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  • Exercise Roundel Gasium prepares Travis to operate anytime, anywhere

    From Nov. 14 - 20, Travis AFB conducted Roundel Gasium, an exercise, to test the base’s ability to survive and operate in hostile environments.The chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive response exercise, highlighted two key components, readiness and the base motto, “No Bounds.”

  • Keeping Airmen safe: 19th OSS AFE upgrades parachutes

    Airmen assigned to the 19th Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment shop are receiving and training on a new parachute, the BA-30, to maximize safety and readiness while accelerating the change needed for mission execution in a rapidly changing environment. The handful of AFE Airmen,

  • AMC STEP promotes Joint Base Charleston EOD Airman

    Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, Air Mobility Command commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Brian Kruzelnick, AMC command chief, presented Tech. Sgt. Eric Jones, 628th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal craftsman, with his technical sergeant stripe as part of the Stripes for Exceptional

  • MacDill to integrate training with Shaw AFB

    Aircrews with the 91st Air Refueling Squadron, maintainers with the 6th Maintenance Group and Airmen with the 6th Operations Support Squadron along with four KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft, are scheduled to travel to Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, at the end of November to conduct an integrated

  • Palmetto Challenge: Total force readiness

    More than 100 Airmen from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, participated in the Palmetto Challenge, a global mobilization exercise, at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., Nov. 16-20.Palmetto Challenge gives Airmen the ability to experience a simulated deployment that includes different

  • C-130H mishap investigation results released

    SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Illinois -- Air Mobility Command released the results of its investigation into the C-130H Hercules accident that occurred at Al Taji Army Airfield (Camp Taji), Iraq, June 8, 2020.The mishap crew, assigned to the 153rd Airlift Wing, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, was on a routine

  • 108th Medical Group launches MEDEVAC TCCC training

    During MEDEVAC training, participants prepare to transport a mock patient out of a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter at the Babe Ruth field, Nov. 16, 2020 on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. This training helps military personnel on how to transport patients in and out of moving vehicles. (U.S. Air

  • Reservists hone skills for future missions

    Airmen from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina are taking part in the Palmetto Challenge exercise this week at various locations throughout the state.Both active and reserve units will participate in the exercise designed to simulate a real-world mission in preparation for possible operations in