RODEO 2009: Tuskegee Airmen

RODEO 2009: 'Candy Bomber' drops in

RODEO 2009: AE events supported by Patient Loading System

For much of its service life of 50-plus years, the KC-135 Stratotanker has been an air refueler and cargo hauler. Since 2003; however, the tanker is also a primary aircraft for aeromedical evacuation missions across the globe. The transition to AE missions was made possible by the development of the

RODEO 2009: New competition adds SPICE

Air Mobility RODEO 2009 competition has some SPICE in it for the first time. Along with the usual montage of scheduled flying and ground events, contingency response wings from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., Travis AFB, Calif., and Ramstein Air Base, Germany, are also competing to set up the Small

RODEO 2009: Mobility Airmen step up to make event successful

With more than 100 teams and 2,500 people, McChord Air Force Base is seeing a significant increase in its population due to the Air Mobility RODEO 2009. To support the increased numbers, McChord and other Air Mobility Command bases have pulled together many resources to ensure RODEO's success. The

RODEO 2009: Maintenance Airmen begin their 'quest for the best'

Maintenance competition ramped up today for Air Mobility RODEO 2009 where the "knucklebusters" were tested on their ability to keep aircraft ready to meet operation commitments. The maintenance competition consists of three timed ground events, including a pre-flight inspection, aircraft refueling

RODEO 2009: International participants vie in ground crew competition

An international loadmaster crew was evaluated here today during the Joint Inspection evaluations as part of Air Mobility RODEO 2009. RODEO 2009 is a bi-annual mobility competition focusing on the flight and ground skills of mobility force crews from around the globe. Turkish Chief Master Sgts.

RODEO 2009: Ground crews emulate safest standards

An aerial port team competing here performed in front of a surprise visitor July 20 during the Tunner 60,000-pound Loader Obstacle Course as part of Air Mobility RODEO 2009 events. Retired Col. Gail Halverson, also known as the "Candy Bomber" from the Berlin Airlift of 1947, observed the Ohio Air

32nd ARS crew first to refuel new multinational C-17

With Swedish and U.S. Air Force pilots in the cockpit, the first C-17 Globemaster III to belong to a 12-nation strategic airlift initiative topped off its gas tank in flight for the first time Friday while over the Atlantic, courtesy of a Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst tanker and crew."It was

Senior Afghan commander's visit supports AMC role in building partnerships

The commander of the Afghanistan National Army Air Corps visited Scott Air Force Base July 15 as part of a U.S. visit that included stops at several U.S. Air Force installations, as well as the National Capital Region. According to Air Mobility Command officials, the visit from Afghan Maj. Gen.