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  • Pope Air Force unit lynchpin to Global Response Force mission

    Pope AAF is the second busiest en-route location in the Air Force and the launching point of the 82nd ABN, America’s Global Response Force. When called up, the base must be able to receive aircraft, then load and deploy Soldiers and their equipment in a very short time with little notice.

  • Aeromedical test lab certifies equipment for aircraft

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Transporting sick and injured military members and dependents by air from areas lacking certain medical requirements is an important part of the Air Force mission. Often serving as mobile hospitals these aircraft travel with teams of medical professionals who

  • From flightline to frontline: 386 ELRS manages process for moving munitions

    SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFNS) -- Aerial porters can often appear to be flightline fortune tellers. They can gauge the intensity of ongoing war efforts through the amount and types of items that come across their cargo yard, everything from vehicles to missiles. As the battle against the Islamic State of

  • Feeding the hungry with humanitarian aid

    Over 130,000 pounds of humanitarian aid was airlifted to relief organizations in Central American and Caribbean nations by the 315th Airlift Wing, Feb. 5, during a training mission that carried cargo as part of the Denton humanitarian program. The cargo, which mainly consisted of food, was donated

  • Defenders fortify skills with new virtual training system

    MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- What does it mean to be a defender? It means having the courage to put others safety before their own, being uncertain of the outcome but choosing to stand up and fight regardless. That is why Security Forces Airmen are known as defenders.It is the 22nd Security

  • Little Rock Airmen test first C-130J with Block 8.1 upgrades

    LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. -- Airmen conducted a training flight using the first C-130J with a Block 8.1 upgrade at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, Feb. 3, 2017.  The Block 8.1 upgrade enhances GPS capabilities, communications systems, updated friend-or-foe identification and allows the

  • AMC commander visits JBLM, discusses critical missions

    JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- The commander of Air Mobility Command visited Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Jan. 29 through Feb. 2 to meet and speak with Airmen and Soldiers here about the installation’s role in critical national missions. While here, Gen. Carlton D. Everhart II, AMC

  • AMC reorganizes nuclear directorate

    SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Air Mobility Command recently re-designated and reorganized the directorate responsible for carrying out the Command’s critical support of the Air Force and nation’s nuclear deterrence and mobility operational mission in an effort to further enhance support of its

  • New tracking system improves armory accountability

    Airmen at the 92nd Security Forces Squadron armory have a new upgraded inventory and equipment tracking system to sign out gear needed for the day.The first phase of the inspection was enabled Jan. 22 and offers Defenders electronic accountability of more than 10,000 items in the active-armory