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Joint exercise prepares Airmen, Soldiers for contingency ops
Green Flag Little Rock 16-09 kicked off Aug. 18 with about 750 Army paratroopers jumping from several C-130J Super Hercules and C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in the dead of night to seize and secure an assault zone. Among the largest rotational air mobility training events in the world, the exercise is a realistic scenario-based training opportunity for the Air Force to interact with ground force elements.
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8/29
2016
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Air Force, Army planners find ways to see greater jump in airdrops
An arriving C-130 Hercules taxies to a large hangar where about 60 Army paratroopers wait to board. Lugging about 100 pounds of gear, the Soldiers quickly line up and load into the aircraft as its four idling engines blow hot gusts over the tarmac. Minutes later, the plane is flying at 150 mph and the paratroopers jump, being whisked away in a rush of fresh air during the routine training mission -- one of hundreds held each year at Pope Army Airfield, North Carolina. While short lived, these airdrops are meticulously prepared months ahead by dozens of Air Force and Army planners. Their goal: to get Airmen and Soldiers primed to rapidly respond to urgent combat or humanitarian efforts.
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8/24
2016
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Newly activated unit guides transient aircraft on joint missions
Any aircraft that flies into Pope Army Airfield, Col. Kelly Holbert will know about it. But Holbert’s unit, the 43rd Air Mobility Operations Group, has no aircraft of its own. As the only en route operations group in the continental U.S., the unit manages transient aircraft and the joint missions they fly on with Fort Bragg paratroopers.
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8/24
2016
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Charleston Airman earns Navy training distinction
A few miles from the bustling runways full of cargo planes at Joint Base Charleston, one Airman is acquiring his sea legs.
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8/22
2016
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Phoenix Stripe provides future AMC leaders with success tools
Air Mobility Command welcomed 147 of the Air Force’s top NCOs and civilians to Phoenix Stripe, which focused on offering essential leadership tools to Airmen who have a direct impact on the AMC mission here Aug. 3-5.
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8/16
2016
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McConnell EOD team assists local sherriff’s department
When a backpack containing a potentially dangerous explosive device was handed over to authorities, the Marion County Sheriff's Department knew exactly who to call.
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8/12
2016
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Tankers enable long-range bomber capability during Polar Roar
Mobility Airmen play a vital role in deterrence and stand ready to operate in support of global operations at a moment’s notice. Air Mobility Command Airmen, 15 KC-135 Stratotankers and 10 KC-10 Extenders enabled Air Force Global Strike Command B-52 Stratofortresses and B-2 Spirits to sustain air operations for more than 20 hours during Polar Roar July 31.
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8/05
2016
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Canadian officer gains experience through exchange program
Royal Canadian Air Force Capt. Damien Miller arrived at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, in July 2015 to begin his assignment with the 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron.
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8/05
2016
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Flat Stanleys deploy from McConnell
It was early in the morning when they got the call to deploy. Once aboard a KC-135 Stratotanker, they began their 8,000-mile expedition. It was 110 degrees when they landed in the hot and dusty country, and their journey had only just begun, the aircrew said. The paper dolls, also known as Flat Stanleys, were crafted by a class of second-graders from Columbus Elementary School in McMinnville, Oregon, and sent out to deploy with KC-135 crews from the 384th, 350th and 349th Air Refueling Squadrons.
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8/04
2016
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Airmen gain voice through violence intervention training
A new Air Force training program prepares Airmen to recognize barriers and find ways to comfortably address them in an effort to reduce power-based personal violence within the communities they belong to.
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8/03
2016
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