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  • Guard, Reserve gather for annual aerial firefighting training

    More than 400 personnel of the four units making up the Air Expeditionary Group  arrived here April 19 for a week-long training and certification sponsored by the U.S. Forest Service. Each orange number on the tail represents one of the eight planes on the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System team,

  • Air Force, Navy conduct first P-8A refueling mission

    JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md.  -- The 459th Air Refueling Wing helped made history last week when its KC-135 was the first to operationally refuel a Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, P-8A Poseidon. “The 459th and the Air Force Reserve Command is honored and delighted

  • Travis receives final KC-10 with new modifications

    The 59th and final KC-10 Extender was modified and flown home by the 9th and 6th Air Refueling Squadrons at Travis Air Force Base, California, March 28 - signifying the completion of a six-year project.

  • McConnell tankers enable first F-35 European deployment

    MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- History happened April 14 as the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Lightening II deployed to Europe for the first time carried by the backbone of the aerial refueling fleet, the KC-135 Stratotanker.   “The mission of the 22nd Air Refueling Wing is to refuel the fight,”

  • MiCare becomes TOL Patient Portal Secure Messaging

    The Air Force MiCare system that lets patients at Air Force hospitals and clinics communicate securely with their health providers is getting a new name. The system is now called TOL Patient Portal Secure Messaging, the same name used by the Army and Navy. This is intended to minimize confusion for

  • JB Lewis McChord Airmen, Soldiers train for unexpected

    JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash.  -- The Airmen and Soldiers here train for the unexpected furing a Mission Oriented Training exercise April 13 on the McChord Field flightline. Loadmasters from the 62nd Airlift Wing trained alongside Soldiers from the 13th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion to load

  • Mobility aircrews, Industry test secured Electronic Flight Bags

    HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. -- Private industry is competing to provide aircrews with upgraded Electronic Flight Bag applications during a PlugTest event at the Hanscom Collaboration and Innovation Center here.EFBs are used by aircrews to plan, execute and debrief flights. Applications on the