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  • 6th MXG implements idea, improves warfighting effectiveness

    During MacDill’s inaugural Fuel Tank innovation competition last June, 6th Air Mobility Wing Airmen brought forth their innovative ideas to wing leadership to improve workplace efficiency.Senior Airman John Cuttito, a 6th Maintenance Squadron hydraulics systems journeyman, was deployed during the

  • McConnell crews complete first local flights, refueling

    The anticipation toward the KC-46A Pegasus arrival has been building since it was announced that McConnell would be the first main operating base to house the Air Force’s newest weapon system. Fast forward to 2019, and the KC-46 has started to fly around the Midwest skies. On Feb. 26 and 27, 344th

  • Two Travis Airmen selected for RPA pilot program

    A C-5M Super Galaxy flight engineer and a flight line expediter at Travis Air Force Base were among the 24 Airmen selected to become Enlisted Remotely Piloted Aircraft Pilots earlier this month when the 2019 ERPA selection board results were announced.

  • Little Rock AFB Airman innovation saves $750K

    At Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, the 19th Maintenance Group back shop was assigned an additional task of overhauling C-130J ramp actuators, which are responsible for locking and unlocking the ramp during ground and air operations. In order to overhaul an actuator, a safety fixture is

  • Airmen demonstrate Rapid Global Mobility in Venezuela humanitarian mission

    Airlifting 250 tons of relief supplies to alleviate a humanitarian crisis on the other side of the hemisphere requires layers coordination between multiple military and civilian agencies in a condensed timeframe.But that’s just what Airmen of the 305th Air Mobility Wing accomplished Feb. 16,

  • CRW delivers agile mobility expertise during exercise

    FORT POLK, La. -- The sound of gunfire echoed across the open field at the Geronimo Landing Zone as Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing based out of Travis Air Force Base, California, responded to a simulated base attack during a training mission in support of Green Flag Little Rock

  • Scott AFB commander selected to be SECAF advisor, departs in March

    SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Col. Leslie Maher, 375th Air Mobility Wing and Installation commander, has been selected to be the Senior Military Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force, and will report to her new duties in early March.  Assuming command of 375th AMW will be Col. Joseph Meyer,