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  • Air mobility squadron keeps C-17s ready for fight

    SOUTHWEST ASIA – Winning the fight against an adversary requires much more than just dropping bombs on targets and taking out key leaders.It requires coordinating the precise movement of necessary supplies to arrive at the right location at the right time. In fact, logistics plays such an important

  • 732nd AMS supports historic F-35 operation in Alaska

    JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- As the U.S. Marine F-35B Lightning II made history by arriving in Alaska, showcasing a new aircraft within the state as well as introducing it to the harsh environment of the last frontier, the 732nd Air Mobility Squadron worked behind the scenes to support

  • Scott AFB celebrates ‘Century of Service’

    This year the Air Force celebrates its 70th birthday and the fourth oldest “continuously active duty flying field” in its inventory will celebrate its 100th. Located in the heartland of America, Scott Air Force Base is marking this historic milestone tomorrow with a kickoff celebration that will

  • 621st CRW supports Army's RAAW exercise

    Airmen from the 621st Contingency Response Wing worked with Soldiers from Fort Wainwright, Alaska, to load 10 AH-64 Apache helicopters and two Stryker armored vehicles in extreme cold weather during the Rapid Alaska Airlift Week exercise Dec. 10-16.

  • Tankers fuel the fight

    In the fight against Da'esh and the Iraqi counteroffensive to liberate Mosul, no nation works alone. In the skies, a Coalition of pilots from 19 nations work tirelessly to dismantle, disrupt and ultimately destroy Da'esh by striking infrastructure, roadways and other high-value targets

  • Air Force reservists graduate Army Air Assault School

    DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. -- The first airlift control flight members from Air Force Reserve Command graduated from the Army’s Air Assault School Nov. 18, 2016, at Ft. Benning, Georgia. Staff Sgt. Kurtis Crawford and Senior Airman Tyler McPhail, both assigned to the 512th Airlift Control Flight at

  • Final phase of C-17 drag reduction testing underway

    EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The 418th Flight Test Squadron is completing the final three of five phases on the Air Force Research Laboratory’s C-17 Drag Reduction Program using 3-D printed parts by Lockheed Martin at Edwards Air Force Base, California.The squadron is testing parts in various

  • Mobility Airmen team up to support hurricane exercise

    The 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Logistics Readiness Squadron, and Communications Group teamed with Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, for Exercise Crisis Look-17. This particular exercise included pre-landfall patient evacuation for a hypothetical “Hurricane Greg” Nov. 6-10.The members

  • KC-10 Extender refuels CV-22 Ospreys

    Two CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft with the 8th Special Operations Squadron conduct an air-refueling mission with a KC-10 Extender from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., over the Gulf of Mexico, Nov. 18, 2016. The air-refuel mission marked the first time an 8th SOS aircraft has connected to a