Air Mobility Rodeo 2011

Personnel board a KC-10 Extender for a mission at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., on July 17, 2011. The KC-10, from the 305th Air Mobility Wing of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., flew staff members supporting Air Mobility Rodeo 2011 from Scott AFB to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Air Mobility Rodeo is the U.S. Air Force's and Air Mobility Command's premier international combat skills and flying operations competition designed to develop and improve techniques, procedures and interoperability, while optimizing international mobility partnerships and enhancing mobility operations. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

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Air Mobility Rodeo 2011

Aircrew Airmen from the 305th Air Mobility Wing of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., prepare a KC-10 Extender for a mission at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., on July 17, 2011. The KC-10 flew staff members supporting Air Mobility Rodeo 2011 from Scott AFB to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Air Mobility Rodeo is the U.S. Air Force's and Air Mobility Command's premier international combat skills and flying operations competition designed to develop and improve techniques, procedures and interoperability, while optimizing international mobility partnerships and enhancing mobility operations. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

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Air Mobility Rodeo 2011

Staff members for Air Mobility Rodeo 2011 walk to a hangar on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., on July 17, 2011. A KC-10 Extender from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., flew staff members supporting Air Mobility Rodeo 2011 from Scott Air Force Base, Ill., to Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Air Mobility Rodeo is the U.S. Air Force's and Air Mobility Command's premier international combat skills and flying operations competition designed to develop and improve techniques, procedures and interoperability, while optimizing international mobility partnerships and enhancing mobility operations. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

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Photo essay: Scott AFB personnel depart for Air Mobility Rodeo 2011

Published July 19, 2011
By Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol
Air Mobility Rodeo 2011 Public Affairs

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Personnel from Air Mobility Command and the 375th Air Mobility Wing were among the people to board a KC-10 Extender July 17 en route to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., for Air Mobility Rodeo 2011.

Air Mobility Rodeo 2011, sponsored by the Air Mobility Command, is the Mobility Air Force's (MAF) readiness competition. This competition focuses on improving our worldwide air mobility forces' professional core abilities. Air Mobility 2011 will be held at McChord Field, Wash., July 24-29, 2011.

More than 150 teams and 3,000 people from the Air Force, and Air Force Reserve, as well as allied nations, are expected to participate.

The last biennial competition took place in July 2009 -- also at McChord.