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  • Students lead large-scale joint forcible entry exercise

    SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Sixteen Mobility Airmen attending the U.S. Air Force Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, participated in a joint forcible entry exercise at the Nevada Test and Training Range June 18, 2016.The exercise, known as JFE Vul, is a large-scale air mobility

  • First C-5M named 'City of San Antonio,' lands at Alamo Wing

    The saying “history repeats itself” has become all too familiar to the 433rd Airlift Wing, as hundreds of Airmen and distinguished guests gathered along the flight line here June 17 to welcome the Alamo Wing’s first official C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft, bestowed “The City of San Antonio.” The 433rd

  • CRW announces future strategy

    The 621st Contingency Response Wing recently announced its future strategy, which provides a comprehensive multi-phased plan for developing operationally agile forces as directed by higher headquarters strategic guidance.In keeping with Air Force’s Future Operating Concept released in September

  • Airman supports largest Air Force diagnostics department

    Four Airmen inside David Grant USAF Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base, California, operate the largest teleradiology services department in the Air Force. One of those individuals is Senior Airman Wesley Hong, 60th Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron picture archiving computer system

  • AMC leads the way in total force integration

    Air Mobility Command delivers global reach, global vigilance and global power in the form of worldwide cargo and passenger airlift, air refueling and aeromedical evacuation.That ability to respond at a moment's notice and enable rapid global mobility operations is made possible through the support

  • NASA astronauts assess USAF Water Survival Course

    Five team members from NASA visited Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, April 18-20 to assess the USAF Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Water Survival Course."Right now we are here to evaluate the possibility of sending more astronauts to Fairchild in the future," said Michael Fincke, NASA

  • Air Force holding 4 public meetings on KC-46 beddown

    The U.S. Air Force is holding public, drop-in, open house scoping meetings. The purpose of these meetings is to solicit comments on the proposed beddown of the KC-46A Third Main Operating Base (MOB 3) mission.The MOB 3 mission includes the basing of 12 KC-46A aircraft, facilities and infrastructure,

  • AMC shines at the 2016 international air show

    During the 2016 FIDAE Air and Space Trade Show, several Airmen from 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern), Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., teamed up with members from the Air Mobility Command to participate in a subject matter expert exchange with the Chilean air force on the use of the Transport Isolation

  • Comptroller airman wins big as bodybuilding competitor

    Each year, approximately 18,000 athletes representing more than 70 countries gather to compete in one of America's largest multi-sport festivals. But this year, one of those competitors was unlike any other.U.S. Air Force Capt. Tarah Mitchell, 19th Comptroller Squadron financial analysis flight