Amy Sarris Corning (b. 1957), of Miami Florida, served as an officer in the United States Air Force from 1984 to 2006. Amy Corning was born in Miami, Florida in 1957. Corning married directly after graduation from high school, gave birth to her first child, and worked a number of different jobs until deciding to attend college fulltime. Originally wishing to become a teacher, in 1981 Corning enrolled in the Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corp (ROTC) and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1984. After graduation, Corning was commissioned and assigned to become a transportation officer. Her first duty station was Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, where she worked as a ground transportation and mobility officer. After a period of two and a half years, she was stationed at Yokota Air Force Base, Japan, where she was assigned to be an air transportation officer in charge of inspecting aerial transportation pallets, and served as a mobility officer. After her deployment in Japan, Corning was selected to take part in the highly competitive, two year long, “Logistics Career Broadening Program” at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Her training coincided with operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield. After the conclusion of her program, she was transferred to McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, where served as the port operations officer, and second in command of a logistics squadron. In 1995, after a year and a half at McGuire Air Force Base, Corning was reassigned to Fort Dix, New Jersey; where she served as an instructor for the logistical wing of the newly established Air Mobility Warfare Center. In 1996 Corning was assigned to be a logistical officer attached to the United States Armed Forces Special Operation Command at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. During this period she was deployed to Saudi-Arabia, Nigeria, Egypt, and Qatar. In 2000, Corning was appointed as commander of the transportation squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada; where she served through the terror attacks of September 11th, 2001, and the subsequent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. She ended her career teaching ROTC, and retired as a major in 2006.
