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  • Feeding the hungry with humanitarian aid

    Over 130,000 pounds of humanitarian aid was airlifted to relief organizations in Central American and Caribbean nations by the 315th Airlift Wing, Feb. 5, during a training mission that carried cargo as part of the Denton humanitarian program. The cargo, which mainly consisted of food, was donated

  • Little Rock Airmen test first C-130J with Block 8.1 upgrades

    LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. -- Airmen conducted a training flight using the first C-130J with a Block 8.1 upgrade at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, Feb. 3, 2017.  The Block 8.1 upgrade enhances GPS capabilities, communications systems, updated friend-or-foe identification and allows the

  • AMC reorganizes nuclear directorate

    SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Air Mobility Command recently re-designated and reorganized the directorate responsible for carrying out the Command’s critical support of the Air Force and nation’s nuclear deterrence and mobility operational mission in an effort to further enhance support of its

  • Airmen exercise ability to provide humanitarian aid

    Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing exercised their ability to execute and sustain rapid global mobility to deliver humanitarian aid due to a simulated natural disaster throughout the state of Washington during Exercise Dragons Breath Jan. 22 to 27.The 821st Contingency Response

  • Pioneer of tactical airlift visits MacDill AFB

    He began his visit with a speech at U.S. Special Operations Command.“I was a part of the 492nd Bombardment Group, also known as the ‘Carpetbaggers,’ during World War II,” Cole said. “We started as an anti-submarine squadron, but instead began working with the Office of Special Services to drop

  • 621 CRW returns from Iraq deployment

    Welcome home signs along with family and friends, filled the room to greet Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing as they returned here, after a three-month deployment to Iraq.The 621st CRW Airmen operated out of Qayyarah West Airfield, Iraq, where they enabled and sustained air operations

  • AMC enables first international F-35B deployment

    SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Air Mobility Command Airmen helped mark a major milestone by enabling the delivery of Marine F-35B Lightning II aircraft to Japan, Jan. 18 2017.The transfer of the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 aircraft from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, to MCAS Iwakuni,