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  • Joint exercise prepares Airmen, Soldiers for contingency ops

    LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. -- Green Flag Little Rock 16-09 kicked off Aug. 18, 2016, withapproximately 750 U.S. Army airborne infantry soldiers jumping from severalC-130J and C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in the dead of night to seize and secure anassault zone. The event, referred to as "hit

  • Air Force, Army planners find ways to see greater jump in airdrops

    An arriving C-130 Hercules taxies to a large hangar where about 60 Army paratroopers wait to board. Lugging about 100 pounds of gear, the Soldiers quickly line up and load into the aircraft as its four idling engines blow hot gusts over the tarmac. Minutes later, the plane is flying at 150 mph and

  • Newly activated unit guides transient aircraft on joint missions

    Any aircraft that flies into Pope Army Airfield, Col. Kelly Holbert will know about it. But Holbert’s unit, the 43rd Air Mobility Operations Group, has no aircraft of its own. As the only en route operations group in the continental U.S., the unit manages transient aircraft and the joint missions

  • Fire Department training climbs to new heights

    Team Dover firefighters now have a new tool for their tool boxes. A Mobile Travel Team from the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, traveled to Dover AFB to teach a Rescue Technician Course for 12 fire emergency services Airmen August 2016, at Dover

  • Charleston Airman earns Navy training distinction

    JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. -- A few miles from the bustling runways full of cargo planes at Joint Base Charleston, one Airman is acquiring his sea legs. Senior Airman Austin Walworth, 628th Security Forces Squdaron, recently earned the Navy's Small Craft Insignia. It is believed Walworth is the

  • Airmen practice Ebola safety during Exercise Mobility Solace

    ir Mobility Command Airmen flew an aeromedical evacuation of a simulated Ebola patient from Joint Base Charleston to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, during Exercise Mobility Solace, Aug. 15-17, 2016.Mobility Solace provided AMC and its joint partners, the opportunity to evaluate the procedures and

  • BEEliners stand out at international airshow

    A C-17 Globemaster III aircrew from the 21st Airlift Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, California, manned a static display at the Abbotsford International Air Show here Aug. 12 to 14.

  • Devil Raiders support Exercise Northern Strike

    Airmen from the 821st Contingency Response Group here participated in Exercise Northern Strike Aug. 7-20, 2016, at Grayling Army Airfield and Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center in Michigan.

  • McConnell EOD team assists local sheriff’s department

    When a backpack containing a potentially dangerous explosive device was handed over to authorities, the Marion County Sherriff’s Department, in Kansas, knew exactly who to call.The 22nd Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal team received the call requesting assistance the afternoon of