Mobility Warriors Garner Praise

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Mobility Warriors Garner Praise
Air Force Print News | October 31, 2007

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Air Mobility Command's Gen. Arthur Lichte underscored the command's wartime challenges, as he praised the accomplishments of mobility warriors, during the Airlift Tanker Association's 39th annual convention in Nashville, Tenn., Oct 25 to 28.

General Lichte emphasized how the command's warfighting roles and capabilities directly contribute to the war on terrorism.

"We're engaging in the fight right now," General Lichte said. "We have Airmen who are dropping people behind enemy lines. We're saving lives with our aeromedical evacuation mission. We have tankers over hostile territory. We're getting cargo to the right place at the right time, even to the last tactical mile. We're doing this every single day. This command is always in motion and firmly in the fight."

General Lichte highlighted the air refueling fleet's contribution-- more than a billion gallons of fuel passed by AMC tankers since Sept. 11, 2001.

"You'd have to go to Niagara Falls in the summertime, when the water is running the hardest, and watch (the waterfall) for 26 minutes to visualize the amount of fuel passed since 9-11," he said.

He also expressed the command's commitment to taking care of Airmen and members of other service branches, as all serve in dangerous environments with the constant threat of improvised explosive devices.


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