May 11, 2023 62d AW provides global airlift during U.S. Army, USAFE-AFAFRICA led DEFENDER 23 DEFENDER 23 is a U.S. Army Europe and Africa-led exercise, supported by U.S. Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa, focused on the strategic deployment of continental United States-based forces and interoperability with Allies and partners. Taking place from April 22 to June 23, DEFENDER 23
May 11, 2023 The 305th AMW flies last sortie with the KC-10 The 305th AMW conducted it's final sortie with the KC-10 Extender on 11 May, 2023.
May 10, 2023 AFFORGEN Inspires First Ever Helicopter Familiarization Training at Beale Air Force Base When operating around a helicopter, flyers must secure loose items, focus on the crew chief’s hand signals, and never approach from the rear. These are some of the many lessons Airmen from the 9th Civil Engineer Squadron learned after completing Beale Air Force Base’s first helicopter
May 10, 2023 19th Airlift Wing participates in GFLR 23-07 The 19th Airlift Wing successfully completed the Green Flag Little Rock 23-07 exercise hosted by the 34th Combat Training Squadron at Alexandria International Airport, La., April 19 - 27, 2023.
May 9, 2023 U.S.-based Air Force mobility aircraft supporting DEFENDER 23 exercise in Europe Activities begin this month across ten countries in Europe and continue through June as part of a U.S. Army-led exercise DEFENDER 2023, which U.S. Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa is supporting in several ways.
May 8, 2023 121st pilots and aircrew participate in water survival training Pilots and aircrew with the 121st Air Refueling Wing participated in Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape (SERE) water survival training at the Harcum Fitness and Aquatic Center in Reynoldsburg, Ohio, May 7, 2023. Every three years, pilots and certain aircrew go through SERE water survival
May 3, 2023 87th LRS Airmen ACE hot-pit training Airmen from the 87th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, traveled to Atlantic City Air National Guard Base, New Jersey, to collaborate with the 177th Fighter Wing to take part in an integrated hot-pit refueling training the week of April 24, 2023.
May 3, 2023 818th MSAS trains Mauritanian Air Force Airmen assigned to the 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron recently trained with 12 aircraft maintainers in the Mauritanian Air Force C-208 program on aircraft electrical maintenance and performed an assessment of the Mauritanian supply warehouse.This mission was the third engagement in the
April 26, 2023 MacDill AFB conducts Operation Violent Storm The 6th Air Refueling Wing, in collaboration with the 927th ARW and the 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, conducted Operation Violent Storm, April 26, 2023.
April 25, 2023 Luke Airmen exercise ACE during Wild Coyote Airmen from the 56th Fighter Wing, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, and the 317th Airlift Wing, Dyess AFB, Texas, executed Agile Combat Employment tactics during exercise Wild Coyote, April 12-13, 2023, at Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field, Arizona.