Super Galaxy: AE’s biggest ally

During a cold, gloomy first week of December, total force Airmen teamed up at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, to test the capability of the Air Forces largest aircraft to perform aeromedical evacuation during a proof of concept event.The goal was to establish the C-5M Super Galaxy as part of the

18 AF leadership visits 89 AW Airmen

Maj. Gen. Sam Barrett, 18th Air Force commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Todd Petzel, 18th AF command chief, visited the 89th Airlift Wing at JBA, Md., Dec. 11-13.

Gold Star families honored during Snow Ball Express

The U.S. Air Force Band of Mid-America performed for Gold Star families at the St.Louis-Lambert Airport in Missouri Dec. 8 as they started their journey to Disney World in Orlando, Florida, as part of the Snow Ball Express.

344th ARS train in KC-46 simulators

Dover, Ramstein set standard for AMOW C-5 maintenance training

More than 30 U.S. Air Force Reserve aircraft maintainers assigned to the 512th Airlift Wing along with a 436th Airlift Wing C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft and crew traveled to Ramstein AB Nov. 23, 2018, to assist the 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing with vital hands-on, airframe-specific training.

USTRANSCOM commander visits JB Charleston

Army Gen. Stephen Lyons, commander of U.S. Transportation Command, visits Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Dec. 6, 2018. Lyons visited JB Charleston as part of an effort to familiarize himself with the base’s global mobility capabilities. USTRANSCOM is a unified, functional combatant command that

AMC participates in joint deployment readiness exercise

Six Air Mobility Command units from bases across the United States teamed up with the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division for Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise 19-01, from Nov. 27 to Dec. 2, 2018, in Kentucky and California. Air Force C-17s and C-130s flew 14 missions to transport more than 1,300

Full spectrum readiness: Survive, operate anywhere, anytime

Twenty-eight Airmen who provide specialized support to MacDill’s joint-service tenant units rehearsed everyday duties in extraordinary scenarios, Dec. 6, 2018, during the 6th Mission Support Group Ability To Survive and Operate (ATSO) training exercise held at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla.

JB MDL takes first step toward KC-46 with construction groundbreaking

Service members and local civic leaders gathered to attend the KC-46 Pegasus hangar construction ground-breaking ceremony in Dock 23, here, Dec. 3, 2018.Construction begins today due to the efforts and hard work from community leaders, congress members and joint base senior leaders making it the new

Airman boosts C-130J expertise via Rolls Royce course

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christopher Clemons, 19th Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion journeyman, attended a 10-day Rolls Royce training class to further his knowledge of C-130J engines at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas. The class is held in Indianapolis, and is available for