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    USAFE provides C-130J transport support to Italy

    The mission is the first in a planned series of U.S. Air Forces in Europe mobility support operations to Italy and helped redistribute more than 15,000 kilograms of COVID-19 relief supplies, including KN-95 masks, surgical gowns and COVID-19 test kits between Italian distribution hubs.
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    AF Week in Photos

    This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
  • Col. Jeffrey A. Van Dootingh, 403rd Wing commander, addresses approximately 10 Airmen with the 403rd Wing's 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron prior to their departure April 15, 2020. The Reserve Citizen Airmen were mobilized to support COVID-19 relief efforts. These reservists will provide life-saving in-flight patient care. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Marnee A.C. Losurdo)

    Reserve aeromedical evacuation medics called to the fight against COVID-19

    Airmen will participate in the COVID-19 aeromedical evacuation hub that has been established at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, and will fly aeromedical evacuation, transportation isolation system and critical care missions in the nation or worldwide as needed.

  • Yokota AB performs first-ever C-130J assault landing on Foxtrot taxiway

    Foxtrot taxiway was originally used for the legacy C-130H models from 1991 to 2001. Since then, Yokota AB’s airlifters have used the permanently painted hard surface on the main runway.
  • The Rock crosses the Pacific

    Little Rock AFB squadrons cross the Pacific, train with Yokota AB Airmen

    Airmen of the 19th Airlift Wing flew thousands of miles to integrate with Pacific Air Forces C-130J’s from Yokota Air Base, Japan, as part of a larger exercise.

  • Building partnerships: US, Bangladesh Air Forces conduct tactical airlift exercise

    More than 60 U.S. Airmen along with two U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules from the 36th Airlift Squadron joined 100 Bangladesh air force service members and three Bangladeshi C-130s for the exercise.
  • A loadmaster from the 41st Airlift Squadron performs a pre-flight check during Green Flag Little Rock 20-03.

    US, Canadian forces complete Green Flag Little Rock exercise

    GFLR 20-03 was held in conjunction with exercise Joint Readiness Training Center 20-3, the Army’s final certification event before units are deemed ready to deploy or assume a ready force posture.
  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kenneth Renfrow, 19th Maintenance Group maintenance qualifications training instructor, uses a virtual reality headset

    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.
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    Operation Christmas Drop delivers critical supplies, holiday spirit

    Now in its 68th year, Operation Christmas Drop has not only served as the world’s longest running airdrop training mission, providing critical supplies to 55 Micronesian islands like Woleia, but has also served as a coming together for elders and their communities on their respective islands across approximately 1.8 million square nautical miles throughout the Pacific.
  • USAF Drill Team performs a demonstration during the halftime show

    AF Week in Photos

    This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
  • A B-52H Stratofortress flies over Norway

    AF Week in Photos

    This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
  • Staff Sgt. Joseph Crinite, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron C-130J Hercules communication and navigation craftsman, shows a dry bay panel on top of a C-130J Super Hercules to members from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force during a Bilateral Exchange Program, Oct. 24, 2019, at Yokota Air Base, Japan.

    Yokota AB strengthens partnerships through the Bilateral Exchange Program

    Fifteen Koku-Jieitai Airmen visited Yokota AB to work with their U.S. Air Force counterparts, giving them a chance to learn, grow and strengthen relationships.
  • Tech. Sgt. looks out over Plovdiv, Bulgaria

    AF Week in Photos

    This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
  • A group of jumpers with Bulgaria’s 68th Special Forces Brigade and U.S. military jumpmasters walk out to a 37th Airlift Squadron C-130J Super Hercules at Cheshnegirovo drop zone in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Sept. 26, 2019. During Thracian Fall 19, 37th AS airmen and aircraft are providing primary airlift support for Bulgarian 68th SFB members completing a U.S.-sponsored military free fall course. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kirsten Brandes)

    Ramstein AB Airmen support Bulgarian military free-fall course during Thracian Fall 19

    As a central focus of exercise Thracian Fall 19, the military free-fall course, paired members of Bulgaria’s 68th Special Forces Brigade with contracted U.S. military jumpmasters to qualify the Bulgarian jumpers on a new type of parachute.
  • A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft conduct a combat air patrol mission

    AF Week in Photos

    This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
  • 2023 basic cadets complete the assault course

    AF Week in Photos

    This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
  • U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Seth Sarrett, 374th Operations Support Squadron Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialist

    US Airmen, Japanese Soldiers conduct jump training, strengthen Yokota AB interoperability

    The service members met again at Yokota Air Base to conduct jump training observed by 374th Operations Support Squadron survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialists on Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Hiju-dai drop zone, Oita Prefecture, Japan, July 16.
  • Tech. Sgt. Ronald Patton, 403rd Operation Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment craftsman, shows the difference between the current anti-smoke goggles and the new anti-smoke goggles for the C-130J Super Hercules aircraft, which are replacing the current system that has been used for more than 20 years at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. The new ASGs are an easier quick don system, that now has the eye piece and nose/mouth cover as one single piece, similar to those used by firefighters, and will be in place on the aircraft by the middle of August 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek)

    Aircrew gets new anti-smoke goggles

    With innovation, the new ASGs are now a three-part system. The suspension frame itself is still made the same with the nape pad attached, while the goggles and oxygen mask portion have been upgraded.
  • U.S. Air Force Capt. Mike Karnes, a 14th Fighter Squadron F-16 fighter pilot, parks an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, April 22, 2019. Misawa Air Base Airmen and aircraft deployed to Guam for Resilient Typhoon, an exercise designed to strengthen airpower dispersal capabilities within the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brittany A. Chase)

    Airmen sharpen capabilities through dispersal exercise

    Pacific Air Forces Airmen and aircraft from across the command joined together at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, April 22, to participate in a dispersal exercise throughout Micronesia.
  • Members of the 37th Airlift Squadron traveled to Orleans-Bricy Air Base, France to work with the 2/61 Transport Squadron Franche Comte and their transition to the new C-130J Super Hercules March 18-19, 2019.

    US, French airmen build trust in the skies over France

    Members from Ramstein Air Force Base traveled to Orleans-Bricy Air Base, France, to conduct C-130J Super Hercules flying training with the French air force for an off-station training March 18-19.
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