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  • Big plane lands on small runway

    Nearly 18 months of training, planning, and praying paid off in droves June 8 when a massive C-17 Globemaster from Travis Air Force Base, California, landed in the midday hours at Paso Robles Municipal Airport."This is the first time ever an aircraft this large has touched down at this airfield,"

  • 22nd STS Airmen rescue injured mountain climber

    Two Airmen from the 22nd Special Tactics Squadron out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord risked their lives to rescue an injured climber from Mount Rainier May 28, 2014. Second Lt. Ryan McQuillan, 22nd STS officer in charge weapons and tactics, and Master Sgt. Kim Brewer, 22nd STS NCO in charge of weapons

  • Exercise Turbo Distribution: establishing a port in a storm

    The port facility at Joint Base Charleston - Weapons Station, South Carolina, was temporarily located near the city of fictional city of Charliesport in the country of El Corona recently as part of a Joint Task Force - Port Opening exercise. Held May 15 through 22, U.S. Transportation Command's

  • Infrastructure upgrades enhance joint base missions

    Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, Air Force and New Jersey leaders officially opened the joint base's newest Command Post and Base Operations joint facility as well as a new dormitory with two ribbon-cutting ceremonies Feb. 24, 2014, here.The JB MDL Command Post and several 305th OSS flights,

  • C-17 crews demonstrate joint, international capabilities

    Five C-17 Globemaster III aircraft departed from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, and dropped more than 380 U.S. and Royal Thai paratroopers into Lopburi Airfield, Thailand, Feb. 15 in support of multi-national military exercise Exercise Cobra Gold.The airdrop operation flown by aircrews

  • JBLM crews perform HI-RAIN live fire

    Following months of planning, Airmen and Soldiers completed JBLM's first joint live-fire M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems Rapid Infiltration (HI-RAIN) exercise, Jan. 31 to Feb. 6, in Schoonover, Calif. During the weeklong exercise, six McChord C-17 Globemaster III aircraft transported 12

  • 435th AGOW Airmen lead Rwandan port operations

    In an effort to confront destabilizing forces and violence within the Central African Republic, France and the African Union have requested U.S. support to move Rwandan forces into the region.Airmen from the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing's Contingency Response Group responded to the request. A

  • Air Force Transports Rwandan Troops to Central African Republic

    U.S. airlift operations are continuing in the Central African Republic, Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Steve Warren said today.Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft initially began operations Dec. 12 in response to a French request for limited support in the region. During those initial operations,