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Aug. 28, 2024
70 years strong: The Air Force honors the legacy of the C-130

Members of the C-130 Hercules community, past and present, from Air Mobility Command, Air Force Materiel Command and Lockheed Martin gathered at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, Aug. 23, 2024, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the 1954 YC-130’s first flight.
Aug. 5, 2024
Maintaining the Warfighter mindset: Command Chief Symposium 2024

Air Mobility Command and Chief Master Sgt. Newman, AMC command chief, hosted the Command Chief Symposium Wednesday, July 31 to August 1, 2024, bringing together command-wide senior enlisted leaders to further forge leadership and lethality within AMC while focusing on Body, Mind, and Craft.For body
July 23, 2024
Minihan Provides Deep Dive Information Update to Congress on Mobility Aircraft Relevance and Survivability in a Contested Environment

Gen Mike Minihan, Air Mobility Command commander, alongside Lt Gen David Tabor, U.S. Air Force deputy chief of staff for plans and programs, and Rear Admiral Derek Trinque, U.S. Transportation Command director of strategic plans, policy and logistics, testified in front of the House Armed Services
July 15, 2024
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
July 3, 2024
VS24: Air Mobility Task Force takes on the Pacific

Across the vast and tyrannous distances of the Pacific, Air Mobility Command supported the 10th iteration of exercise Valiant Shield 24, a biennial joint and—for the first time—multinational field training exercise in the Indo-Pacific region, June 7-18, 2024.
May 6, 2024
317th AW executes Hazard Spear, supports Balikatan 24 with accelerated mission sets

Following the completion of the first Maximum Endurance Operation (MEO) with external fuel tanks, the 317th Airlift Wing continues to showcase tactical airlift capabilities for operating across vast distances and into remote islands during their two-week exercise, Hazard Spear.
May 2, 2024
Mobility Air Forces gather for week-long Phoenix Rally, focus on Great Power Competition

Gen. Mike Minihan, Air Mobility Command commander, and his wife, Ashley Minihan, convened their last Total Force Phoenix Rally here, April 29-May 3, 2024. Focused on Sustaining Irreversible Momentum for Great Power Competition, the event focused on resilience, the mobility roadmap, setting the
Feb. 8, 2024
18th AF leadership participates in Operation Deep Freeze

Recently, Maj. Gen. Corey Martin, 18th Air Force commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Thomas Blount, 18th Air Force command chief, participated in the 68th anniversary of Operation Deep Freeze (ODF). With more than 4,200 hours of flight experience to include the C-17 Globemaster III, Martin flew the
Dec. 14, 2023
Herk Nation welcomes AMC first sergeant

Chief Master Sgt. Trapper Otto, command first sergeant of Air Mobility Command, visited the Home of Herk Nation at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, Dec. 3-5, 2023.
Dec. 13, 2023
AMC hosts first Human Performance Industry Day, looks to maximize Airmen performance

SCOTT AFB, Illinois – Air Mobility Command (AMC) hosted its first-ever Human Performance Industry Days (HPID) here, Dec. 11-12, 2023.The intent of the event was to share and develop solutions in the human performance space to maximize physical and mental performance for Airmen. A cross-functional

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