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  • USAF KC-135 completes first refueling mission with Romanian F-16

    The U.S. Air Force and Romanian air force made their first air refueling contact Feb. 28, 2017, over Romania. With the help of the U.S. Air Force 100th Air Refueling Wing and one of their KC-135 Stratotankers, the RoAF became certified to refuel from all U.S. KC-135s, strengthening their

  • Yokota welcomes PACAF’s first C-130J Super Hercules

    Yokota Air Base, Japan -- Team Yokota welcomed the first of 14 C-130J Super Hercules being assigned to the 374th Airlift Wing and Pacific Air Forces during an arrival ceremony here March 6, 2017. The new aircraft will eventually replace the unit’s existing C-130H fleet, which has been in service for

  • Supporting the fight and breaking records

    SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Air National Guardsmen from the 120th and 182nd Airlift Wings departed for home this week following a four-month deployment at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia.During their deployment, the Airmen were assigned to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing Airmen where they

  • Exercise Bonny Jack tests cargo deployment capabilities

    JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. -- The 628th Logistics Readiness Squadron hosted Exercise Bonny Jack, a two-day mobility exercise testing the cargo deployment capabilities of the 437th Airlift Wing here, March 1 and 2, 2017.The exercise started at 9 a.m., March 1 when the 437th Aerial Port Squadron

  • Expeditionary aeromedical squadron creates mobile ICU

    BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- The intensive care unit that the 455th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron operates out of the back of a C-130J Hercules is a different scene entirely. An intensive care unit is usually a sterile environment, white hospital walls, pristine floors, bright fluorescent

  • Fairchild kicks off 75th anniversary

    Fairchild Air Force Base kicked off its 75th Anniversary with a celebration event here with Spokane area elected officials, civic leaders, honorary commanders and others March 1, 2017. Col. Ryan Samuelson, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander and Spokane Mayor, David Condon, both gave remarks about the

  • AF initiates plan for CSAF Focus Area No. 2

    The Air Force is moving out on its top general’s number two focus area – Strengthening Joint Leaders and Teams. In the fall of 2016, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein announced three areas he considers foundational to the Air Force: Revitalizing Air Force squadrons, Strengthening Joint

  • Airmen ensure safe, operational airfield at JBLM

    JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- The 62nd Operations Support Squadron airfield management section is the go-to office here in the case of an airfield incursion incident.A runway incursion is considered as any unauthorized presence of an aircraft, vehicle or person on the safety protected area of a