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  • Senior Airman Kenny Phonsyry, 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, performs preflight checks at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Sept. 23, 2017. The 14th Airlift Squadron, 437th Airlift Wing, flew a mobile air traffic control tower, food and water to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands in support of Hurricane Maria relief efforts.

    JB Charleston crew provides Maria relief within hours

    Members of the 14th Airlift Squadron at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Federal Emergency Management Agency completed a humanitarian mission in support of Hurricane Maria to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Sept. 23, 2017.
  • Team Dover aids in hurricane relief

    Team Dover delivers aid to hurricane survivors

    A Team Dover C-17 Globemaster III, operated by the 3d Airlift Squadron, conducted a humanitarian relief mission to hurricane-ravaged St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Sept. 24, 2017.
  • Staff Sgt. Rob Lummus, 15th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, helps medical professionals from Health and Human Services load baggage on a flight from Dulles International Airport, Washington D.C., to Orlando, Florida, Sept. 9. The mission supported HHS as they coordinate the federal medical and public health medical support to the state of Florida. Lummus' first exposure to a C-17 came when he was 17-years old volunteering during Hurricane Katrina.

    From Katrina to Irma – Airman driven by helping those in need

    Aircraft from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, and Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, delivered more than 300 much-needed doctors, nurses and paramedics, among others, to Orlando Sept. 9. The mission came at the request of the Department of Health and Human Services which is handling the federal medical response to Hurricane Irma.
  • A Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System equipped C-130 Hercules aircraft from the Air Force Reserve's 302nd Airlift Wing prepares to depart Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, Sept. 6, 2017.

    MAFFS C-130s support aerial fire fighting efforts

    The Air Force Reserve Command's 302nd Airlift Wing sent a second Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130 to Fresno Air Tanker Base, California today to support ongoing aerial fire fighting efforts in the Western U.S. The Colorado Reserve wing has been supporting the U.S. Forest Service request for assistance with one MAFFS C-130 since
  • Members of the 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron come together before the team mobilizes in support Hurricane Harvey relief and response efforts, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., Aug. 30, 2017. The 375th Logistics Readiness Squadron loaded 6.5 tons of medical supplies onto a C-17 Globemaster III for the nine-person medical team. The 375th AES crew, prepared to provide relief for 30 days, will be staged at Little Rock Air Force Base, where they will pick up high-priority patients from George Bush Intercontinental Airport and transport them to one of seven hospital locations across the states of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jodi Martinez)

    Aeromedical Airmen at Scott join response to Hurricane Harvey

    SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Scott Air Force Base joined humanitarian relief efforts by mobilizing the 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron on Aug. 30, 2017, in the wake of catastrophic Hurricane Harvey, which has caused historical and life-threatening flooding in the states of Texas and Louisiana. 375th AES personnel will be staged at Little
  • Tech Sgt. Joe Joiner, 16th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, guides a member of the 78th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., as they load a cargo pallet on to the C-17 Globemaster III at the Robins AFB Aug. 29.

    JB Charleston provides aid to hurricane victims

    Two C-17 Globemaster III left Joint base Charleston carrying 30.6 tons of relief supplies to Alexandria International Airport, Alexandria, Louisiana in response to Hurricane Harvey Aug. 29.Once the aircraft arrived in Louisiana, the cargo was offloaded and brought to strategic forward positions to assist in relief efforts.Preparations for this
  • Mobility Guardian photo

    43d AMOG Airmen support Mobility Guardian exercise

    Airmen in the 43d Air Mobility Operations Group joined more than 3,000 Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and international partners in the state of Washington in support of Exercise Mobility Guardian. The exercise tested the abilities of Mobility Air Forces to execute rapid global mobility missions in dynamic, contested environments.
  • Smoke and the start of a fire retardant containment line dropped by a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130 Hercules aircraft near California’s South Fork Fire, south of Yosemite National Park are visible from MAFFS 5, Aug. 14, 2017.

    MAFFS continues wildland fire suppression efforts

    PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo.— Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130 Hercules aircraft from the Air Force Reserve Command and Air National Guard continue supporting wildland fire suppression efforts as the National Preparedness level reaches its highest level.The three federally activated MAFFS equipped-aircraft and crews from the
  • Silhouette of loadmaster loading Transportation Isolation System (TIS)

    JB Charleston deploys TIS in support of Mobility Guardian

  • Team Dover C-5s return to the fight

    Team Dover C-5s return to the fight

    The first of Team Dover’s C-5M Super Galaxy airlifters took flight early Aug. 2 after a two-and-a-half-week Air Mobility Command commander-directed stand-down.
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