C-17 maintainers going paperless

The C-17A Globemaster III is leading the way for Air Mobility Command's push to go to paperless aircraft technical manuals by using an Interactive Electronic Technical Manual on laptop or tablet e-tools. This will be used by aircraft maintainers to perform organizational level maintenance or what is

New Reserve unit to open doors at Keesler

The 403rd Wing is going through a period of growth with the activation of an additional aircraft maintenance squadron solely focused on keeping the 815th Airlift Squadron's 10 C-130Js healthy and in the air.With the approval of a new manning document, the total authorizations for positions in the

23 nations attend aerospace medicine summit

Medical professionals from 23 nations attended the Aerospace Medicine Summit and NATO Science and Technology Organization Technical Course at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, March 14 to 18.The annual event is a joint effort between the U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa Command Surgeon's

Night vision landings shed light on Antarctic airlift

Airlift support to the U.S. Antarctic Program wrapped-up in March, and members from Joint Base Lewis-McChord met challenges of the harsh Antarctic environment head-on, including performing night-vision goggle landings on a runway made of ice during the Austral Winter.The flights were part of

U.S., Turkish KC-135 units fly together for the first time

To better understand how each nation completes the vital air refueling mission, the U.S. Air Force and the Turkish air force flew KC-135 Stratotankers together in formation for the first time in their histories, March 8, over the Nevada Test and Training Range northeast of Nellis Air Force Base,

New software provides 360-degree view of flightline

Like any good neighbor, the Robins Maintenance Operations Center is there for you.It's an around-the-clock operation that never rests. That's because maintenance work on the flightline continues no matter what time it is.And helping to support that effort behind-the-scenes is a group of former

Mobility aircrew enables President's Cuba visit

President Barack Obama touched down in Cuba on the iconic "Air Force One" March 20, becoming the first sitting U.S. President to visit Cuba in nearly 90 years.While world leaders and citizens tuned into national news broadcasts of the visit, the men and women of the 89th Airlift Wing continued their

Air Force, Army, DLA conducts triannual JTF-PO training

With simulated terror cells operating in the area, Airmen and Soldiers dawn their interceptor body armor and place their M16 rifles at the low-ready position as they exit the bus at the fictitious country Sangala, in preparation for Exercise Turbo Distribution 16-02.What is now a runway surrounded

Airmen demonstrate personnel recovery during Red Flag 16-2

AMC's comm warriors are lead in technology innovation

Outlook 10, Lexmark printers, computer software these are all programs that work because of a section of personnel who prefer to work behind the scenes and put the customer first.Air Mobility Command's Communication Directorate, A6, leads the way for innovation and creating benchmarks within the Air