349th Air Mobility Wing awarded 16th Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Published May 17, 2012 By Lt. Col. Robert Couse-Baker 349th Public Affairs TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- For the 16th time since 1965, the 349th Air Mobility Wing has been awarded the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for exceptionally meritorious service from Sept. 30, 2009 to Sept. 30, 2011. While flying and maintaining the C-5 Galaxy, KC-10A Extender and C-17 Globemaster III, wing personnel safely and efficiently transported more than 41,000 passengers, 46,000 tons of cargo, and offloaded more than 40 million pounds of fuel during in-flight refueling. Deployed members of the wing launched 210 aeromedical evacuation flights, airlifting 549 ill and wounded warriors from combat zones to definitive care in Europe and the United States. These achievements include 1,020 combat missions in Operations Enduring Freedom, Unified Response, Iraqi Freedom and New Dawn. In partnership with the 60th Air Mobility Wing, the 349 was also supported international humanitarian missions, including Operations Tomodachi and Pacific Passage in the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Ongoing community activities included regular volunteer visits to the Veterans Home of California, Yountville, and Christmas season deliveries of teddy bears to underprivileged children in Solano County. The AFOUA will be awarded to members who were attached or assigned to the wing during the two-year period. Personnel records of those currently assigned to the wing will be automatically updated in the next few weeks.