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  • C-130H aircraft receive tactical upgrade

    PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AIR RESERVE STATION, Pa. -- Five of the eight C-130 Hercules aircraft stationed here received Real Time In Cockpit modification throughout the month of February to boost operational flexibility and situational awareness.   RTIC is a system that shows the current

  • Iowa air refueling wing supports NATO AWACS missions

    NATO AIR BASE GEILENKIRCHEN, Germany -- This month, members of the Iowa Air National Guard's 185th Air Refueling Wing based in Sioux City, Iowa, are refueling NATO Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft while assigned here.Approximately 40 members from the 185th are in Germany for two weeks

  • Fairchild awarded USSTRATCOM Omaha Trophy

    U.S. Strategic Command named Fairchild Air Force Base its annual Omaha Trophy winner in the Strategic Aircraft category Feb. 17, 2017.This year's win marks the second year in a row the 92nd and 141st Air Refueling Wings, as a fully-integrated Total Force partnership, have won the trophy. The

  • AMC Command Chief visits Ramstein

    Chief Master Sgt. Shelina Frey, Air Mobility Command command chief, speaks to attendees of the a professional development seminar hosted by the 521st Air Mobility Wing’s 721st Aerial Port Squadron on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Feb. 14, 2017. Frey and Chief Master Sgt. Mark Redden, 521 AMOW command

  • Total Force aeromedical Airmen receive new trainer

    SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Scott Air Force Base Airmen recently began using a new ground aeromedical evacuation fuselage trainer here.Through coordination with Air Mobility Command, the 375th Air Mobility Wing secured a C-130H aircraft that was scheduled for decommissioning from Little Rock Air

  • Travis supports FEMA response to California flooding

    Due to historical rainfall and flooding across Northern California, Travis Air Force Base is supporting an incident management assistance team from the Federal Emergency Management Agency with a staging area at the base.

  • AMC achieves electronic flight bags milestone

    Air Mobility Command recently achieved a milestone with its electronic flight bag initiative. All AMC wings and aircraft are now approved to use electronic flight bags - portable electronic devices that consolidates nearly 120 pounds of paper products into a single tablet. The tablet contains

  • U.S.-India Special Forces integrate during C-130J jump

    Aero India is India's premier aerospace exhibition and airshow, held bi-annually. A highlight of the tradeshow was a joint U.S. and India Special Forces combined free-fall jump from a C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 143rd Airlift Wing, Rhode Island National Guard at Air Force Station