KC-46A equipment processing begins

Another step toward the KC-46A Pegasus flying over Kansas started this week as Airmen in the 22nd Logistics Readiness Squadron began paving an innovative path through the maintenance equipment review process.Instead of having the equipment ship from the manufacturer to the Defense Contract

Fairchild rocks the Block 45 upgrade

The first of 22 Fairchild KC-135 Stratotankers slated to receive the Block 45 upgrade over the next seven years returned here from McConnell Air Force Base Oct. 23.The Block 45 upgrade includes various changes to the aircraft, yet the biggest upgrade is to the engine instruments panel. The panel

Fairchild maintainers support KC-46 testing

The KC-46 Pegasus program's first test aircraft, a Boeing 767-2C (EMD-1), departed from its home station at Boeing Field in Seattle and touched down at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. for the first time Oct. 15, where a KC-135 Stratotanker and accompanying maintainers from Fairchild AFB prepared to

Exercise Vigilant Shield 16

OPM data breach: Staying vigilant

According to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, approximately 25 million federal employees had personal information stolen as a result of two separate, but related, cybersecurity incidents on its systems since the end of 2013.Individuals impacted by the second, larger OPM data breach are being

KC-46 program refueler touches down at Edwards

The KC-46 program's first test aircraft, a Boeing 767-2C (EMD-1), departed from its home at Boeing Field in Seattle and touched down at Edwards for the first time Oct. 15.The plan is to have the 767-2C here for about two weeks.Boeing and the 418th Flight Test Squadron are conducting Ground Effects

New resilience program for AMC civilian personnel

Headquarters Air Mobility Command will initiate a new program this month called the Federal Occupational Health Employee Assistance Program.The program is a free, anonymous resource available 24/7 to assist federal civilians and Non-Appropriated Fund employees assigned to HQ AMC and subordinate

18th Air Force to participate in Exercise Ultimate Reach

Eighteenth Air Force units, partnered with the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, will participate in Exercise Ultimate Reach Nov. 2-8.Ultimate Reach is an annual U.S. Transportation Command-sponsored live-fly exercise designed to exercise the ability of 18th Air Force (Air Forces Transportation) to

Latin American cadets learn about airlift

Team Dover hosted 26 cadets from 13 countries in Central and South America as they toured the base's transport aircraft types; the C-5M Super Galaxy and C-17A Globemaster III, during a brief visit Oct. 15, 2015, here.The cadets were introduced to the jet transports and their crews during a tour of

MACA Fly-in seminar stresses air safety in aviation capital

The 22nd Air Refueling Wing flight safety office welcomed approximately 100 attendees, including more than 35 participants who arrived on base via non-military aircraft to the Midair Collision Avoidance Fly-in seminar Oct. 17, here.There are more than 70 airfields within 75 miles of base, and