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  • Cargo can change lives

    Copy, KC-10 coming down in 10 mike. Get a K loader, crew and stairs to it. Forty cargo pallets, to final down range."Wait what cargo? Where is it going? Why is it important?", are just a few of the questions an onlooker may ask themselves as thousands of pounds of cargo is moved everyday by the

  • Families ordered to leave Turkey arriving in US

    Military dependents and pets began arriving at Baltimore Washington International Airport, Maryland, March 31 following an ordered departure of Defense Department dependents due to security concerns in some areas of Turkey.Dependents arriving at BWI were flown on Air Mobility Command's C-17

  • AMC shines at the 2016 international air show

    During the 2016 FIDAE Air and Space Trade Show, several Airmen from 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern), Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., teamed up with members from the Air Mobility Command to participate in a subject matter expert exchange with the Chilean air force on the use of the Transport Isolation

  • Pease Airmen shaping the future of refueling

    Master Sgt. Steven Warren recently completed a rotation to Boeing near Seattle, as part of the U.S. Air Force's Tech Order Certification and Verification Team, for the KC-46 Pegasus.Boeing is writing the technical orders for the new KC-46 weapon system. Warren, along with Master Sgts. Joel LaRose,

  • C-17 Drag Reduction testing aims at saving fuel

    From testing synthetic biofuels to "vortex surfing," Edwards AFB is on the forefront of finding new ways to cut fuel costs for the Air Force.The latest venture is currently underway at the 418th Flight Test Squadron where a test team of Air Force and Boeing personnel has just completed the first

  • First families arrive at Ramstein from Turkey

    The first group of families arrived at Ramstein Air Base at approximately 3 p.m. March 31 after the State Department and the secretary of defense approved the ordered departure of dependents of service members and Defense Department civilian personnel currently stationed in Adana, Izmir, and Mugla,

  • Mobility Airmen support largest U.S., Israel exercise

    Joint U.S. military personnel, including members of 22nd Air Refueling Wing, teamed up with Israel Defense Forces in a U.S. European Command exercise known as Juniper Cobra 16, which ran from Feb. 22 to March 3.Every other year, EUCOM sends a joint task force to collaborate with its Israeli ally to

  • MacDill delivers 'amazing' AirFest 2016 experience

    The colors red, white, and blue flew a little higher, and a lot faster, this weekend at MacDill.That's because America's Ambassadors in Blue, better known as the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds, flew their patriotically-colored F-16 Fighting Falcons over crowds of more than 120,000 people at Tampa Bay

  • C-17 maintainers going paperless

    The C-17A Globemaster III is leading the way for Air Mobility Command's push to go to paperless aircraft technical manuals by using an Interactive Electronic Technical Manual on laptop or tablet e-tools. This will be used by aircraft maintainers to perform organizational level maintenance or what is

  • Night vision landings shed light on Antarctic airlift

    Airlift support to the U.S. Antarctic Program wrapped-up in March, and members from Joint Base Lewis-McChord met challenges of the harsh Antarctic environment head-on, including performing night-vision goggle landings on a runway made of ice during the Austral Winter.The flights were part of