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Jan. 24, 2024
Scott AFB successfully hot-pit refuels F-35 for the first time, gains certification

Scott Air Force Base recently hosted a pair of F-35A Lightning II aircraft from the 388th Fighter Wing based at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, as a part of an Air Force-wide push to expand hot-pit refueling capabilities, Jan. 18, 2024.
Dec. 6, 2023
JBLM Airmen, Soldiers conduct Operation Wardog Express

U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army service members conduct Operation Wardog Express at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Nov. 28, 2023. The joint training event assessed the units’ knowledge and abilities in mission essential tasks and static cold loading for personnel and equipment. Training exercises are
Nov. 17, 2023
Family: The foundation of Warrior Hearts

America’s Airmen enter a Warrior Heart culture when they take their oath, but it’s the families who are the foundation of Warrior mentality.During the 2023 Airlift/Tanker Association Conference in Grapevine, Texas, Gen. Mike Minihan, Air Mobility Command commander, acknowledged this fighting courage
Nov. 14, 2023
DoD senior leaders urge AMC to sustain momentum during annual mobility symposium

The 55th Airlift/Tanker Association Symposium brought together 1,500 Mobility Airmen in a single forum in Grapevine, Texas, Nov. 9 – 12, 2023, along with Department of Defense senior leaders and industry partners. During the event, themed “Forging Warriors, Projecting America’s Lethality,” Gen.
Nov. 13, 2023
19 AW, MAG-24 conduct FARP operations during JPMRC 24-01

The 19th Airlift Wing conducted a Forward Area Refueling Point operation during the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center training exercise at Bradshaw Army Airfield, Hawaii, Oct. 31, 2023.
Oct. 17, 2023
Certified Royal: 3rd AS conducts AFFORGEN certification event

Four C-17 Globemaster III’s from Dover Air Force Base participated in Agile Royal, an Air Force Force Generation certification event that took place across five military installations, Sept. 15, 2023.
Sept. 26, 2023
ENDEX of GREEN FLAG-LITTLE ROCK marks STARTEX of Exercise STORM FLAG

The 34th Combat Training Squadron kicked off Exercise Green Flag-Little Rock 23-10 Thursday as a live, joint training venue for Mobility Air Forces and international participants to rehearse a winning scheme of maneuver for future conflicts.
Sept. 12, 2023
61st EAS Supports Army Jumpers During Bright Star 23

A Texas Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry Airborne Regiment jump from a C-130J Super Hercules from the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing during an airborne operation over Egypt in support of exercise Bright Star 23, Sept. 7, 2023. Bright Star 23 is a multilateral
Aug. 30, 2023
McConnell Airmen graduate from Army Air Assault School

Defenders from the 22nd Security Forces Squadron became the first two McConnell Airmen to graduate from the Army Sabalauski Air Assault School at Fort Campbell, Kentucky on August 18, 2023. The Airmen learned and honed skills to bring back to their squadron.
Aug. 23, 2023
317 AW strengthens ties with regional partner, hones new capability

Two C-130J Super Hercules from the 317th Airlift Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, supported Special Operations Command South and the Chilean Army during exercise Southern Star 23, from July 24 through Aug. 10, 2023.