USTRANSCOM meets challenge of Afghanistan deployments

Mountainous, landlocked, challenging ... all words that can be used to describe the landscape of Afghanistan. That country, just slightly smaller than the state of Texas, poses special consideration for the deployment and the resupply of American forces serving there. The number of U.S. forces

SATAF team visits Grand Forks AFB

Another step toward the realignment of Grand Forks AFB was taken as the third Site Action Task Force started arriving here June 7 in an effort to finalize Base Realignment and Closure recommendations and plans. The visit, like the two before, focused on the beddown of Grand Forks AFB's "Family of

AMC supports humanitarian mission to Argentina

Members of the 375th Logistics Readiness Squadron here June 12, loaded the 26,000-pound heart of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging machine onto a C-17 bound for Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. -- and ultimately Argentina. The MRI equipment was donated to a hospital in Salta, Argentina, by Washington

Team McChord trains NATO crew chiefs

When the new NATO base in Papa, Hungary, becomes fully operational in the next few months, McChord AFB personnel can take great pride in the fact it played a role in helping establish an installation which will support airlift operations of 12 nations.Five flying crew chiefs -- three from Sweden,

618th TACC Flight Clearances initiative wins DOD recognition

The 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center here was awarded first prize for the best operational improvement initiative during the Department of Defense's Second Annual Continuous Process Improvement Symposium June 1 to 3 at the National Conference Center in Lansdowne, Va.All military branches were

Maintaining the Fight: Air Mobility in Afghanistan

Being in a fight is easy, it is having the ability to stay in the fight until you win that is the hard part. This is especially true in the new type of war being fought by the Coalition forces in Afghanistan where the enemy's strategy is to outlast the resolve and sustainment capability of U.S. and

Weather squadron trains to perform duties while deployed

On a misty morning June 3, Airmen from the 15th Operational Weather Squadron moved through tall wet grass toward a simulated dangerous crossing guarded by hidden enemies.For the morning's training exercise, the hidden enemies were actually fellow members of the 15th OWS, and the dangerous crossing

AMC begins moving Strykers into Afghanistan

Air Mobility Command's hub for global airlift, air refueling and aeromedical evacuation is "all in" with its commitment to support joint worldwide operations, kicking off efforts this week to airlift more than 300 Stryker vehicles to military forces in Afghanistan.The term Stryker applies to a

Coaches visit troops via McConnell tanker

Advanced Composite Cargo Aircraft makes first flight

Members of the Air Force Research Laboratory and Lockheed Martin's famed 'Skunk Works' launched a new era of aircraft manufacturing technology and performance with the successful initial demonstration flight of the Advanced Composite Cargo Aircraft June 2 at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif.