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  • Guam’s 734th Air Mobility Squadron helps ‘Santa’

    The 734th Air Mobility Squadron at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam was the center of “Santa’s” operations for two weeks in December during Operation Christmas Drop, which the world’s longest running airdrop mission.The trilateral training event, which includes the Japanese Air Self Defense Force and

  • How the Air Force got smarter about its aviation fuel use in 2018

    Did you know the Air Force is the largest consumer of fuel in the Department of Defense? This may not surprise you, if say, you’ve ever watched a sortie of F-35s complete an aerial refueling, or witnessed a C-5 lift (seemingly) effortlessly into the sky. In fact, the Air Force consumes approximately

  • Super Galaxy: AE’s biggest ally

    During a cold, gloomy first week of December, total force Airmen teamed up at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, to test the capability of the Air Forces largest aircraft to perform aeromedical evacuation during a proof of concept event.The goal was to establish the C-5M Super Galaxy as part of the

  • Airlift Wing and AMOW pioneer C-5 maintenance training concept

    More than 30 Air Force Reserve maintainers assigned to the 512th Airlift Wing along with a 436th Airlift Wing C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft and crew traveled to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Nov. 23, 2018, to assist the 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing with vital hands-on, airframe-specific training.

  • Dyess participates in Joint Forcible Entry exercise

    Twenty-seven C-130H Hercules and C-130J Super Hercules from multiple active duty, reserve and Air National Guard bases took off from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Dec. 8, 2018, in support of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School Joint Forcible Entry exercise.For the past four years, Dyess has been the

  • AMC command chief retires after 30 years of service

    Chief Master Sgt. Larry Williams, Air Mobility Command command chief, closed out his 30-year career on Nov. 30 at the place where it began: Dover Air Force Base.The retirement ceremony, held at the AMC Museum, celebrated the significance of Williams’ career, one that uniquely and almost exclusively

  • 89th Airlift Wing to fly tribute honoring former president

    Joint Base Andrews, M.D. – The 89th Airlift Wing, based at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, will conduct a tribute flight in honor of former President George H. W. Bush with an Air Force VC-25A, over the interment site at College Station, Texas, at 3:55 p.m. CST on Wednesday, Dec. 5.

  • 76th AMXG shows Team Fairchild how to ‘Tinker’

    Leaders from Fairchild Air Force Base visited the 76th Aircraft Maintenance Group Nov. 18-20, during a site visit to Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.Tinker AFB is made up of 5,500 acres with 460 buildings hosting operational missions for the Air Force, Navy as well as several other Department of