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  • AMC, 18th Air Force ANG leadership ensures morale, well-being for deployed Guardsmen

    AMC, 18th Air Force ANG leadership ensures morale, well-being for deployed Guardsmen

    Air National Guard leadership from Air Mobility Command and 18th Air Force traveled to the 506th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 15-19 to spread holiday cheer and ensure the vitality of deployed Air National Guardsmen.

  • Central Arkansas named 2020 Great American Defense Community

    Central Arkansas, home to Little Rock Air Force Base, is one of five communities across the country named to the 2020 Class of Great American Defense Communities, a recognition program which is part of the Association of Defense Communities.
  • Hillsborough County Sherriff’s Office Cpl. Tommy Herr, accepts the Commandant Award during an Airman Leadership School (ALS) graduation at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., Dec. 4, 2019.

    First-ever LEO attends MacDill Airman Leadership School

    Looking at Airman Leadership School’s Class 20A at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, one would see many bright-eyed faces. Uniforms are crisp and serviceable. Personal appearance is sharp and presentable. They’re displaying themselves as the new front-line supervisors they are soon to become, once they’ve broken into the NCO tier. But one man in attendance stands out from the rest. He has a uniform complete with a nametape and chevrons on his sleeve, but the left side of his chest reads: Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office.
  • U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 6th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal flight, the 6th Security Forces Squadron and the 927th Aeromedical Staging Squadron ruck march through Avon Park Air Force Range, Fla., Dec. 11, 2019. The Airmen carried rucksacks weighing 35 to 50 pounds during a field training exercise to simulate real-world deployment operations.

    Doggone bombs: Team MacDill integrates joint force counter-IED training

    The 6th CES/EOD flight held an integrated training with 6th SFS military working dog teams, aeromedical technicians with the 927th Aeromedical Staging Squadron and veterinary technicians with the U.S. Army Public Health Activity, Fort Gordon, MacDill branch, from Dec. 9 to 13, at MacDill Air Force Base, and Avon Park Air Force Range, Florida.
  • Dyess Airmen complete BACE exercise

    Dyess Airmen complete BACE exercise

    Airmen from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, and Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, completed a Bomber Agile Combat Employment exercise at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas, December 10 – 12, 2019.The training is part of a Dyess AFB initiative to develop and improve the ability to rapidly deploy B-1B bomber aircraft, personnel
  • An Airman stands on the flight line while observing a pilot preparing to take off.

    Taking care of Airmen, Developing leaders

    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Austin Brill, 19th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft hydraulics craftsman, took on the responsibility of bringing about subtle changes in the squadron that not only boosted individual morale for the Airmen on his shift, but brought them together as a unit and enhanced overall camaraderie.
  • A family sits.

    Herk Heritage: C-130 Vietnam rescue linked to 19th AMXS Airman

    The Vietnam War neared its end when North Vietnamese forces destroyed nearly 100 aircraft on the flight line at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Vietnam, on April 29, 1975. Only one flyable aircraft remained: A C-130A Hercules with the tail number 56-0518.
  • Fairchild Air Force Base was awarded the AMC nomination for the 2019 Commander-in-Chief’s Installation Excellence Award and also earned “Honorable Mention” at Air Force level.

    Fairchild awarded AMC nomination for 2019 CINC IEA award….earns “Honorable Mention” at Air Force level

    Air Mobility Command announced Fairchild Air Force Base as their 2020 Commander-in-Chief’s Installation Excellence Award nominee, the first time ever the base has received the nomination.
  • Members of the 6th Contracting Squadron (CONS), pose for a photo Dec. 5, 2019, at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. The 6th CONS won their third consecutive Air Mobility Command, Outstanding Operational Contracting Unit of the Year award for their world-class support of the AMC and Air Force operational acquisition enterprise.

    Hat-trick win: MacDill CONS remains best in the business

    In recognition of their mission-focused business leadership in support of AMC and the Air Force operational acquisition enterprise, the 6th CONS received five individual awards, an AbilityOne team award and for the third consecutive year, AMC’s Outstanding Operational Unit Award.
  • A U.S. Air National Guard F-15C Eagle from the 142nd Fighter Wing, connects with a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker from the 92nd Air Refueling Wing during an air refueling training mission over Oregon, Nov. 22, 2019.

    Fairchild aircrews refuel Oregon ANG partners, complete ‘oceanic’ training

    Team Fairchild aircrew members from the 97th, 93rd and 384th Air Refueling Squadrons conducted an air refueling training mission with Oregon Air National Guard 142nd Fighter Wing F-15C Eagles Nov. 23, over Oregon.
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