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  • Team McChord performs during Rainier War

    In today's military, aircrews have to be trained and ready to handle any type of combat scenario, and recently, members of McChord Field and other bases participated in an exercise titled "Rainier War" to help them hone their skills.Aircrews from Joint Bases Lewis-McChord, Wash, Pearl Harbor-Hickam,

  • C-141 'Hanoi Taxi' moved into new AF Museum building

    Restoration crews at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force moved the Lockheed C-141C Hanoi Taxi into the museum's new fourth building on Dec. 16. The aircraft, which airlifted the first American prisoners of war out of North Vietnam in February 1973, will be displayed in the Global Reach

  • CRW launches its newest squadron

    A ceremony marking the activation of the 321st Air Mobility Operations Squadron took place Dec. 7 following the inactivation of the 15th AMOS.Through both real-world operations and training exercises, the AMOS deploys Air Operations Center trained personnel and equipment to augment any component

  • McConnell selected as AMC pilot base for cyber operations squadron

    The Air Force selected McConnell Air Force Base as the Air Mobility Command pilot base for a new cyber operations squadron in preparation for the arrival of the KC-46A Pegasus tanker.The new squadron will be one of the first steps in achieving cyber superiority in a manner comparable to the Air

  • Retired Col. Earl Young, 18th AF pioneer, passes away at 102

    Retired Air Force Col. Earl B. Young, 18th Air Force's first commander, passed away Dec. 5 at the age of 102.Young served as the 18th Air Force commander when the Numbered Air Force first activated in 1951."It is a sad day for the 18th Air Force family," said Lt. Gen. Sam Cox, 18th AF commander.

  • AMC hosts wing commanders at fall Phoenix Rally

    More than 100 Mobility Air Force active duty, Guard and Reserve wing commanders and command chiefs will gather here Dec. 1-3 for Air Mobility Command's fall Phoenix Rally -- a three-day, focused look at command priorities, roles and missions."This event gives Total Force leaders who enable the

  • AMC C-17 facilitates airdrop for Missile Defense Agency test

    Over the summer, the Air Force Test Center sent a C-17 with air and maintenance crews from Edwards to Hawaii, but it was no vacation. The crews worked 24-hour shifts for several months to support a Missile Defense Agency test of the Ballistic Missile Defense System over the western Pacific

  • New cyber mission activated at Scott AFB

    The 688th Cyberspace Wing activated a new group and two squadrons Dec. 1, 2015, at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, and three additional squadrons at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Dec. 3, 2015.Col. Michelle Hayworth, 688th Cyberspace Wing commander, presided over the group activation, and Col.

  • McConnell refueling group to gain wing status

    The Air Force will redesignate the 931st Air Refueling Group as a wing in an official ceremony in early 2016.The newly designated 931st Air Refueling Wing will grow by nearly 400 personnel to meet the needs of the wing.The wing designation will also establish the 931st Operations Group, the 931st

  • Crisis Battle Staff responds to disasters, war

    Running the Air Force's global mobility enterprise day-to-day is a huge undertaking to begin with, so when a crisis strikes that requires a large mobility effort, Air Mobility Command and 18th Air Force need a tool that lets them focus on that crisis.The Crisis Battle Staff is a collection of