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  • AMC, AFRL pioneer UAS Traffic Management system at MacDill Air Force Base

    Air Mobility Command, or AMC, in collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Information Directorate, began assessing the AFRL Collaborative Low-Altitude Unmanned Aircraft System Integration Effort, or CLUE, Unmanned Aircraft Systems Traffic Management, or UTM, system at MacDill

  • Joint Warfighters Explode into the Indo-Pacific Theater

    The 'Can Do’ Wing and members from the 87th Air Base Wing displayed their Explodeo capabilities during the Valiant Shield exercise, June 5-18, 2024, integrating secure beyond line of sight and line of sight connectivity capabilities to maneuver the joint force in a contested, degraded, or denied

  • 22 ARW completes first 45-hour nonstop KC-46 flight around the world

    A 22nd Air Refueling Wing KC-46A Pegasus executed the world’s first nonstop, KC-46A Pegasus westbound circumnavigation endurance flight, called Project Magellan, June 29-July 1 starting and finishing here.This flight was the latest Maximum Endurance Operation (MEO) for the KC-46A Pegasus, Air

  • 22ARW TEST NEW WARP CAPABILITIES

    The 22nd Air Refueling Wing received its first sets of KC-46A Wing Air Refueling Pods (WARP), which will undergo extensive Initial Operational Testing and Evaluation (IOT&E), as well as increase the aircraft’s air refueling capabilities for probe and drogue - equipped receivers.

  • 22nd ARW Tests New WARP Capabilities

    The 22nd Air Refueling Wing received its first sets of KC-46A Wing Air Refueling Pods (WARP), which will undergo extensive Initial Operational Testing and Evaluation (IOT&E), as well as increase the aircraft’s air refueling capabilities for probe and drogue - equipped receivers.

  • Joint Base MDL conquers Bamboo Eagle 24-1

    Airmen from the 305th Air Mobility Wing’s 2nd Air Refueling Squadron, and the 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, returned to their home station at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, Feb. 3, 2024, after completing the Bamboo Eagle 24-1 exercise at Travis Air Force Base, California.

  • Travis AFB leadership flies two new KC-46s to their new home

    In a stride toward modernizing the U.S. Air Force's air refueling capabilities, leadership from the 60th Air Mobility Wing, along with nearly 30 aircraft maintainers, boom operators and pilots, went to Boeing's military delivery center in Seattle, Wash., to receive the fifth and sixth KC-46A Pegasus

  • AFFORGEN-ready: JB MDL completes KC-46A Pegasus certification

    Roughly 120 service members and five KC-46A Pegasus tankers assigned to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., participated in the first-ever certification event for the KC-46A Pegasus during Neptune Series exercise at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Oct. 21-Nov. 2.

  • JB MDL hosts KC-46A Pegasus Weapons System Council

    U.S. Air Force Col. Elizabeth Hanson, 305th Air Mobility Wing Commander, presents closing remarks during the bi-annual KC-46A Pegasus Weapons System Council meeting hosted at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Oct. 17, 2023.