Joint Operational Access Exercise

Little Rock squadron plays crucial role in one of Mobility Air Force’s largest exercises

Somewhere amidst the 600,000 acres of the Kisatchie National Forest, which spans several districts and parishes in Louisiana, Airmen and Soldiers are working around the clock, conducting contingency response training to increase their combat readiness, expeditionary skills, and joint effectiveness.

Team McChord completes 500th Deep Freeze mission

Airmen from the 62nd and 446th Airlift Wings, deployed from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., as part of the 304th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, completed a milestone event when they flew the 500th C-17 Globemaster III Special Assignment Airlift Mission into Antarctica in support of Operation Deep

'Army Wives' producers, writers gain insight from JBLM families

Reality met television last week when producers and writers of the hit Lifetime television show, "Army Wives," met with Joint Base Lewis-McChord families to discuss their experiences, Oct. 10. The crew travels to one military post a year for story ideas, and this visit marks their first to a joint

Fairchild Airman to compete at AMC Icon singing competition

A Fairchild NCO will sing in the Air Mobility Command Icon singing competition Oct. 25 at Scott Air Force Base, Ill. Staff Sgt. Abigail Foster, a former Tops in Blue vocalist and member of the 92nd Maintenance Squadron, got her chance to go to the AMC Icon after winning the local Fairchild Air Force

JB Charleston members compete in Integrity's Revenge CrossFit Competition

Tail swap enables Afghan mission support and humanitarian effort

A 317th Airlift Group C-130J and aircrew already assigned to deploy to Afghanistan on a tail-swap mission were given the perfect opportunity to conduct their mission and help the people of Afghanistan as well by participating in the Denton Program and transporting school supplies to students and

'Vortex surfing' could be revolutionary

Migrating birds, NASCAR drivers and Tour de France bicyclists already get it. And now the Air Force is thinking about flying gas-guzzling cargo aircraft in formation--'dragging' off one another--on long-haul flights across the oceans.Flight tests with C-17s "vortex surfing" at Edwards Air Force

A family-friendly deployment

More than 150 McConnell Airmen, spouses and children braved the cold weather and the harsh wind to experience the Family Mobility Line Oct. 6, 2012, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan.Sponsored by the Airman and Family Readiness Center, spouses and children learned what it was like to deploy.After

“I am Air Force Energy”

October is Energy Action Month. This year's theme is "I am Air Force Energy." As the theme implies, whether you are a military member, civilian or contractor, your ideas are vital to improving efficiency. In the last 6 years, Airmen in Air Mobility Command have reduced aviation fuel consumption 4