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  • Airmen work in concert to execute rapid global mobility

    It's been raining sideways for hours since he arrived for work on the flightline at 6 a.m. Staff Sgt. Justin Worcester ignores his drenched uniform and plows ahead while inspecting every inch of the 53-year-old KC-135 Stratotanker, because he's a crew chief.  His name is on it. "We put everything on

  • KC-46A Pegasus conducts 1st in-flight refueling demonstration

    The KC-46A Pegasus successfully transferred fuel through its boom to an F-16C Fighting Falcon Jan. 24 to demonstrate aerial refueling operations in advance of its first production decision later this spring.The KC-46A passed 1,600 pounds of fuel to an F-16C piloted by Lt. Col. Daniel Alix of the

  • Operation Desert Storm: 25 years later, AMC doing more with less

    Iraqi forces attacked Kuwait Aug. 2, 1990, setting into motion a massive military response from a coalition of nations to protect Saudi Arabia from invasion with Operation Desert Shield. After Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein refused to withdraw from Kuwait, Operation Desert Shield gave way to Operation

  • Airmen become resilience 'warriors', better leaders

    On the path to self-improvement, people often cite variations of the quote "it's not the destination that matters, but the journey."For the Airmen who recently ascended to the "Warrior" tier of the Leadership Pathways (LP) initiative, the lessons learned along the way about becoming more resilient

  • Scott's Det. 1 performs Combat Flight Inspection mission

    Nestled in the outskirts of Oklahoma City is a small group of Scott Airmen who perform an important and unique mission that ensures the safety of the aircraft and their crews who fly in and around combat zones.Located as part of the Federal Aviation Administration's Mike Monroney Aeronautical

  • Team McChord performs during Rainier War

    In today's military, aircrews have to be trained and ready to handle any type of combat scenario, and recently, members of McChord Field and other bases participated in an exercise titled "Rainier War" to help them hone their skills.Aircrews from Joint Bases Lewis-McChord, Wash, Pearl Harbor-Hickam,

  • C-141 'Hanoi Taxi' moved into new AF Museum building

    Restoration crews at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force moved the Lockheed C-141C Hanoi Taxi into the museum's new fourth building on Dec. 16. The aircraft, which airlifted the first American prisoners of war out of North Vietnam in February 1973, will be displayed in the Global Reach

  • AMC hosts wing commanders at fall Phoenix Rally

    More than 100 Mobility Air Force active duty, Guard and Reserve wing commanders and command chiefs will gather here Dec. 1-3 for Air Mobility Command's fall Phoenix Rally -- a three-day, focused look at command priorities, roles and missions."This event gives Total Force leaders who enable the

  • A grasshopper's final hop

    From a storage facility in Ohio to a museum in Delaware, a piece of U.S. Air Force heritage has a new home.A C-17A Globemaster III, operated by the 3d Airlift Squadron, 436th Airlift Wing, transported a Taylorcraft L-2M "Grasshopper" aircraft from storage at the National Museum of the United States

  • Mobility airmen, nations gather exercise Gunfighter Flag

    Airmen from Travis Air Force Base, California, recently participated alongside other Airmen from various bases, the U.S. Army, the U.S. Navy and the Singapore air force, in the week-long total-force exercise Gunfighter Flag.The joint advanced combat operations training exercise took place from Nov.