• Name the Tanker: Leaders seek inputs from Airmen

    Air Force senior leaders are asking all Airmen for suggestions on a name for the service's newest tanker aircraft, the KC-45A. "I've asked that we seek our Airmen's help to find a name for the KC-45," said Secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynne. "I prefer the name emphasize our heritage or our

  • 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

  • Equal opportunity programs merge within Air Force

    The Air Force's military equal opportunity program and the equal employment opportunity program recently merged as part of an ongoing EO transformation effort. "The Air Force is embarking upon a significant organization transformation that has been long in the making," said Lt. Gen. Dick Newton,

  • Transshipment Center: 'blood line' of AOR

    Shipping blood to the far reaches of the earth including Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait and the Horn of Africa, a five member Blood Transshipment Center team in Southwest Asia does its part to process and deliver quality, life-saving blood to war fighters and civilian casualties. Servicemembers donate

  • CE Readiness Flight Prepares Wing to "Survive and Operate"

    The 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron, Readiness and Emergency Management Flight perform two distinct missions based on their operating location. They are in charge of a peacetime, home station support mission as well as wartime, high threat area support mission. "While they are distinctly different in

  • Silent hero laid to rest

    Staff Sgt. (Ret.) James C. Downey, who was known as "Santa" to the staff of the Airman and Family Readiness Center, passed away at Wesley Hospital, May 2. "Mr. Downey was just one of those silent heroes, continually giving from the heart," said Mary Reece, 22nd Mission Support Squadron, AFRC flight