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AMC commander visits Airmen in Southwest Asia, highlights mobility’s role

July 2nd, 2009
Like clockwork, an Air Mobility Command aircraft departs on a mission within the area-of-operations every two minutes every hour of every day.

Providing the three cornerstones of the command's mobility mission -- airlift, aerial refueling and aeromedical evacuation -- AMC Airmen have provided constant wartime support for operations throughout Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Republic of Georgia and various other countries in the area.
"AMC is firmly in the fight," said Gen. Arthur J. Lichte, the AMC commander, who is in the theater visiting Airmen. "We are flying two out of every three sorties in the AOR, putting our three core capabilities of airlift, air refueling and aeromedical evacuation on display every day."
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