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  • 18th AF performs 16-hour, trans-Pacific flight in support of Talisman Sabre

    U.S. and Royal Australian Air Force Airmen flew a combined formation of C-17 aircraft more than 16 hours straight across the Pacific Ocean this past week as part of 18th Air Force's participation in Exercise Talisman Saber 15.Exercise Talisman Sabre is a U.S. Pacific Command - sponsored exercise

  • 43rd AG stands up air base and air mobility squadrons at Pope Field

    Airmen from the 43rd Airlift Group activated and assigned command to two new squadrons, while inactivating three squadrons and redesignating one squadron, during several formal ceremonies held here on July 1.The 43rd Air Mobility Squadron and the 43rd Air Base Squadron unfurled their new unit

  • Pope Airmen run to honor fallen aerial porters

    The 3rd Aerial Port Squadron hosted two memorial 'Port Dawg' 5K runs around the flightline here May 13 to honor fallen air transportation Airmen.More than 100 Airmen and family members participated in the 5K runs to remember and honor Total Force aerial porters who lost their lives Air Force-wide in

  • Anzio Beachhead WWII Vets visit JB Charleston

    More than 80 Anzio Beachhead Veterans of World War II and family members shared their last reunion tour, May 15, 2015 at Joint Base Charleston - Air Base, S.C.During their tour, the veterans were able to see demonstrations of today's operations of the 315th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, the 628th

  • CRW, 6AS, 3AS,732 AS, train together at Lakehurst

    The 621st Contingency Response Wing took part in an exercise at Lakehurst airfield, April 27-30.Approximately 28 Airmen from the 817th and 818th Contingency Response Groups supported the exercise with a contingency response team along with members of the 6th and 732nd Airlift Squadrons of Joint Base

  • Medal of Honor recipient speaks to Team McConnell

    The first living Medal of Honor recipient since the Vietnam War shared his story with Team McConnell members, April 21."Today, we have the great privilege of listening to [Army] Staff Sgt. Salvatore A. Giunta, the eighth Medal of Honor recipient from the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts," said U.S.

  • Joint service mobility specialists assist FEMA in cargo training

    A team composed of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst mobility specialists assisted Federal Emergency Management Agency logistics personnel on training and preparation of cargo at JB MDL, New Jersey, Feb. 12 and 24, 2015.Mobility specialist comprised of Army, Air Force and FEMA personnel came together

  • Mobility Airmen exercise readiness with 82nd Airborne Division

    Air Mobility Command Airmen and aircraft joined forces with U.S. Army paratroopers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, for an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise here Jan. 27.Five U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft and Airmen from the 437th Airlift Wing,

  • 17th AS assists S.C. National Guard in locating downed Black Hawk

    What began as a local training mission for an aircrew from the 17th Airlift Squadron at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., quickly turned into a search for a downed helicopter.When Maj. Matthew Scheulen and Capt. Nicholas Coblio, 17th AS pilots, climbed into the cockpit of their C-17 Globemaster III, on

  • JTF-PO leaves Liberia

    After almost two months of supporting Operation UNITED ASSISTANCE, approximately 45 Airmen and Soldiers of the Joint Task Force-Port Opening left Liberia along with members of the Navy and Marines in a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, Nov. 13.Approximately 10 air mobility specialist U.S. Army