News

Sept. 29, 2017
AMC commander seeks enhanced problem-solving with airlines

The commander of Air Mobility Command spoke with a group of more than 150 airline representatives, Sept. 26, to address pilot qualification and retention issues common to the Air Force and the airline industry.
Sept. 25, 2017
Dobbins serves as important hub for hurricane relief efforts

The flightline resembled a truck stop gas station this week as semitrucks were lined up in several rows behind the Transportation Proficiency Center, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Sept. 21, 2017. Trucks carried cargo vital to the relief efforts currently underway in countries lying in the destructive
Sept. 21, 2017
Kentucky ANG deploy to Caribbean for Hurricane Maria relief operations

Seven Special Tactics Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard departed the Kentucky ANG base, Louisville, Sept. 20, 2017, for the Caribbean where they will open airfields for humanitarian aid deliveries and resident evacuations in the wake of Hurricane Maria, the third major hurricane to hit the
Sept. 18, 2017
SecAF outlines Air Force priorities during speech

Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson discussed the state of the Air Force during the Air Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference Sept. 18, 2017.
Sept. 18, 2017
2017 Invictus Games slated to commence Sept. 23

Athletes from around the world will come together in Toronto, Canada, to compete in the 2017 Invictus Games, uniting more than 550 wounded, ill or injured military service members from 17 nations to compete in 12 unique sporting events. The games are scheduled to commence Sept. 23 and will continue
Sept. 14, 2017
Mobility Airmen, FEMA stand up hurricane staging area in South Carolina

Joint Base Charleston enabled hurricane recovery operations by helping to stand-up of a U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) installation support base at the North Auxiliary Airfield here Sept. 8, 2017.
Sept. 13, 2017
Airmen conduct historic mission to Virgin Islands following Irma

JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. (AFNS) -- Members of the 14th and 15th Airlift Squadrons delivered a Federal Aviation Administration air traffic control mobile tower from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, to the Cyril E. King Airport in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Sept. 12, 2017.The mobile ATC
Sept. 9, 2017
Air Force delivers medical professionals to Florida for Hurricane Irma response

LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. (AFNS) -- The 41st Airlift Squadron transported more than 100 medical personnel to Orlando, Florida, Sept. 9, 2017, to prepare for Hurricane Irma relief efforts.The 41st AS flew to Dallas and Houston to pick up U.S. Public Health Service Rapid Deployment Force
Sept. 9, 2017
Little Rock AFB accepts military aircraft in response to Hurricane Irma

LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. (AFNS) -- Team Little Rock received various aircraft and their crews assigned to multiple military installations along the East Coast in preparation for Hurricane Irma, Sept. 9, 2017.Personnel from Hurlburt Field, Florida, along with U-28As, CV-22 Ospreys, MC-130H
Sept. 8, 2017
Dobbins provides hurricane evacuation support

DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. (AFNS) -- Late on the evening of Sept. 6, 2017, the first of several C-130 Super Hercules carrying evacuees landed here. What began as a typical aircraft arrival scene with airfield managers guiding the planes in, became a bit more unique as Marine Corps aircrews