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  • Yokota welcomes PACAF’s first C-130J Super Hercules

    Yokota Air Base, Japan -- Team Yokota welcomed the first of 14 C-130J Super Hercules being assigned to the 374th Airlift Wing and Pacific Air Forces during an arrival ceremony here March 6, 2017. The new aircraft will eventually replace the unit’s existing C-130H fleet, which has been in service for

  • Fairchild kicks off 75th anniversary

    Fairchild Air Force Base kicked off its 75th Anniversary with a celebration event here with Spokane area elected officials, civic leaders, honorary commanders and others March 1, 2017. Col. Ryan Samuelson, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander and Spokane Mayor, David Condon, both gave remarks about the

  • C-130H aircraft receive tactical upgrade

    PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AIR RESERVE STATION, Pa. -- Five of the eight C-130 Hercules aircraft stationed here received Real Time In Cockpit modification throughout the month of February to boost operational flexibility and situational awareness.   RTIC is a system that shows the current

  • U.S.-India Special Forces integrate during C-130J jump

    Aero India is India's premier aerospace exhibition and airshow, held bi-annually. A highlight of the tradeshow was a joint U.S. and India Special Forces combined free-fall jump from a C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 143rd Airlift Wing, Rhode Island National Guard at Air Force Station

  • Fairchild pilots $4.3 billion DOD electronic health record upgrade

    The 92nd Medical Group hosted a “go-live” recognition ceremony Feb. 15, to celebrate the launch of the Defense Department’s new integrated electronic health record system, Medical Health System GENESIS. The 92nd Medical Group was selected as the first DOD medical clinic to launch this $4.3 billion

  • AMC paves ground for Aerial Port of the Future

    Approximately 25 scientists and researchers from Air Mobility Command, Air Force, Army, Navy and Department of Defense research labs visited the 436th Aerial Port Squadron Feb. 6-9, 2017, to kick off a new initiative: The Aerial Port of the Future.

  • Aeromedical test lab certifies equipment for aircraft

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Transporting sick and injured military members and dependents by air from areas lacking certain medical requirements is an important part of the Air Force mission. Often serving as mobile hospitals these aircraft travel with teams of medical professionals who

  • Feeding the hungry with humanitarian aid

    Over 130,000 pounds of humanitarian aid was airlifted to relief organizations in Central American and Caribbean nations by the 315th Airlift Wing, Feb. 5, during a training mission that carried cargo as part of the Denton humanitarian program. The cargo, which mainly consisted of food, was donated