• Needed: mobility Airmen to showcase singing talent in 'AMC Icon' competition

    Airmen at AMC Wings and affiliate units will have the opportunity to showcase their singing talents this summer in the upcoming "AMC Icon" competition. "We're excited to offer this opportunity to showcase the vocal talent throughout the command," said Sam Parker, chief of AMC Services Resources and

  • Remembering the Sacrifices of our Fallen Heroes and their Families

    This Memorial Day I am very aware of the sacrifices being made daily by our American service men and women. My recent visit to our fine troops at Dover Air Force Base - where our fallen heroes return with dignity - was a vivid reminder of the cost of freedom. As military members, Memorial Day is

  • DGMC celebrates National Hospital Week

    The nation's most traditional health care event unites hospitals, health care workers and communities from coast to coast, building enthusiasm and pride in the giving nature of care. Today, according to the American Hospital Association's Hospital Statistics, nearly 6,000 hospitals and over five

  • MatchUp to kick off June 1

    MatchUP, an Air Mobility Command contest designed to help increase awareness and participation in Air Force programs, services and activities, kicks off June 1 and continues through August. AMC will award more than 12,000 prizes, with cash going to the top three winners. Based on the TV game

  • Cypress Lakes' Pat Williams remembered

    An empty beer mug, white adjustable hat and gold coin sat at Pat Williams' customary poker night seat May 13, the chair he sat in to play cards for nearly four years. Mr. Williams' co-workers at Travis' Cypress Lakes Golf Course left the seat empty during the evening's weekly Texas Hold'em

  • Remember when ... Travis Air Force Base beginnings

    The origins of every military installation are always designated with a start date. May 17, 1943 signifies the start of Fairfield-Suisun Army Air Base known now Travis Air Force Base, Calif. It was on this date that the Air Transport Command formally activated this base with the intention of making

  • Global Mobility Air Operations Center brings troops home

    Airmen of the 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center here have eliminated most flight delays resulting from the loss of commercially contracted airlift support to AMC from ATA Airlines Inc., a member of a Federal Express team. "18th Air Force and AMC have pulled out all the stops to remedy flight

  • Travis Airman charged for selling, using drugs

    A Travis senior airman was sentenced to a reduction to E-1, confinement for nine months and a Bad Conduct Discharge in court-martial proceedings here recently. The Airman, assigned to the 60th Aerial Port Squadron, was charged with wrongful distribution of psilocyn mushrooms, wrongful distribution