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  • Urban training site provides realistic training for defenders

    Approximately two dozen Travis Defenders completed their annual active shooter certification training April 13 at the installation's newly constructed Emergency Responder Urban Training Site.Donned in tactical gear and face protection, Airmen from the 60th Security Forces Squadron underwent multiple

  • AMC relocates KC-135 simulator

    Air Mobility Command will relocate a KC-135 pilot simulator from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. to Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Ohio, in an effort to maximize simulator utilization across the mobility enterprise.As the KC-46A is fielded, displaced KC-135 simulators will be relocated across

  • WWAST compete against JB Charleston, inspire others

    Members of the Joint Base Charleston and Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Teams battled it out April 23, 2016, at Patriot's Point in Charleston, S.C.The WWAST is comprised of veterans and active-duty service members who have lost limbs but won't let that disability to keep them from being

  • AMC Commander visits JBLM

    Gen. Carlton D. Everhart II, Air Mobility Command commander and Chief Master Sgt. Shelina Frey, AMC command chief, visited and met with Airmen throughout the base here April 5 to 7.Everhart and Frey spent most of their tour interacting with Airmen at as many work centers as possible and discussing

  • 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