Fairchild brings hot pit refueling for the first time to CONUS

Team Fairchild successfully completed the Air Force’s first-ever stateside Hot Pit refueling on the KC-135 Stratotanker on March. 25, 2021.Hot pit refueling occurs when an aircraft is fueled immediately after landing, while the aircraft keeps one engine running.

61st AS Capstone: Multi-Capable, always ready

As part of a multi-week off-station training event, the 61st Airlift Squadron alongside Airmen from the 19th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 19th Operations Support Squadron and 19th Logistics Readiness Squadron put the Multi-Capable Airmen concept to the test in Boise, Idaho and Key West, Florida,

AMC deputy commander takes flight at Dover AFB

9th AS loadmasters train following AMC initiative

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. – Loadmasters from the 9th Airlift Squadron collaborated with the 436th Logistics Readiness Squadron in a Major Command Service Tail Trainer exercise March 1 – 10, 2021, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware.

60th Maintenance Group takes page from Delta Air Lines

Airmen collaborated with the Air Staff Logistics Directorate’s Tesseract team and key partners from the C-5 program office to implement commercial maintenance practices in scheduling and completing maintenance around flying demands.

AMC TES Det. 3 welcomes new commander

Maj. Jacob C. Johnson assumed command of Detachment 3 Air Mobility Command Test and Evaluation Squadron in an Assumption of Command ceremony at Edwards Air Force Base, California, March 15.

AFICC delivers innovative VR suicide prevention training to save lives

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – With a rise in suicides across the service, the Air Force Installation Contracting Center is helping leaders fast-track a pilot program at Air Mobility Command to help save lives.The virtual reality suicide training being tested at Scott AFB, Illinois, and

29th WPS conducts intercept training with famed Red Tails squadron

Aircrews from the 29th Weapons Squadron flew dissimilar aircraft combat training (DACT) sorties, better known as airborne intercept sorties, with the Alabama Air National Guard’s famed 100th Fighter Squadron, March 10.

First 433rd AES crew trains on KC-46A Pegasus

Reserve Citizen Airmen in the 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron here trained for the first time aboard a KC-46A Pegasus March 8-10, to learn and practice their aeromedical skills on the new aircraft.

CRW command recognizes MDG Airmen for aiding alert cycle readiness

To say thanks for helping the 621st Contingency Response Wing fulfill their alert cycle requirements, the 621st CRW command team presented coins to a few 87th Medical Group Airmen on March 15.