May 17, 2021 Team Fairchild tests new Air Battle Management System on KC-135 Team Fairchild participated in a datalink experiment connecting a KC-135 Stratotanker with commercial satellites to better connect and share data across Joint and Mobility forces. The experimentation effort, known as ‘Global Lightning,’ is run by the Air Force Research Laboratory as a means to put
May 14, 2021 25th APS hones air drop capabilities during Auburn Tide The 25th Aerial Port Squadron took part in a series of tactical air drops here over the course of a tactical flying week in late March.These drops were part of the larger exercise named Auburn Tide, a wing-wide demonstration of pre-deployment readiness aimed at sharpening the skills of 908th Airmen
May 13, 2021 Fairchild builds joint partnership with Marines Team Fairchild Airmen from the 384th and 93rd Air Refueling Squadrons observed a Marine Corps exercise here, May 3-11, 2021.The observation allowed Team Fairchild the opportunity to create a joint partnership between Airmen and Marines for future exercises.
May 12, 2021 LRAFB reopens Assault Landing Zone Little Rock Air Force Base reopened its 4,000-foot Assault Landing Zone May 11, which completes Phase 1 of a $180 million project to replace the 65-year-old, 12,000-foot runway.
May 11, 2021 Devil Raiders enable Exercise African Lion with critical airfield surveys Air Mobility Command deployed two airfield survey teams from the 621st Contingency Response Wing to the Kingdom of Morocco April 17-27 to conduct airfield surveys in preparation for Exercise African Lion 21.
May 10, 2021 ROCKI 21-02: 19th AW experiments with lead wing concept The 19th Airlift Wing’s ROCKI 21-02 exercise at Volk Field ANG Base came to a close May 6, as the wing assessed its ability to deploy into theater as a lead Air Expeditionary Wing – becoming Air Mobility Command’s first to experiment with the lead wing construct in a dynamic exercise environment.
May 9, 2021 Aeromedical Evacuation trains with NPCL on C-130 The 775th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron conducted their first-ever Negatively Pressurized Conex Lite training in a C-130 Hercules April 20, 2021, at Travis Air Force Base, California.
May 7, 2021 Loadmasters Vital to Tactical Air Drop Mission Members of the 357th Airlift Squadron took part in a few tactical air drops as part of a monthly tactical flying week that happened to take place during a wing-wide exercise named Auburn Tide here in late March.The exercise is intended to demonstrate the 908th Airlift Wing’s pre-deployment readiness