Photo essay: Security forces combat tactics action

For three days of Air Mobility Rodeo 2011, more than 20 teams competed for the top spot in the security forces combat tactics event.Rodeo 2011, sponsored by the Air Mobility Command, is the Mobility Air Force's readiness competition. This competition focuses on improving worldwide air mobility

Tactics competition tests skills of security forces for Rodeo 2011

Built with a humanitarian relief scenario by event organizers from the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's 421st Combat Training Squadron, the security forces tactics competition here for Air Mobility Rodeo 2011 tested the deployment skills of the Airmen."All of the teams who competed in this

Dutch Rodeo team bands together to help Airman

Air Mobility Rodeo provides a backdrop for Airmen to share ideas, improve mobility capabilities and build relationships with international partners. It's also a place where partners become friends.Senior Airman Martin Jensen, 62nd Maintenance Squadron aerospace ground equipment mechanic, was

Photo essay: Port Dawgs run Rodeo obstacle course

Aerial porters run an obstacle course as part of the Air Mobility Rodeo 2011 challenge here July 28, 2011. Several teams competed to find out which one of them would go home with the Best Aerial Porters trophy. The winners will be announced July 29, 2011.

U.S., Allied nations participate in Rodeo 2011 combat endurance challenge

Beefed up advanced marksmanship event for Rodeo 2011 raises bar for Air Force's best shooters

The longest shot they had to make was at 1,000 yards using the latest Air Force sniper weapon -- the M-24 bolt-action rifle. By making that shot and others one team out of 11 would be named the best advanced marksmanship team for Air Mobility Rodeo 2011.The advanced marksmanship event made its debut

C-17 named in honor of Medal of Honor recipients during Air Mobility Rodeo 2011

A new C-17 Globemaster III was named for all Medal of Honor recipients at a ceremony here July 26, 2011, during Air Mobility Rodeo 2011. The naming ceremony is a time-honored Air Force tradition of dedicating aircraft to significant places, events and people. Previous honorees include prisoners of

Israeli chief serves as umpire at Rodeo 2011

The sole representative from the Israeli air force at Air Mobility Rodeo 2011, Chief Master Sgt. Itzhak Nevo is the guy every C-130 maintainer looks to."They think I know everything because I've been working on C-130s since 1975," Nevo joked.Nevo is serving as an umpire at Rodeo, the biennial

Team Dover participates in Rodeo 2011

More than 50 Team Dover members are participating in the 2011 Air Mobility Command's Rodeo competition.The biennial competition began July 24 and focuses on improving our worldwide air mobility forces through readiness competition to prepare for future deployments. There were approximately 150

Air transportation Airmen compete for best joint inspection, in-transit visibility honors at Rodeo 2011

In a deployed environment, preparing the "beans and bullets" before being transported to the warfighter on the ground is a top priority for mobility Airmen. Two Air Mobility Rodeo 2011 aerial port competitions tested aerial porters on just that capability.Twenty-six air mobility crews from Rodeo