Oct. 28, 2022 McConnell completes KC-46 flight with limited crew The 22nd Air Refueling Wing flew a KC-46A Pegasus without a copilot Oct. 25 to validate procedures for operating with a limited aircrew for certain potential high-end combat scenarios.
Oct. 14, 2022 605th AMXS Crew Chief Embodies the Warrior Heart Mobility Airmen that answer the call to serve at the Department of Defense’s only tri-service base learn to make an ally of resiliency.For Senior Airman Austin Sondergard, a crew chief with the 605th aircraft maintenance squadron, recovering from a life-threatening condition meant waging a war of
Oct. 13, 2022 571st MSAS trains 35 Peruvian service members to enhance interoperability Eight 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron air advisors trained 35 Peruvian military service members with Grupo Aereo N. 42 between Aug. 22 to Sept. 8.
Oct. 6, 2022 C-17 provides ‘maneuver’ for the joint force For nearly three decades, the C-17 Globemaster III has provided the bulk of airlift for the Air Force.
Oct. 5, 2022 21st AS leads first C-17 unit-level exercise in the U.S. Indo-Pacific AOR Exercise Golden Bee is a joint readiness exercise designed to provide training integration and rehearse strategic and operational objectives in the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.
Sept. 26, 2022 USAFEC commander publishes strategy to prepare Airmen for expeditionary warfare Maj. Gen. John Klein, commander of the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center, published a new strategy defining a roadmap for the enterprise on how and why Airmen must prepare for the ‘next big fight.’In support of the center’s higher headquarters, with particular focus on Air Mobility Command’s
Sept. 19, 2022 KC-46A performs first operationally-tasked combat refueling sortie Approximately 100 Airmen and four KC-46A Pegasus aircraft conducted 24-hour operations during Air Mobility Command’s multi-week Employment Concept Exercise 22-08 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, from August 27 through mid-September, 2022.
Aug. 23, 2022 721st APS spouse wins AF-Level Key Spouse of the Year Award Chelsie Moncecchi won U.S. Air Force Key Spouse of the Year for her service as a 721st Aerial Port Squadron Key Spouse from January to December 2021.
Aug. 17, 2022 Operation Allies Refuge: One year later One year ago, the U.S. Air Force performed the largest non-combatant evacuation operational in U.S. history, Operation Allies Refuge, which saw to the successful evacuation of 124,334 individuals from Afghanistan.
Aug. 13, 2022 Joint exercise showcases rapid global mobility in CENTCOM theater Airmen from the 386th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron recently demonstrated a textbook example of rapid global mobility during a mass movement of military personnel for an Emergency Deployment Rapid Exercise at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, August 10, 2022.At a moment’s notice, 120 U.S.