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  • A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III receives fuel from a KC-10 Extender while flying over the Atlantic Ocean during Trident Juncture 2015, Nov. 3, 2015. Without the refueling capability of the KC-10, the C-17s would not have enough fuel to make it all the way to Spain from the U.S. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Douglas Ellis)

    Linking continents through refueling

    Eight KC-10 Extenders, including two from the 32nd Air Refueling Squadron, took off to refuel seven C-17 Globemaster IIIs over the Atlantic Ocean as they began their participation in Exercise Trident Juncture Nov. 3, 2015.Exercise Trident Juncture includes 36,000 personnel from more than 30 nations and demonstrates NATO's increased level of
  • Gen. Carlton D. Everhart, Air Mobility Command commander, gives the closing address during the 47th Annual Airlift Tanker Association Convention and Technology Exposition and A/TA and AMC Symposium in Orlando, Fla., Oct. 31, 2015. The symposium served as a key professional development forum for Mobility Air Forces Airmen by enabling direct access to senior mobility leaders and fostering an environment encouraging open dialogue and honest discussions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shandresha Mitchell/Released)

    AMC commander discusses the future of Mobility Air Force at 2015 A/TA

    Gen. Carlton "Dewey" Everhart, Air Mobility Command commander, delivered the final keynote address of the 2015 AMC and Airlift/Tanker Association Symposium on Oct. 31, addressing more than 1,500 Mobility Airmen and civilian partners in attendance. This was Everhart's first opportunity to engage such a large crowd of mobility experts in one location
  • A KC-135 Stratotanker from Fairchild Air Force Base prepares to refuel a KC-46 Pegasus, with the KC-46 program's first test aircraft, a Boeing 767-2C (EMD-1). While the KC-46's role is to refuel other aircraft, it may need to refuel from other tankers to extend its range. Fuel Onload Fatigue testing is the first look at the KC-46 acting in that role. (U.S. Air Force photo/Christopher Okula)

    AF announces KC-46A preferred, reasonable alternatives

    Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, has been chosen as the preferred alternative for the first Reserve-led KC-46A Pegasus main operating base, Air Force officials announced Oct. 29. The KC-46As are expected to begin arriving in 2019.Tinker AFB, Oklahoma; Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts; and Grissom ARB, Indiana, were named as
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    KC-46 program refueler touches down at Edwards

    The KC-46 program's first test aircraft, a Boeing 767-2C (EMD-1), departed from its home at Boeing Field in Seattle and touched down at Edwards for the first time Oct. 15.The plan is to have the 767-2C here for about two weeks.Boeing and the 418th Flight Test Squadron are conducting Ground Effects and Fuel Onload Fatigue testing on the new
  • Opening Ceremony of Exercise Trident Juncture at Trapani Air Base, Italy. Rising of the Trident Juncture 2015 flag. More than 5,000 U.S. service members will participate in NATO’s Trident Juncture 2015 exercise conducted in Spain, Portugal and Italy, Belgium, Canada, Germany, The Netherlands, Norway and at sea, in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Trident Juncture is the largest NATO LIVEX to be conducted in the past 20 years, and serves as an annual NATO Response Force (NRF) certification exercise for 2016. The U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps and Special Operations personnel supporting the exercise will arrive from European and CONUS locations, to include some Army and Air National Guard assets. Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR), will be certified during this exercise and assume the role as the Special Operations Component Command for the NRF in 2016. Exercise Trident Juncture runs until Nov. 6, 2015.

    18th Air Force to participate in Exercise Ultimate Reach

    Eighteenth Air Force units, partnered with the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, will participate in Exercise Ultimate Reach Nov. 2-8.Ultimate Reach is an annual U.S. Transportation Command-sponsored live-fly exercise designed to exercise the ability of 18th Air Force (Air Forces Transportation) to plan and conduct strategic airdrop missions. This
  • Lt. Gen. Samuel Cox speaks to members of 18th Air Force during his Assumption of Command ceremony at the Scott Club on Scott Air Force Base, Oct. 19, 2015. As 18th AF commander, Cox will lead Air Mobility Command’s operational mission as Air Forces Transportation, the air component of U.S. Transportation Command. He is responsible for the command’s worldwide operational mission of providing rapid, global mobility and sustainment for America’s armed forces through airlift, aerial refueling, aeromedical evacuation, and contingency response. Additionally, Cox also commands Task Force 294, which oversees Air Force tanker operations in support of U.S. Strategic Command. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Thomas J. Doscher

    Lt. Gen. Cox assumes command of 18th AF

    Gen. Carlton D. Everhart II, Air Mobility Command commander and former 18th AF commander, presided over a ceremony today in which Lt. Gen. Samuel Cox assumed command of 18th Air Force.Everhart said Cox's leadership and the dedication of the men and women of 18th Air Force will allow the command to reach new heights."Those Total Force Airmen...

  • Lt. Gen. Cox to assume command of 18 AF

    Lt. Gen. Samuel D. Cox will formally assume command of 18th Air Force at 10 a.m., Oct. 19, during a ceremony at the Scott Club on Scott AFB.Cox will succeed Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Sharpy, who has commanded the Air Force's largest Numbered Air Force since September.As Air Mobility Command's sole warfighting numbered air force, 18th Air Force is
  • Tech Sgt. Ryan Padgett, a ramp coordinator for the 821st Contingency response Squadron from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., marshals in a C-130 Aircraft into parking area at Red Devil Landing Zone, Colo., on September 14, 2015. Approximately 150 Airmen from the 821st Contingency Response Group at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., participated in a first-of-its-kind Joint contingency response exercise from Sept. 8-19 at five locations (Southern California Logistics Airfield, Calif., Freedom Landing Zone, Calif., Gunnison Region Airfield, Colo., Red Devil Landing Zone, Colo., Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., and Fort Carson, Colo.). During the training, 821st CRG Airmen supported more than 275 Soldiers from Fort Carson, Colo., during air drop missions, helicopter training, coordinated Apache air support, and personnel and equipment airlift training. The Contingency Response (CR) training was constructed to primarily develop unique CR-oriented training objectives to improve down range effectiveness in preparation for real-world responses. (U.S. Air Force Photos by Tech. Sgt. Matthew Hannen)

    Airmen enable largest CR exercise in AF history, Cerberus Strike

    Contingency response Airmen from the 821st Contingency Response Group recently planned, directed and executed the largest self-contained contingency response exercise in Air Force history from Sept. 8-19.Approximately 150 Airmen from the 821st CRG at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., subordinate unit of the 621st Contingency Response Wing--with
  • A 912th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron maintainer removes the tail stand off a KC-135 Stratotanker on Sept. 24 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., in order to support the KC-46 Pegasus first flight. The KC-135 is attached to Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., but will intermittently fly out of JBLM in order to support KC-46 flight test operations throughout the next 11 to 15 months. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jet Fabara)

    Edwards, JBLM combine efforts for KC-46 first flight, future test support

    On Sept. 25, 2015, the U.S. Air Force, Boeing and aviation enthusiasts witnessed an important milestone with the first flight of the KC-46 Pegasus tanker from Paine Field in Everett, Washington, to Boeing Field in Seattle.What most didn't witness is what led up to this milestone, which involved a massive, joint undertaking of several organizations,
  • A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, taxis to a parking spot at Christchurch International Airport, New Zealand, Aug. 21, 2015. The aircraft was used to fly missions to Antarctica in support of the U.S. Antarctic Program’s WINFLY. WINFLY missions are flown using night vision goggles, because the sun doesn’t rise during winter in Antarctica. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Madelyn McCullough)

    Annual Operation DEEP FREEZE to commence Sept. 28

    The U.S. military will kick off the 2015-2016 season of Operation DEEP FREEZE, the Department of Defense's support of the U.S. Antarctic Program and the National Science Foundation, with operations commencing Sept. 28.This support is provided by Joint Task Force-Support Forces Antarctica, led by Pacific Air Forces at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam,
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