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July 3, 2023
U.S., International partners kick-off Exercise Mobility Guardian 2023

Exercise Mobility Guardian 2023, Air Mobility Command’s largest full-spectrum readiness exercise in the command’s history, is scheduled to begin July 5, 2023, in the Indo-Pacific region.This year’s MG23 reflects an evolution from the exercise’s previous three, U.S.-based iterations, and aims to
June 23, 2023
Air Mobility Command celebrates 100th year of air refueling with community flyovers across the U.S.

The United States Air Force will be conducting flyovers across 50 states on June 27 to honor 100 years of aerial refueling excellence. More than 150 tankers from 26 Total Force installations are scheduled to participate with KC-135 Stratotankers, KC-10 Extenders, and KC-46 Pegasus aircraft.Today’s
June 23, 2023
Scott stands up Detachment X for unmanned aircraft systems

The 375th Security Forces Squadron at Scott Air Force Base was the first unit across all of Air Mobility Command to establish a Red Air program, which went operational late last year. Once established, the Installation worked to create a Wing small-Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) program, which
June 15, 2023
Fairchild Endurance Mission tests new anti-fatigue measures for KC-135 crews

The 92nd Air Refueling Wing tasked personnel and KC-135 Stratotankers to execute a Phase III Lead Wing exercise June 5-9, over multiple locations, in preparation to be lead tanker wing at Air Mobility Command’s capstone exercise, Mobility Guardian 2023.
June 14, 2023
182nd Airlift Wing leads C-130 Hercules operations at NATO’s Air Defender 2023

The largest North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) multinational air forces redeployment exercise in history began at Wunstorf Air Base, Germany, June 12, and the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd Airlift Wing is leading the C-130 Hercules aircraft operations.Exercise Air Defender 2023, which
May 23, 2023
19th AW executes Rocket Launch rehearsal

The 19th Airlift Wing successfully employed their newly developed Rocket Launch Playbook, May 15 – 17, 2023. The Rocket Launch Playbook is a newly created supplement to the base’s Installation Deployment Plan. It provides a means for the 19th AW to rapidly deploy its C-130J Force Elements.
May 12, 2023
Team Travis hosts large scale readiness exercise

The 60th Air Mobility Wing executed Exercise Golden Phoenix, a large-scale readiness exercise synchronizing full spectrum support from installation partner units to include the 821st Contingency Response Group, 621st Contingency Response Wing, and the 349th Air Mobility Reserve Wing at Travis AFB,
May 8, 2023
Care, Listen, Connect; Peer-to-Peer

McConnell recently launched their new “Peer-to- Peer” initiative, designed to optimize the use of existing programs and helping agencies within the installation.“The Peer-to-Peer initiative is not just another program,” said Chaplain Jacob Wilde, 22nd Air Refueling Wing Chaplain. “It aims to
April 11, 2023
KC-46s enable AC-130Js for Exercise Balikatan 2023

The 27th Special Operations Wing will be supporting Exercise Balikatan 2023, a Philippine-led event, throughout April.
April 7, 2023
19 AW delivers Rapid Global Mobility during JPMRC-Alaska 23-02

The 19th Airlift Wing recently participated in Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center- Alaska 23-02 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, from March 19 through April 5, 2023.

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