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  • McConnell helps Japan improve use of KC-46

    Four Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) members from the 405th Air Refueling Squadron, Miho Air Base, toured McConnell to better learn how to operate the KC-46A Pegasus. On Aug. 27, they began their three-day tour of McConnell concentrating on an in-depth look at refueling operations and how to

  • JB MDL converts to white phosphor NVGs for KC-46A

    Airmen from the 305th Air Mobility Wing have been maintaining vital mission implementations to complete the conversion from legacy green night vision goggles to white phosphor NVGs for the KC-46A Pegasus at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.

  • The 305th AMW says 'Can Do' to Dock 46 Two-Bay Hangar

    The 305th Air Mobility Wing held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its newly commissioned ‘Dock 46 two-bay hangar’ at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., on August 24, 2023.The event concludes four and a half years of planning and 240,650 accident-free man-hours after its initial groundbreaking on

  • 509th Weapons Squadron creates KC-46 Weapons Instructor Course

    Airmen assigned to the 509th Weapons Squadron welcomed the addition of KC-46 Pegasus pilots responsible for creating the new KC-46 Weapons Instructor Course at Fairchild Air Force Base in May of 2023. The 509th WPS recruited six KC-46 instructor pilots from around the Air Force to build a syllabus

  • Herk Nation runway ready for take-off

    After nearly three years of construction, Herk Nation, along with congressional staffers and local civic leaders, gathered to officially celebrate the completion of the Little Rock Air Force Base runway construction project during a ceremony, Aug. 1, 2023.

  • VIPER kits boost ACE refueling capabilities at McConnell

    The 22nd Logistic Readiness Squadron received two Versatile Integrating Partner Equipment Refueling (VIPER) kits, the latest innovation in refueling methods, this year.The VIPER kit is an adapter that allows hot refuel operations, which is when the aircraft still has its engines running, with any

  • AMC, allies and partners support large scale exercise in Indopacific

    Exercise Mobility Guardian 2023, Air Mobility Command’s largest full-spectrum readiness exercise in the command’s history, is scheduled to begin July 5, 2023, in the Indo-Pacific region.This year’s MG23 reflects an evolution from the exercise’s previous three, U.S.-based iterations, and aims to