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  • OEF fueled by veteran of wartime skies

    Below a KC-135 Stratotanker on any given night in Afghanistan, there may be Soldiers in night-vision goggles moving in on an enemy position. The enemy has circled and outnumbered the troops in the darkness, the Soldiers call for close air support. In short order, an A-10 appears and the enemy

  • Tanker “PHA” keeps fleet “fit to fight”

    Just as Airmen have an annual physical health assessment to ensure they are healthy, KC-135 Stratotankers regularly go into the 319th Maintenance Squadron’s hangar for their own annual “check up,” known as periodic inspection and maintenance. Once in the hangar, the tanker is divided into four

  • McConnell provides gas during F-16 delivery to Chile

    Two 22nd Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker crews assisted with the delivery of two F-16s to northern Chile in a foreign military sales deal recently. The F-16s are part of the “Peace Puma” program, which involves the Chilean Air Force purchasing a total of 10 F-16C and D model aircraft from the

  • Fuels technicians dig out, keep pumping

    On Friday afternoon here, fuel technicians from the 376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron's Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants flight climbed out of a snow-free berm, wet and exhausted, but happy – only nine to go. Each dike holding fuel storage bladders for the refueling mission covers about

  • Total Force meets at Fort Dix for DIRMOBFOR conference

    More than 20 senior air mobility officers met during a Director of Mobility Forces Conference here Jan. 18-19 to share vital information to improve practices. The conference, which included 10 senior officers who have previously served as Directors of Mobility Forces, was designed to be an

  • AMC Airmen deploying 'a little lighter'

    Air Mobility Command Airmen deploying in Air Expeditionary Forces 9 and 10 will be traveling a little lighter -- nearly 90 pounds lighter -- thanks to the mobility bag prepositioning initiative. The program, now in its second phase, will allow 5,000 Airmen -- about 1,000 from AMC -- to deploy

  • Expeditionary course helps prepare senior leaders for deployment

    Thanks to the new Expeditionary Mission Support Group Commanders’ Course, senior Air Force leaders can polish their skills before deploying to a wartime environment. Offered by the Expeditionary Operations School housed at the Air Mobility Warfare Center here, the 3½ -day course is designed for

  • Wing, EPA back plan to treat contaminated base site

    The 89th Airlift Wing and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency signed a Record of Decision to address historic contamination of groundwater at Fire Training Area No. 4 here during a briefing of the base’s Environmental Restoration Program at the Maryland Department of the Environment

  • Warfare Center offers online courses

    Ever wondered how wartime planners decide the best ways to organize and deploy air mobility forces and assets? For instance, who goes in to start a bare base operation, security forces or the tanker airlift control element and flight? What are the variables in determining how many pallets you can