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June 5, 2019
C-130s over Normandy

C-130s from the 317th Airlift Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas and the 314th AW, Little Rock AFB, Arkansas, fly in formation over the beaches of Normandy, France, while participating in fly-over events June 4, 2019. More than 26 aircraft and 2,000 military personnel from various units and countries
May 31, 2019
123rd Airlift Wing supports interoperability with exercise Immediate Response

The purpose of the annual exercise is to build multinational readiness, enhance military-to-military relationships and improve interoperability between land forces to provide mutual assurance, deter regional aggression and support a balanced approach to security and stability in the Balkan region.
Oct. 3, 2018
Fairchild KC-135s, Airmen support Operation Juniper Micron

Fairchild KC-135 Stratotankers, Airmen, and support equipment, deployed to continue partner support to France as part of Operation Juniper Micron in Spain, September 2018.
Sept. 11, 2018
US Air Force participates in Angel de los Andes Colombian led search and rescue exercise

Two U.S. Air Force aircraft and more than 90 U.S. Airmen are participating in “Angel de los Andes,” a Colombian led international search and rescue training exercise Sept. 3-14.One C-17 Globemaster III from the 14th Airlift Squadron at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina and one C-130 Hercules
Sept. 10, 2018
571st MSAS plays role in exercise Angel de los Andes

RIONEGRO, Colombia -- Exercise Angel de los Andes, a multi-national search and rescue exercise hosted by Colombia, began operations here Sept. 1 and will continue through Sept. 15.The two-week-long exercise will focus on exercising search and rescue, aeromedical evacuation and casualty evacuation
Sept. 9, 2018
521st AMOW celebrates 10th Anniversary

The 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing will celebrate its tenth anniversary and long history of safely expediting maximum war-fighting and humanitarian effects through rapid and precise global air mobility across a more than 5000 mile area of responsibility Sept. 4, 2018, on Ramstein Air Base,
June 18, 2018
Refuel to remember: Team MacDill Total Force supports 100-year commemoration flight

Ground crews from the 6th Air Mobility Wing and aircrews from the 927th Air Refueling Wing collaborated to ensure success of a 100-year WWI commemorative training mission over France. They offloaded over 65,000 pounds of fuel to a 96th Bomb Squadron’s B-52 proving Total Force Integration is key to
June 1, 2018
Joint Base Charleston conducts the Air Force’s first ‘social media reenactment’ of the D-Day invasion

On the evening June 5 and the early morning of June 6, 2018, Joint Base Charleston will conduct a real-time historical reenactment of the D-Day invasion, solely on social media.Starting at 7 p.m., both the 437th and 315th Airlift Wings will start Facebook and Twitter posts as if the D-Day invasion
Nov. 14, 2017
Dover Port Mortuary Honors Fallen Warfighters

Service members from all branches of the military, in addition to DoD civilians and contractors, work tirelessly at the Charles C. Carson Center for Mortuary Affairs on Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, to comfort the families of the fallen who’d died in contingency operations overseas. Their mission
Nov. 9, 2017
Airman shares story of family, service in wake of natural disasters

Growing up in Puerto Rico five miles from Roosevelt Roads, one Airman from Travis Air Force Base, California knows all too well the dangers due to the location of the island.“Since I was a child, my family would always stock pile food and water in preparation for the hurricane season,” said Capt.

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