You, Me, and the Mission

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  • By Chief Master Sgt. Daniel Fischer
  • 60th Air Mobility Wing command chief
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE,Calif. --  Recent events and interactions here at Travis Air Force Base stressed the importance of marrying what you and I do on a daily basis - executing our dual-hatted mission - with the greater Air Force mission.

Conversations with Travis warriors during the recent Operation Readiness Exercise as well as discussions with our newest arrivals at the First Term Airmen Center, base newcomers orientation and the spouse's orientation caused me to pause and ponder about how you and I, as members of the 60th Air Mobility Wing and Team Travis, contribute to the overall Air Force mission.

The mission of our United States Air Force, the "thing" that drives the collective efforts of all 332,000 active duty, 150,000 civilian employees, 108,000 Air National Guard forces and 72,000 Air Reserve forces, is "to fly, flight and win in air, space and cyberspace."

To achieve the Air Force mission, our service is organized into 10 major commands. You and I belong to Air Mobility Command. As the air component of U.S. Transportation Command, the primary mission of the 132,000-member AMC is to "provide global air mobility ... right effects, right place, right time."

To achieve AMC's mission, the Air Force postures forces at bases throughout the world, each with its own specific mission. Here at Travis, within the 60th Air Mobility Wing, we are America's Airmen providing global mobility as AMC's largest host wing operating, maintaining and supporting C-5 Galaxy, C-17 Globemaster III, KC-10 Extender and David Grant Medical Center missions, serving our nation every day.

This mission statement applies equally from the most junior ranking Airman up the enlisted and officer ranks to the wing commander.

You and I, as 60th AMW warriors, have a dual mission. Airlift and aerial refueling, including the myriad of support activities occurring daily within the operations, maintenance, mission support and medical groups bolstered by our wing staff agencies, is at our core.

Equally important, however, are our installation leadership responsibilities. In addition to serving the needs of our family members and retirees, we support the 15th Expeditionary Mobility Task Force and 615th Contingency Response Wing as they execute global reach lay down, the 349th Air Mobility Wing as it executes aeromedical evacuation in addition to their core airlift and air refueling missions, and our 52 other partner organizations, each with their own unique missions.

So what does all this mean to the men and women of the 60th Air Mobility Wing? How do you and I marry what we do on a daily basis, executing our dual-hatted mission, with the greater Air Force mission?

Simply put, because you and I, America's Airmen, provide global mobility as AMC's largest host wing operating, maintaining and supporting C-5, C-17, KC-10 and David Grant Medical Center missions serving our nation every day.

Air Mobility Command is able to provide global air mobility with the right effects at the right place and the right time. And the United States Air Force is able to fly, flight and win in air, space and cyberspace.