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Aug. 8, 2017
Mobility Guardian provides valuable C-130 hot defueling training

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- Mobility Guardian is offering training in many Mobility capabilities, including one that is unfamiliar to many Airmen due to its scarce use in recent years, hot defueling.Hot defueling involves offloading fuel from an aircraft while the engines are running and
Aug. 7, 2017
Mobility Guardian Phase Two begins

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WASH. — The second half of Exercise Mobility Guardian began here Aug. 6 and will focus on training aircrew on advanced tactical air operations.
Aug. 6, 2017
621st CRW to exercise ABO skills during Mobility Guardian

The 621st Contingency Response Wing deployed an air base opening team of 99 Contingency Response Airmen here in support of Air Mobility Command’s premier readiness exercise Mobility Guardian.
Aug. 5, 2017
Mobility forces enable joint forcible entry exercise

Mobility forces partnered with the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division for a joint forcible entry exercise Aug. 2 here and at Moses Lake as part of Exercise Mobility Guardian.
Aug. 5, 2017
A400 Atlas debuts during Mobility Guardian

Royal Air Force’s A400M Atlas makes its debut in Air Mobility Command's premier, large-scale exercise.
Aug. 5, 2017
Mobility Guardian challenges aeromedical evacuation

Mobility Guardian, Air Mobility Command’s large-scale exercise, challenges Aeromedical Evacuation Operations Teams (AEOT) to keep Aeromedical Evacuation organized and tasked to support missions.
Aug. 4, 2017
Dobbins, other Reserve C-130 units team up for training exercise in Rockies

DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. – Train as you fight and fight as you train. So goes the old adage about putting in the work required in practice to perform effectively under pressure. The same is true for Dobbins as it must prepare its C-130s to perform in a variety of locations as required by the
Aug. 3, 2017
US, foreign military pilots navigate through Alaskan, Canadian wildfire smoke

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – Training scenarios for U.S. military and 11 partnering nation pilots who are participating in Air Mobility Command’s large-scale exercise, Mobility Guardian, now also include reduced visibility due to wildfires.The smoke, which is a milky haze, descended upon much
Aug. 2, 2017
AMC commander directs return of five Dover C-5s to flying, orders fleet-wide fixes

The Air Mobility Command commander returned five C-5M Super Galaxy airlifters from Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, to flying operations today following repairs to the aircraft's nose landing gear.
Aug. 2, 2017
Fairchild celebrates 75th birthday at Skyfest 2017

Team Fairchild hosted the Inland Northwest Skyfest 2017 Air Show and Open House July 29 and 30, 2017. The U.S. Air Force Aerial Demonstration Squadron, better known as the Thunderbirds, headlined this free, two-day event, where thousands of visitors walked the flight line to enjoy seeing the

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