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June 14, 2023
182nd Airlift Wing leads C-130 Hercules operations at NATO’s Air Defender 2023

The largest North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) multinational air forces redeployment exercise in history began at Wunstorf Air Base, Germany, June 12, and the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd Airlift Wing is leading the C-130 Hercules aircraft operations.Exercise Air Defender 2023, which
June 9, 2023
Lock and Unloaded

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 733rd Air Mobility Squadron and 353rd Special Operations Wing position barrels beneath the payload’s platform to properly distribute its weight utilizing the offloading method B at Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 5, 2023. This offloading method began back during
Dec. 6, 2022
Aerodynamic technologies for mobility aircraft promise high return on investment

As part of its effort to increase readiness and capability, the Air Force is working to introduce aerodynamic technologies on mobility aircraft to improve airflow, reduce maintenance issues, increase payload capability, and decrease fuel demand.
Sept. 17, 2020
908th’s new operations group commander makes history

The commander of the 908th Airlift Wing, Col. Craig Drescher, transferred command of the 908th Operations Group to Lt. Col. Diane Patton during an Assumption of Command Ceremony August 2 at Maxwell Air Force Base.
April 24, 2020
First female pilot of Niger trains at LRAFB

Capt. Ouma Laouali, the first female pilot in the Nigerien air force, recently accomplished the next step in her pilot career April 22, 2020, by completing her training to become a C-130 Hercules pilot in the C-130 Formal Training Unit’s six-month international pilot training program here at Little
Jan. 27, 2020
AETC, AMC team up on VR solutions for modern C-130 training

Headquarters Air Force, Air Mobility Command, and Air Education and Training Command have been working on a virtual-reality platform for maintenance training through Mass Virtual, a contractor that scans real-world objects to create virtual environments.
Jan. 21, 2020
VR: Modern solutions for modern training

With technology constantly changing, the Air Force is actively seeking innovative methods to train today’s Airmen with tomorrow’s technology.The Air Force is committed to world-class training for Airmen by preventing stagnation in education through constant innovation to meet the needs of a new
Dec. 16, 2019
Air Force graduates first all non-prior service basic flight engineer class

Nine non-prior service students began career enlisted aviator basic flight engineers training Nov 8., becoming the first class in the history of the flight engineer three-level technical school course.
Aug. 5, 2017
Mobility forces enable joint forcible entry exercise

Mobility forces partnered with the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division for a joint forcible entry exercise Aug. 2 here and at Moses Lake as part of Exercise Mobility Guardian.
July 18, 2016
Mobility Airmen remain committed to Army's airborne mission

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Air Mobility Command aircrews participated in the 82nd Airborne Division’s Battalion Mass Tactical Week at Fort Bragg, North Carolina July 11-15, 2016.The joint readiness exercise, also referred to as MASS TAC, illustrated the Mobility Air Force’s ongoing commitment to

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