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  • Dover Aerial Port trucks cargo to JB MDL

    Since February 2016, Team Dover's fleet of C-5M Super Galaxy airlifters has temporarily operated out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, due to an ongoing runway construction project at Dover AFB, which has created shortened runway operations, causing a few changes to the 436th Aerial

  • Fairchild perfect answer for evacuated McConnell KC-135s

    Because of its ramp space, logistical capabilities, and maintenance facilities, Fairchild received six KC-135 Stratotankers that were evacuated from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., April 26, due to projected severe weather."Severe weather with damaging winds and hail with a possibility of

  • Investigation report details death at Scott Air Force Base

    Air Mobility Command officials released the ground accident investigation board report regarding the Oct. 29, 2015, death of an Airmen who collapsed during his physical fitness assessment at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.Tech. Sgt. Nicholas T. Kruse-Wright, assigned to the 375th Force Support

  • Army, Air Force train for short take-off and landing

    Soldiers from the 173rd Brigade Support Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade out of Vicenza, Italy, and Airmen from the 321st Special Tactics Squadron, out of the Royal Air Force Station in Suffolk, England, secured the Hohenfels Training Area short take-off and landing strip (STOL) April 13, as part

  • AMC relocates KC-135 simulator

    Air Mobility Command will relocate a KC-135 pilot simulator from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. to Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Ohio, in an effort to maximize simulator utilization across the mobility enterprise.As the KC-46A is fielded, displaced KC-135 simulators will be relocated across

  • An era of Dover-built TF39 engines throttles down

    As the number of legacy C-5 Galaxy aircraft are converted to C-5M Super Galaxies, the need for General Electric TF39 high pressure turbine engines will become a thing of the past by late 2017, as they are replaced by the quieter and more powerful General Electric CF6-80C2 turbofan engine.The sound

  • Nearly 650 family members reach U.S. within 74 hours

    On March 29, 2016, the State Department and Secretary of Defense Ash Carter approved the ordered departure of Department of Defense dependents and civilian personnel assigned to the 39th Air Base Wing at Incirlik Air Base and other locations throughout Turkey.Within a matter of minutes, Mobility

  • Air Force holding 4 public meetings on KC-46 beddown

    The U.S. Air Force is holding public, drop-in, open house scoping meetings. The purpose of these meetings is to solicit comments on the proposed beddown of the KC-46A Third Main Operating Base (MOB 3) mission.The MOB 3 mission includes the basing of 12 KC-46A aircraft, facilities and infrastructure,

  • Charleston aircrew plays role in ordered departure

    One of the first aircrews involved in airlifting more than 60 military dependents from Turkey to Baltimore returned to Joint Base Charleston , April 1, 2016 following an ordered departure from the area due to security concerns in the region.The aircrew was comprised of members from the 14th and 15th

  • Families ordered to leave Turkey arriving in US

    Military dependents and pets began arriving at Baltimore Washington International Airport, Maryland, March 31 following an ordered departure of Defense Department dependents due to security concerns in some areas of Turkey.Dependents arriving at BWI were flown on Air Mobility Command's C-17