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  • AMC’s largest exercise, Mobility Guardian 2019 begins

    Mobility Guardian 2019, Air Mobility Command’s premier exercise, will be hosted by the 92nd and 141st Air Refueling Wings located at Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington, from Sept. 8-28.
  • U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Zachery Murray, 92nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron flying crew chief, performs pre-flight checks on a KC-135 Stratrotanker at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 14, 2019.

    New maintenance program to save Fairchild, Air Force millions

    Air Mobility Command recently adopted a new maintenance mindset, switching from reactive to proactive part replacement through Condition Based Maintenance plus, or CBM+.
  • Once an Air Advisor, Always an Air Advisor

    Once an Air Advisor, Always an Air Advisor

    If you love your job and enjoy mentoring and training others, becoming an air advisor might be for you. Airmen in any Air Force Specialty Code can apply to become an air advisor. Air advisors work with partner nations to develop their aviation enterprises using the skills they already have as an Airman.
  • Up close shot of 82nd Airborne Division soldier

    U.S. Airmen, international partners look to build capabilities with Mobility Guardian

    Team Travis Airmen are set to participate in Mobility Guardian, Air Mobility Command’s premier, large-scale mobility exercise, which will be hosted at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 8 – 28.
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    Missouri Airman returns to flight with one eye

    U.S. Air Force Maj. Ed Fattmann, a pilot assigned to the 180th Airlift Squadron, Missouri Air National Guard, took his first flight as an aircraft commander with one eye here Sept. 4, 2019.
  • A man presses buttons on dashboard in the cockpit of a plane

    Generation to generation: Carrying on C-130 legacy

    U.S. Air Force Capt. John Rebolledo, 62nd Airlift Squadron C-130J instructor pilot, feels great pride in achieving his childhood dream of becoming a C-130 pilot.

  • NDTA-USTRANSCOM Fall Meeting offers defense logistics classes

    Approximately 80 classes, discussing a broad range of defense logistics subjects, will be held at Transportation Academy during the National Defense Transportation Association-U.S. Transportation Command Fall Meeting, Oct. 7 to 10, 2019, Union Station, St. Louis, Missouri.
  • U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Joseph Ekker inspects the 97th Air Refueling Squadron’s memorabilia box before loading it onto Fairchild’s KC-135 Stratotanker

    Fairchild regains historic 97th ARS memorabilia

    A KC-135 Stratotanker and aircrew from Fairchild AFB retrieved the 97th Air Refueling Squadron’s heritage box from Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, Aug. 20. Inactive since Sept. 30, 2004, the squadron’s box full of memorabilia brings the squadron’s history to light as they prepare to reactivate here on Oct. 1, 2019.
  • Airmen from the 384th Air Refueling Squadron fly into MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

    Fairchild tankers refuel Marine aircraft

    A KC-135 Stratotanker and Airmen from the 384th Air Refueling Squadron performed aerial refueling with two F/A-18C Hornets from the Marine Aircraft Group 31 while flying over Georgia, Aug. 27, 2019.
  • Chef Robert Irvine (center), demonstrates how to shred iceberg lettuce to Dorm to Gourm students, Aug. 27, 2019, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Irvine taught Team Dover members how to make Cuban-Style Stewed Chicken Ropa Vieja Street Tacos. (U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik)

    Celebrity chef shares passion for health and food with Dover Airmen

    Celebrity chef Robert Irvine facilitated a Dorm to Gourm class for 10 Dover Airmen at the Fitness Center, Aug. 27, 2019.Irvine and Shane Cash, Irvine’s corporate chef, came to the base, cooked and visited with Airmen.After his arrival and short introductions, Irvine divided up the class into five teams of two, which he and Cash guided through the
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