheltering in place? Pope Airman has you 'covered'

POPE FIELD, N.C. -- Team Pope’s Master Sgt. Andrew Spaulding has an innovative idea that may soon save your life while sheltering in place during a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear incident.Spaulding, section chief of the 43d Air Mobility Squadron, is a semifinalist in the Air Mobility
June 11, 2020
Lt. Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost nominated to be next AMC commander

As Gen. Maryanne Miller, Air Mobility Command commander, prepares to retire after a 39-year career, Lt. Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, AMC deputy commander, has been nominated as her successor.
June 10, 2020
AMC experiments with JADC2 to enhance the Joint Force

For the first time, Air Mobility Command Airmen conducted a commercial beyond line of sight (BLOS) communication and tactical data link experiment to update a mixed formation en-route to a simulated threat area during the U.S. Air Force Weapons School Joint Forcible Entry training scenario held
June 9, 2020
62nd AW helps test improvements to combat airlift capabilities

The 62nd Operations Support Squadron (62nd OSS) and 57th Weapons Squadron from Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), Washington, and the 437th Airlift Wing (AW) from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, in conjunction with Air Mobility Command (AMC), tested an updated dynamic re-tasking capability
June 8, 2020
Employees Influencing Change: The 2020 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) Set to Begin

The Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey is a government-wide, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) administered survey. The 2020 FEVS invitation is scheduled to be sent out within the Air Force during the month of May. About 70,000 permanent non-seasonal, full- and part-time, appropriated fund
May 28, 2020
19th AW, AMC receive final C-130J

A brand new C-130J Super Hercules was delivered to Little Rock Air Force Base May 27, marking the last C-130J delivery for the 19th Airlift Wing and Air Mobility Command.

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