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  • Mobility Airmen provide airlift to Saber Junction 16

    This year the U.S. Air Force Total Force will deploy 14 C-17s and C-130s  to provide critical airlift capability to ensure global reach during exercise Saber Junction. Mobility Airmen will provide airdrop and air landings of paratroopers and equipment in the exercise showcasing Air Mobility

  • An era of Dover-built TF39 engines throttles down

    As the number of legacy C-5 Galaxy aircraft are converted to C-5M Super Galaxies, the need for General Electric TF39 high pressure turbine engines will become a thing of the past by late 2017, as they are replaced by the quieter and more powerful General Electric CF6-80C2 turbofan engine.The sound

  • Airmen honored for rescuing 3 after helo crash

    Maj. Matthew Arnold, 336th Training Group chief of standards evaluations, and Tech. Sgt. Dean Criswell, 22nd Special Tactics Squadron NCO in charge of rescue operations, were honored with the Airmen's Medal April 8, 2016, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington.The Airman's Medal is awarded to a

  • Nearly 650 family members reach U.S. within 74 hours

    On March 29, 2016, the State Department and Secretary of Defense Ash Carter approved the ordered departure of Department of Defense dependents and civilian personnel assigned to the 39th Air Base Wing at Incirlik Air Base and other locations throughout Turkey.Within a matter of minutes, Mobility

  • C-17 pilot, Olmstead Scholar to study in Tel Aviv

    In March, Capt. Nick Burke, a 14th Airlift Squadron evaluator pilot and chief of standards and evaluations, was selected to participate in the Olmsted Scholarship Program. He will be traveling to Tel Aviv University, Israel, after attending the U.S. Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center

  • Joint EOD teams train for any possibility

    The 17,000 acres of ranges at JB MDL are, dare I say, explosive. On any given day you can hear small arms fire, the BOOM of a howitzer or even the BANG of bomb training.Adding to the noise, the joint base hosted a three-week improvised explosive device training, March 14-31. Air Force and Marine

  • Medical staff integrates aircrew mindset

    Primary care provider medical teams at the 22nd Medical Group are taking cues from aircrew playbooks.The 22nd MDG recently partnered with a KC-135 Stratotanker aircrew during a group training day to develop more patient checklists and regular team huddles. The KC-135 crew briefed the 22nd MDG on

  • Air Force holding 4 public meetings on KC-46 beddown

    The U.S. Air Force is holding public, drop-in, open house scoping meetings. The purpose of these meetings is to solicit comments on the proposed beddown of the KC-46A Third Main Operating Base (MOB 3) mission.The MOB 3 mission includes the basing of 12 KC-46A aircraft, facilities and infrastructure,

  • Charleston aircrew plays role in ordered departure

    One of the first aircrews involved in airlifting more than 60 military dependents from Turkey to Baltimore returned to Joint Base Charleston , April 1, 2016 following an ordered departure from the area due to security concerns in the region.The aircrew was comprised of members from the 14th and 15th

  • Flares countermeasures enables warfighter support

    They are hot, they are bright and they are a visual spectacle, however these are not your run of the mill fireworks being shot off in celebration. Flares used by pilots are life-saving emergency countermeasures that keep Team Dover aircraft in the skies delivering airlift cargo to the