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  • Mobility aircrews, Industry test secured Electronic Flight Bags

    HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. -- Private industry is competing to provide aircrews with upgraded Electronic Flight Bag applications during a PlugTest event at the Hanscom Collaboration and Innovation Center here.EFBs are used by aircrews to plan, execute and debrief flights. Applications on the

  • Joint AE mission enables patients to receive critical care

    Airmen, Soldiers and U.S. and Japanese civilian personnel from six different locations around the world teamed up to provide the largest aeromedical evacuation ever at Misawa Air Base, Japan, for two critical patients March 22.The Air Force AE system is a unique and significant part of the nation’s

  • Squadron develops process, trains new Mobility Airmen across Europe

    For many new Airmen, completing upgrade training within their career field can feel like an uphill battle. There are career development courses and on-the-job training to complete, all while keeping up with the day-to-day demands of their job.The 721st Aerial Port Squadron has devised a solution

  • Pacific mission demonstrates C-5M upgrades

    A C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft from the 22nd Airlift Squadron flew a Pacific channel mission March 4 - 5, 2017, from Travis Air Force Base, California delivering cargo to Yokota Air Base, Japan.

  • Airmen, Soldiers exercise aeromedical evacuations

    An Airmen screams out in pain due to a gunshot wound to the abdomen. Grass flies through the air as the HH-60 Black Hawk helicopter approaches it’s landing zone. The injured Airman is securely strapped to a litter by a medical technician and rushed to the helicopter for rapid transport.

  • USAF uses first drone for C-17 post flight inspection

    EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- WThe 412th Test Wing’s Emerging Technologies Combined Test Force used a quadcopter to conduct a maintenance inspection of the exterior of a C-17 Globemaster III on loan from Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington, here March 6. It was the first time the ET CTF flew an

  • Nine mobility Airmen selected for RPA pilot training

    The inaugural Enlisted Remotely Piloted Aircraft Pilot Selection Board has chosen 30 enlisted Airmen to fill fiscal year 2017/2018 training slots as a part of the deliberate approach to enhance the Air Force’s Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance mission.

  • Expeditionary aeromedical squadron creates mobile ICU

    BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- The intensive care unit that the 455th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron operates out of the back of a C-130J Hercules is a different scene entirely. An intensive care unit is usually a sterile environment, white hospital walls, pristine floors, bright fluorescent