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  • Mobility Airmen deploy for Joint Exercise

    Hundreds of  Mobility Airmen have deployed to the Joint Operational Access Exercise Sept. 6 through 13 at locations near Fort Bragg, N.C.JOAX is a week-long exercise to prepare Airmen and Soldiers to respond to worldwide crises and contingencies. The exercise will also assess and certify the combat readiness of leadership, planning staff, and air
  • U.S. soldiers of 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, Fort Richardson, Alaska, parachute out of a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft into the Shoalwater Bay Training Area during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2011 July 17, 2011. Talisman Sabre 2011 is an AMC-supported exercise designed to train U.S. and Australian forces to plan and conduct Combined Task Force operations to improve combat readiness and interoperability on a variety of missions from conventional conflict to peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance efforts.

    Combined U.S.-Australian exercise showcases air mobility readiness, power

    Airmen and aircraft belonging to the Air Force's Air Mobility Command, recently demonstrated the nation's ability to rapidly project power across the globe, delivering 245 U.S. and Australian paratroopers to their drop zone July 16 as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2011. The U.S. Pacific Command-led command post and field-training exercise, which
  • SCOTT AFB, IL -- Brig. Gen. Bryan Benson, Deputy Commander, 18th Air Force (center) and Chief Master Sgt. Andrew Henderson, 618th Air and Space Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center) Superintendent (far right), presented the command's hadquarters-level second quarter awards here July 12. From left to right, Douglas Rader, Civilian of the Quarter, Category II; Capt. Faith Eudy, Company Grade Officer of the Quarter; Senior Airman Jamar Fowler, Junior Enlisted Member of the Quarter; Lara Morrison, Civilian of the Quarter, Category III; Staff Sgt. Joseph Venable, NCO and Volunteer of the Quarter; and Maj. Nicholas Schindler, Field Grade Officer of the Quarter. Not pictured: Master Sgt. Richard Martin, Senior NCO of the Quarter and Mrs. Ann Lomax, Civilian of the Quarter, Category I. (U.S. Air Force Photo/1st Lt. Marshel Slater).

    Headquarters, 18th Air Force award winners

  • DOVER AFB, Del. - 18th Air Force commanders and command chiefs gather for a Heritage Dinner held at the Air Mobility Command Museum here, June 23. The senior leaders travelled to Dover Air Force Base June 22-24 for the annual 18th Air Force Commanders and Command Chiefs Conference. (U.S. Air Force photo/released).

    Past and present come together at 18th Air Force conference

    Commanders and enlisted leaders gathered here to discuss principles for dealing with the 18th Air Force's most pressing issues during the command's annual Commanders and Command Chiefs Conference, June 22-24. The theme of this year's conference was "heritage and resiliency", underscoring the importance of considering the hard-won lessons of past
  • SCOTT AFB, Ill. - Lt. Gen. Robert R. Allardice, Commander, 18th Air Force, administers the Oath of Office to Maj. Gen. Robert K. Millmann, Jr., shortly after his promotion on June 10, 2011.

    AMC’s newest two-star calls on leaders to help ‘imaginations flourish’

    With a call for Air Force leaders to continue creating the environment for innovative solutions to some of the Air Force's most challenging problems, Maj. Gen. Robert K. Millmann, Jr., pinned on his second star during a promotion ceremony here June 10."One of the great things about this officer is that he sees the goodness in virtually every
  • Members of the 313th Air Expeditionary Wing gather for a photo following the 1,000th sortie flown in support of Operation Unified Protector, a NATO-led mission enhancing a no fly zone established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 over Libya. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Dicie Hritz/Released)

    Calico Crew flies 1,000th sortie

    A crew assigned the 313th Air Expeditionary Wing flew the unit's 1,000th sortie May 22 supporting Operation Unified Protector. The 313th AEW was stood up March 19 to support Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn and was operational within 72 hours of the operation's start. The mission transitioned to OUP March 31. OUP is a NATO-led mission to enforce a
  • Staff Sgt. Chad McGregor, left, Capt. Michael Webber and Tech. Sgt. Eric Peterson, all with the 62nd Med. Sqdn., received the outstanding performer award during the Health Service Inspection conducted last month at the McChord Field Clinic. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ingrid Barrentine)

    62nd Medical Squadron earns excellent HSI rating

    The 62nd Medical Squadron and the McChord Clinic at McChord Field can say with pride that their duty performance is "excellent" -- they have the inspection paperwork to prove it.A team from the Air Force Inspection Agency's Medical Operations Directorate visited the 62nd MDS late January to assess the unit's ability to deliver quality patient care,
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