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Aug. 5, 2017
Mobility Guardian challenges aeromedical evacuation

Mobility Guardian, Air Mobility Command’s large-scale exercise, challenges Aeromedical Evacuation Operations Teams (AEOT) to keep Aeromedical Evacuation organized and tasked to support missions.
Aug. 3, 2017
US, foreign military pilots navigate through Alaskan, Canadian wildfire smoke

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – Training scenarios for U.S. military and 11 partnering nation pilots who are participating in Air Mobility Command’s large-scale exercise, Mobility Guardian, now also include reduced visibility due to wildfires.The smoke, which is a milky haze, descended upon much
July 25, 2017
AMC hosts aircrew chemical decontamination exercise

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- More than 15 aircrew flight equipment technicians from across Air Mobility Command gathered here July 17 to 21, to train on Aircrew Contamination Control Area processes and procedures during exercise Toxic Arch.The goal of the exercise is to strengthen the continuity
July 21, 2017
Contingency response forces provide mobility expertise during Exercise Saber Guardian ‘17

BEZMER AIR BASE, Bulgaria -- Approximately 80 Airmen assigned to the 321st Contingency Response Squadron Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, are deployed here in support of the exercise Saber Guardian July 14 to 25.Saber Guardian is an annual multinational exercise held in the Black Sea
July 20, 2017
USAF demonstrates capabilities in European theater

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany – The U.S. Air Force airlift provides the capability to deploy armed forces and assets anywhere in the world within hours.
July 19, 2017
Reservists team up with nine countries for overseas exercise

PAPA AIR BASE, Hungary -- Approximately 3,000 U.S. and allied military members came here to conduct airborne training operations in Romania and Bulgaria, as part of exercise Swift Response 17, July 15.Swift Response is a multinational exercise designed to train airborne forces and enhance
July 15, 2017
Travis Extenders execute Ultimate Reach during Talisman Saber 17

KC-10 Extender aircrews from the 6th and 9th Air Refueling Squadrons at Travis Air Force Base, California, played a pivotal role July 13 in successfully executing Exercise Ultimate Reach, a strategic refueling and air drop mission in support of Exercise Talisman Saber 2017.
July 14, 2017
U.S. and coalition partners demonstrate global defense capabilities during Talisman Saber

Four U.S. Air Force and one Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster IIIs loaded with 306 American and Canadian paratroopers tookoff from Joint Base Elemendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska to Shoalwater Bay, Australia for biennial training exercise, Talisman Saber July 13, 2017.
July 13, 2017
USAF tankers enable Talisman Saber, Australia allies

MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kansas -- In the pre-dawn light, four active duty and guard KC-135 Stratotankers launched July 12 in support of exercise Talisman Saber 2017.U.S. Pacific Command and Australian Defense Force Headquarters Joint Operations Command sponsors the Talisman Saber 2017, which
June 19, 2017
Son continues family military legacy, works alongside father at Dobbins

A new pilot here has a particularly special memory from Father’s Day last year. While he was attending C-130 pilot training at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, his father came to visit. His father is no stranger to Little Rock AFB, he also attended training there as a young aviator and was