• "Roving ambassadors" visit Travis Fisher House

    Audrey Fisher and Nancy Edelman, vice chairs of the Fisher House Foundation board of trustees and "roving ambassadors," accompanied by Jim Weiskopf, FHF vice president, arrived Wednesday for a whirlwind, four-hour visit to Travis Fisher House and David Grant USAF Medical Center. The biennial visit

  • Smooth skies, Air Traffic Controllers keep base's traffic flowing safely

    Controlling the airspace around the largest host wing in the Air Mobility Command may seem like a highly stressful job, but the Airmen working in the air traffic control tower here rely on training and teamwork to complete the mission."I don't find the job stressful at all. As long as everyone is up

  • C-5M Super Galaxy 'flexes muscles' supporting Afghanistan surge

    During a recent operation in support of the nation's 30,000 troop plus-up in Afghanistan, Air Mobility Command's newest C-5 airlifter got a chance to flex its M-model muscles.And according to those closest to the operation, the results were impressive.Dubbed the C-5M Super Galaxy, the newest C-5 to

  • AF, AMC “Top Docs” visit DGMC

    The hallways and clinics of David Grant USAF Medical Center were filled with stars July 7 when the Air Force and Air Mobility Command's "Top Docs" visited.Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Charles B. Green, surgeon general of the Air Force, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington and Maj. Gen. (Dr.) Douglas J. Robb,

  • 21st Airlift Squadron returns from mass deployment

    Members of the 21st Airlift Squadron returned from a mass deployment in support of Operation Iraqi and Enduring Freedom July 3.Roughly 150 Airmen from the squadron were welcomed home by family, friends, fellow servicemembers and community members as they exited the aircraft.The four-month deployment

  • Aviation fuel savings: AMC leading the charge

    Air Mobility Command has the largest fleet of the biggest airframes in the Air Force and they are the Department of Defense's largest aviation fuel customer consuming 28 percent of DODs energy use, but AMC is leading the charge in making energy a consideration in everything they do. During the third