22nd LRS supports humanitarian donation to Paraguay

Excess firefighting equipment from across Kansas will soon be transported to Paraguay with the help of Airmen from the 22nd Logistics Readiness Squadron. The equipment was transferred from the Wichita Fire Department Regional Training Center to McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., Feb. 5, 2013. The

152nd Airlift Wing hosts interfly operations

The highest point in Nevada is 13,147 feet. The highest in Arkansas is 2,753. Airmen from the Natural State recently visited Reno, Nev., for an interfly to help accustom them and their C-130J aircraft to the steep mountains, high altitude and high desert that's so similar to Afghanistan. Throughout

Air Force increases projected KC-46 flying hours, crew ratio

The Air Force has increased planned life-cycle flying hours and aircrews assigned to the new KC-46A refueling tanker to make optimal use of the commercially-proven aircraft's fuel efficiency, cargo and aeromedical evacuation capabilities. Compared to the Eisenhower-era KC-135 Stratotanker, the KC-46

Air Force CRW among first on ground, supporting French operations in Africa

More than a hundred Airmen of the 621st Contingency Response Wing, located at Joint Base McGuire, N.J., and at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., are currently supporting airlift missions transporting French soldiers and military equipment from Istres, France, to Bamako, Mali.The 621st CRW, often the

McChord Reservist helps out in France

A simple phone call can change everything. Less than eight hours after receiving the call to manage U.S. airlift operations in support of French efforts against extremist forces in Mali, Lt. Col. Ben Morley was on the road. On Jan. 20, mere hours after the call, he landed in Istres, France, where he

Dental Squadron increases mission readiness on installation

The dental exam scheduling process that once took Unit Health Monitors days to complete every month, has now been reduced to hours, thanks to five members assigned to the 375th Dental Squadron. Currently military members are required to have an annual exam every 13 months or they show up on the

Deployed 62nd APS Airmen breaks AMC, 379th AEW records

In six months Staff Sgt. Ryan Stoks expedited more than 413 missions and moved more than 18 million pounds of cargo to set new aerial port expeditor records for Air Mobility Command and the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing. What began as a simple challenge with his fellow 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility

Loading up a C-5 Galaxy

Historic deployment for 310th AS

In January 2001 the 310th Airlift Squadron joined Team MacDill. Twelve years later, it made a bit of history, when one of its C-37A aircraft and two crews were deployed.The squadron's twin-engine, turbofan aircraft routinely run missions from MacDill for high-ranking government and Department of

U.S. Air Force supports French operations in Mali