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Oct. 5, 2022
21st AS leads first C-17 unit-level exercise in the U.S. Indo-Pacific AOR

Exercise Golden Bee is a joint readiness exercise designed to provide training integration and rehearse strategic and operational objectives in the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.
Oct. 3, 2022
MacDill recovers after Hurricane Ian

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 6th Maintenance Squadron pick up debris during a foreign object debris walk at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Oct 1, 2022. FOD walks are routinely held to clear the flightline of any foreign objects that could potentially cause damage to aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo
Sept. 29, 2022
JBC relocates C-17s, prepares for Tropical Storm Ian

Base personnel completed C-17 Globemaster III aircraft relocation operations in preparation for Tropical Storm Ian at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, Sept. 29, 2022. To effectively prepare the aircraft for relocation, base personnel worked together to ensure the C-17s were fueled and loaded
Sept. 29, 2022
Training in the 21st Century

The 317th Airlift Wing recently supported an Air Mobility Command training initiative called Targeted Training Video (TTV). Over a two-week period, multiple members from the 317th Maintenance Training Section and the 7th Equipment Maintenance Squadron supported videographers, graphics developers,
Sept. 27, 2022
AFRC Wing at Travis delivers humanitarian aid to Haiti

A Reserve aircrew from the 301st Airlift Squadron performed a three-day mission Sept. 23 – 25, to move humanitarian cargo to Haiti. Through the Denton Program, three school buses donated from San Diego Unified School District were transported from March Air Reserve Base, California, to Haiti.
Sept. 26, 2022
USAFEC commander publishes strategy to prepare Airmen for expeditionary warfare

Maj. Gen. John Klein, commander of the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center, published a new strategy defining a roadmap for the enterprise on how and why Airmen must prepare for the ‘next big fight.’In support of the center’s higher headquarters, with particular focus on Air Mobility Command’s
Sept. 21, 2022
Win or die: AMC commander presents Mobility Manifesto

Gen. Mike Minihan, commander of Air Mobility Command, presented his case for the state of air mobility to a packed audience of Airmen at the 2022 Air, Space & Cyber Conference, Sept. 21.
Sept. 19, 2022
Combat-tested Travis paramedic earns prestigious AF award

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Steven Peters, 60th Healthcare Operations Squadron emergency medical technician, was selected as one of the Air Force’s 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2022. While deployed to Hamid Karzai International Airport in support of Operation Allies Refuge in 2021, his
Sept. 19, 2022
KC-46A cleared for worldwide deployments following first combat refuel

Gen. Mike Minihan, commander of Air Mobility Command, approved the KC-46A Pegasus for worldwide deployments to meet combatant command taskings effective Sept. 14, 2022.
Sept. 19, 2022
KC-46A performs first operationally-tasked combat refueling sortie

Approximately 100 Airmen and four KC-46A Pegasus aircraft conducted 24-hour operations during Air Mobility Command’s multi-week Employment Concept Exercise 22-08 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, from August 27 through mid-September, 2022.

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