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  • Investigation report details death at Scott Air Force Base

    Air Mobility Command officials released the ground accident investigation board report regarding the Oct. 29, 2015, death of an Airmen who collapsed during his physical fitness assessment at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.Tech. Sgt. Nicholas T. Kruse-Wright, assigned to the 375th Force Support

  • Americans, Australians execute airlift together

    U.S. Air Force Airmen and U.S. Army Soldiers worked closely with coalition forces from Australia, New Zealand and Sweden during the Green Flag Little Rock 16-06 exercise April 14-24, 2016, located at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, and Ft. Polk, Louisiana. The 34th Combat Training Squadron

  • McGuire hosts rapid response training with FEMA

    The 305th Aerial Port Squadron welcomed members of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Pennsylvania Task Force 1 for rapid air mobilization training April 21, 2016 as part of an ongoing partnership initiative.FEMA are the nation's experts in rapid response in case of humanitarian crises and to

  • McConnell team wins Gen. Spaatz Trophy for second year in a row

    Back at it again, the 349th Air Refueling Squadron "Bandits" earned the 2015 Gen. Spaatz Trophy, for being the best air refueling squadron in the Air Mobility Command and going up for the Air Force level award.The 349th ARS proved their worth by consistently and quickly "refueling the fight" and

  • AMC leads the way in total force integration

    Air Mobility Command delivers global reach, global vigilance and global power in the form of worldwide cargo and passenger airlift, air refueling and aeromedical evacuation.That ability to respond at a moment's notice and enable rapid global mobility operations is made possible through the support

  • McChord Airmen train Australian maintainers

    An Airman working inside an aircraft engine asks a wingman to pass him a "torch". A torch is a common Australian term for a flashlight and the Airman asking for the flashlight is one of the Australian Airman attending maintenance training here at JBLM. The Australians are attending a aircraft

  • C-130s increase Afghanistan's mobility capability

    When two C-130H aircraft arrived at Robins in the fall of 2013, each would play a significant role nearly two years later in a country over 7,000 miles away.The nose of one aircraft, scheduled to be retired, served as a donor to a second C-130. The second had experienced a hard landing and suffered

  • KC-46 team wins DOD environmental award

    The KC-46A Pegasus program's Environment, Safety and Occupational Health (ESOH) team was named the Defense Department's top large program in environmental excellence in weapon system acquisition April 22.The award, which is part of the 2016 Secretary of Defense Environmental Awards, recognized the

  • Aviano’s Atlas actions: Holding up Saber Junction 16

    Eighteen airlift aircraft performed 103 sorties during an exercise at Aviano Air Base, Italy, from March 31 to April 24, 2016.Saber Junction 16 evaluated the readiness of 5,000 U.S. Army, Air Force, NATO and European partner nations' military forces to conduct land operations in a joint, combined

  • NASA astronauts assess USAF Water Survival Course

    Five team members from NASA visited Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, April 18-20 to assess the USAF Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Water Survival Course."Right now we are here to evaluate the possibility of sending more astronauts to Fairchild in the future," said Michael Fincke, NASA