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AMC enables agile and sustained logistics in the Indo-Pacific region during the 2025 DLE series

An F-22 Raptor aircraft assigned to the 90th Fighter Squadron approaches the boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft operated by an aircrew assigned to the 350th Air Refueling Squadron, during the U.S. Air Force’s 2025 Department-Level Exercise series at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, July 20, 2025. The 350th ARS operates the KC-135, conducting air refueling missions necessary to support air mobility on a global scale. The DLE series encompasses all branches of the Department of Defense, along with allies and partners, employing more than 400 joint and coalition aircraft and more than 12,000 personnel across more than 50 locations across 3,000 miles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tryphena Mayhugh)
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When an Aircraft Flies… This is Command and Control

An F-22 Raptor aircraft assigned to the 90th Fighter Squadron receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft operated by an aircrew assigned to the 350th Air Refueling Squadron, during the U.S. Air Force’s 2025 Department-Level Exercise series at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, July 20, 2025. The 350th ARS operates the KC-135, conducting air refueling missions necessary to support air mobility on a global scale. The DLE series encompasses all branches of the Department of Defense, along with allies and partners, employing more than 400 joint and coalition aircraft and more than 12,000 personnel across more than 50 locations across 3,000 miles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tryphena Mayhugh)
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22 ARW KC-135s, KC-46s aerial refuel F-35s, C-17s during kick-off for the DLE 25

An F-35 Lightning II aircraft pilot assigned to the 176th Fighter Squadron, Wisconsin Air National Guard, salutes after receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft in the Indo-Pacific region, July 11, 2025. This total force integrated flight mission is part of the U.S. Air Force's 2025 Department-Level Exercise series, designed to strengthen and showcase its ability to operate at speed and scale, sustain prolonged operations, and rapidly shift across any theater. The DLE series encompasses all branches of the Department of Defense, along with Allies and partners, employing more than 400 joint and coalition aircraft and more than 12,000 personnel across more than 50 locations across 3,000 miles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tryphena Mayhugh)
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22 ARW KC-135s, KC-46s aerial refuel F-35s, C-17s during kick-off for the DLE 25

Airman 1st Class Cody Rommes, 350th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft boom operator, refuels an F-35 Lightning II aircraft assigned to the 176th Fighter Squadron, Wisconsin Air National Guard, over the Pacific Ocean, July 11, 2025. This flight mission is part of the U.S. Air Force's 2025 Department-Level Exercise series, designed to strengthen and showcase its ability to operate at speed and scale, sustain prolonged operations, and rapidly shift across any theater. The DLE series encompasses all branches of the Department of Defense, along with Allies and partners, employing more than 400 joint and coalition aircraft and more than 12,000 personnel across more than 50 locations across 3,000 miles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tryphena Mayhugh)
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Deployment to employment: The 2025 DLE showcases operational capabilities

Four F-35 Lightning II aircraft assigned to the 176th Fighter Squadron, Wisconsin Air National Guard, fly behind a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft over the Pacific Ocean, July 11, 2025. This flight mission is part of the U.S. Air Force's 2025 Department-Level Exercise series, designed to strengthen and showcase its ability to operate at speed and scale, sustain prolonged operations, and rapidly shift across any theater. The DLE series encompasses all branches of the Department of Defense, along with Allies and partners, employing more than 400 joint and coalition aircraft and more than 12,000 personnel across more than 50 locations across 3,000 miles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tryphena Mayhugh)
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201218-F-AR942-1403

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker from the Alaska Air National Guard’s 168th Wing taxis on the flightline Dec. 18, 2020 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. The 354th Fighter Wing and 168th Wing conducted an elephant walk, a large show-of-force, displaying the wings’ ability to mobilize its air assets quickly and efficiently amid a global pandemic. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kaylee Dubois)
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200511-F-XA482-452

A B-1B Lancer from the 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refueling Wing, RAF Mildenhall, England, during a training mission for Bomber Task Force Europe over England, May 11, 2020. Mobility Airmen continue to provide rapid global mobility through airlift, air refueling, and aeromedical evacuation as the Command returns to the workplace and normalizes operations in a COVID-19 influenced environment.
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Air Mobility Command enables delivery of Israel’s first F-35s

An Israeli F-35 “Adir” receives fuel from a Tennessee Air National Guard KC-135 as the aircraft make the flight across the Atlantic, Dec, 6, 2016. The U.S.-made F-35s will be Israel’s first fifth generation fighter aircraft and were refueled multiple times while en route to ensure their safe delivery to Israel. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Erik D. Anthony)
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