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June 2, 2025
Global mission earns global recognition: Project Magellan wins ARSAG Founder’s Award

McConnell’s international combat sortie, Project Magellan, earned international recognition by winning the 2025 Founder’s Award from the Aerial Refueling Systems Advisory Group (ARSAG).
May 23, 2025
Scott strengthens aeromedical readiness with TAES exercise

From May 12–16, 2025, the 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron led a “TAES” exercise designed to test and enhance the Air Force’s patient movement capabilities, ensuring rapid evacuation of wounded personnel in contested environments.The Theater Aeromedical Evacuation System (TAES) is a vital
April 17, 2025
EOD teams, 19 MDG conduct joint field training exercise

Explosive ordnance disposal technicians from the 19th Civil Engineer Squadron, along with personnel from the 19th Medical Group, conducted a joint field training exercise at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas, April 6-11, 2025.
March 6, 2025
AMC commander emphasizes importance of fueling and sustaining Global Power Projection

Gen. Johnny Lamontagne, commander of Air Mobility Command, participated in a panel discussing the importance of fueling and sustaining the fight for global power projection with Lt. Gen. John P. Healy, Chief of the Air Force Reserve and Air Force Reserve Command commander, March 5, at the 2025 Air &
Feb. 28, 2025
Air Mobility Command enhances collaborative, mobility capabilities in Bamboo Eagle 25-1

Air Mobility Command (AMC) partnered with multiple Air Force major commands, U.S. sister services, and allied forces—the Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force and the Royal Canadian Air Force—during the Air Force Warfare Center’s Exercise Bamboo Eagle 25-1, held Feb. 8-15, 2025.
Feb. 10, 2025
821st CRG, HMH-462 improve interoperability through sling load, external lift training

Airmen with the 821st Contingency Response Group and Marines with the Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 worked together increasing their interoperability on external lift training, also known as a sling load training, January 22-30.That type of training requires High-Mobility Multi-purpose
Feb. 10, 2025
McConnell fuels the fight in Bamboo Eagle 25-1

Team McConnell is fueling the fight across the Western United States and Eastern Pacific Ocean, as part of exercise BAMBOO EAGLE 25-1.Multiple aircrews and maintainers from McConnell are basing out of the western U.S., delivering critical air refueling capabilities to empower Agile Combat Employment
Feb. 7, 2025
Soaring to Success: 60th MXG Pioneers Drone Training Program

The 60th Maintenance Group completed the first in-house drone training for Small Unmanned Aerial Systems used for aircraft maintenance in the Department of Defense Jan. 27-31, 2025.
Jan. 23, 2025
821st CRG participate in first-ever CR-led LZ Survey Course

Whether it is unprepared, semi-prepared, or paved (prepared), a landing zone survey must be conducted to evaluate the risk of safely using any landing surface for military air-land operations.To conduct an LZ survey, 621st Contingency Response Wing LZ surveyors had to attend a course offered by
Nov. 7, 2024
Airlift/Tanker Association, AMC Leader Highlight Award Winners at 2024 Symposium

Air Mobility Command and the Airlift/Tanker Association recognized 28 individuals, two wings and one group within the mobility family as superior performers during the 56th A/TA Symposium, Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 2024.

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