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  • McGuire hosts rapid response training with FEMA

    The 305th Aerial Port Squadron welcomed members of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Pennsylvania Task Force 1 for rapid air mobilization training April 21, 2016 as part of an ongoing partnership initiative.FEMA are the nation's experts in rapid response in case of humanitarian crises and to

  • McChord Airmen train Australian maintainers

    An Airman working inside an aircraft engine asks a wingman to pass him a "torch". A torch is a common Australian term for a flashlight and the Airman asking for the flashlight is one of the Australian Airman attending maintenance training here at JBLM. The Australians are attending a aircraft

  • Aviano’s Atlas actions: Holding up Saber Junction 16

    Eighteen airlift aircraft performed 103 sorties during an exercise at Aviano Air Base, Italy, from March 31 to April 24, 2016.Saber Junction 16 evaluated the readiness of 5,000 U.S. Army, Air Force, NATO and European partner nations' military forces to conduct land operations in a joint, combined

  • Green Flag 16-06 enhances mobility partnerships

    The 34th Combat Training Squadron and U.S. Army personnel worked closely with coalition forces from Sweden, New Zealand and Australia during the Green Flag Little Rock 16-06 exercise April 14-24, 2016, located at both Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, and Ft. Polk, Louisiana."Since GFLR is not

  • Army, Air Force train for short take-off and landing

    Soldiers from the 173rd Brigade Support Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade out of Vicenza, Italy, and Airmen from the 321st Special Tactics Squadron, out of the Royal Air Force Station in Suffolk, England, secured the Hohenfels Training Area short take-off and landing strip (STOL) April 13, as part

  • Mobility Airmen support Canadian exercise in the High Arctic

    Fifty Airmen from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing and two LC-130 ski-equipped aircraft are in the High Arctic supporting the Canadian Forces annual Operation Nunalivut exercise in Canada's Nunavut Territory.'It is the third year that the New York Airmen, based at Stratton Air

  • Urban training site provides realistic training for defenders

    Approximately two dozen Travis Defenders completed their annual active shooter certification training April 13 at the installation's newly constructed Emergency Responder Urban Training Site.Donned in tactical gear and face protection, Airmen from the 60th Security Forces Squadron underwent multiple

  • Nearly 650 family members reach U.S. within 74 hours

    On March 29, 2016, the State Department and Secretary of Defense Ash Carter approved the ordered departure of Department of Defense dependents and civilian personnel assigned to the 39th Air Base Wing at Incirlik Air Base and other locations throughout Turkey.Within a matter of minutes, Mobility

  • C-17 pilot, Olmstead Scholar to study in Tel Aviv

    In March, Capt. Nick Burke, a 14th Airlift Squadron evaluator pilot and chief of standards and evaluations, was selected to participate in the Olmsted Scholarship Program. He will be traveling to Tel Aviv University, Israel, after attending the U.S. Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center

  • Charleston aircrew plays role in ordered departure

    One of the first aircrews involved in airlifting more than 60 military dependents from Turkey to Baltimore returned to Joint Base Charleston , April 1, 2016 following an ordered departure from the area due to security concerns in the region.The aircrew was comprised of members from the 14th and 15th