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  • Historic 'surge' exercises airlift crisis, contingency response

    An historic "surge" of the nation's largest military airlifters will more than double their normal day-to-day workload, exercising the ability of United States Transportation Command and its air component, Air Forces Transportation, to rapidly provide strategic airlift in response to large-scale crises and contingencies, according to officials
  • SCOTT AFB, Ill. - Lt. Gen. Mark Ramsay, Commander, 18th Air Force (left) and Chief Master Sgt. Jeffrey Williams, 18th Air Force Command Chief (far right), presented the command's hadquarters-level third quarter awards here October 4. From left to right, Renee Monday, Civilian of the Quarter, Category II; Barbara Jacob, Civilian of the Quarter, Category III; Senior NCO of the Quarter, Master Sgt. Larry Jackson; NCO of the Quarter, Tech. Sgt. Daniel O'Brennan; and Field Grade Officer of the Quarter, Maj. Brian Tavernier (U.S. Air Force Photo/Maj. Michael Meridith).

    18 AF Award Winners

  • SCOTT AFB, Ill. - Gen. Raymond E. Johns, Jr., Commander of Air Mobility Command (left) passes the 18th Air Force flag to Lt. Gen. Mark F. Ramsay, during a change of command ceremony at the Scott Club here Sept. 23. Ramsay is the 18th Air Force's sixth commander, and is responsible for a worldwide operational mission conducted by more than 43,000 active-duty Airmen and approximately 1,300 airlift and air refueling aircraft. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Divine Cox).

    18th Air Force welcomes new commander

    Lt. Gen. Mark F. Ramsay formally assumed command of the 18th Air Force from Lt. Gen. Robert R. Allardice in a change of command ceremony today at the Scott Club here. "The flag that we're passing today is significant ... it's the flag, it's the guidon, it's the colors of the Eighteenth Air Force," said General Raymond E. Johns, Jr., commander of

  • MEDIA ADVISORY: 18th Air Force to welcome new commander

    Lt. Gen. Mark F. Ramsay will assume command of the 18th Air Force from Lt. Gen. Robert R. Allardice in a change-of-command ceremony Sept. 23 at 9 a.m. at the Parade Field here. The 18th Air Force is Air Mobility Command's (AMC) sole warfighting numbered air force (NAF), the Air Force's largest NAF, and is responsible for AMC's worldwide operational
  • SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. - Fire trucks create a water "curtain" over a KC-135 Stratotanker piloted by Lt. Gen. Robert R. Allardice, 18th Air Force Commander, here Sept. 13. The flight took Allardice past the 5,000 flight hour milestone and represented one of his last flights as 18th Air Force Commander. General Allardice hands over command to Lt. Gen. Mark F. Ramsay Sept. 23 as he goes on to his next assignment as Vice Commander of Air Mobility Command. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Divine Cox, 375 Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs)

    Standing on the shoulders of giants

    "I feel like today we stand on the shoulders of giants, fellow Airmen who have endured with incredible purpose, Airmen who have endured incredible perils," said Lt. Gen. Robert R. Allardice when he assumed command of the 18th Air Force here Aug. 19, 2009. Over the course of the next two years the Airmen "giants" of the 18th Air Force have continued
  • DYESS AIR FORCE BASE, Texas - A marshaller brings in the 317th Airlift Group's newest C-130J here Sept. 8. The delivery, by Lt. Gen. Robert R. Allardice, Commander, 18th Air Force, was the sixth in the 317th's continuing transition to the new aircraft. Dyess is slated to become home to the Air Force's largest C-130J fleet when it receives its 28th and final C-130J in 2013.

    18th Air Force Commander delivers newest Super Herc to Dyess

    The commander of the 18th Air Force flew and delivered a brand new C-130J Super Hercules to the 317th Airlift Group here September 8. The delivery by Lt. Gen. Robert R. Allardice from a Lockheed-Martin Plant in Marietta, Ga., was the sixth in the 317th's continuing transition to the new aircraft. Dyess is slated to become home to the Air Force's

  • Mobility Airmen deploy for Joint Exercise

    Hundreds of  Mobility Airmen have deployed to the Joint Operational Access Exercise Sept. 6 through 13 at locations near Fort Bragg, N.C.JOAX is a week-long exercise to prepare Airmen and Soldiers to respond to worldwide crises and contingencies. The exercise will also assess and certify the combat readiness of leadership, planning staff, and air
  • U.S. soldiers of 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, Fort Richardson, Alaska, parachute out of a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft into the Shoalwater Bay Training Area during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2011 July 17, 2011. Talisman Sabre 2011 is an AMC-supported exercise designed to train U.S. and Australian forces to plan and conduct Combined Task Force operations to improve combat readiness and interoperability on a variety of missions from conventional conflict to peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance efforts.

    Combined U.S.-Australian exercise showcases air mobility readiness, power

    Airmen and aircraft belonging to the Air Force's Air Mobility Command, recently demonstrated the nation's ability to rapidly project power across the globe, delivering 245 U.S. and Australian paratroopers to their drop zone July 16 as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2011. The U.S. Pacific Command-led command post and field-training exercise, which
  • SCOTT AFB, IL -- Brig. Gen. Bryan Benson, Deputy Commander, 18th Air Force (center) and Chief Master Sgt. Andrew Henderson, 618th Air and Space Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center) Superintendent (far right), presented the command's hadquarters-level second quarter awards here July 12. From left to right, Douglas Rader, Civilian of the Quarter, Category II; Capt. Faith Eudy, Company Grade Officer of the Quarter; Senior Airman Jamar Fowler, Junior Enlisted Member of the Quarter; Lara Morrison, Civilian of the Quarter, Category III; Staff Sgt. Joseph Venable, NCO and Volunteer of the Quarter; and Maj. Nicholas Schindler, Field Grade Officer of the Quarter. Not pictured: Master Sgt. Richard Martin, Senior NCO of the Quarter and Mrs. Ann Lomax, Civilian of the Quarter, Category I. (U.S. Air Force Photo/1st Lt. Marshel Slater).

    Headquarters, 18th Air Force award winners

  • DOVER AFB, Del. - 18th Air Force commanders and command chiefs gather for a Heritage Dinner held at the Air Mobility Command Museum here, June 23. The senior leaders travelled to Dover Air Force Base June 22-24 for the annual 18th Air Force Commanders and Command Chiefs Conference. (U.S. Air Force photo/released).

    Past and present come together at 18th Air Force conference

    Commanders and enlisted leaders gathered here to discuss principles for dealing with the 18th Air Force's most pressing issues during the command's annual Commanders and Command Chiefs Conference, June 22-24. The theme of this year's conference was "heritage and resiliency", underscoring the importance of considering the hard-won lessons of past
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