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  • Families ordered to leave Turkey arriving in US

    Military dependents and pets began arriving at Baltimore Washington International Airport, Maryland, March 31 following an ordered departure of Defense Department dependents due to security concerns in some areas of Turkey.Dependents arriving at BWI were flown on Air Mobility Command's C-17

  • Night Vision landings shed light on Antarctic airlift

    Airlift support to the U.S. Antarctic Program wrapped-up in March, and members from Joint Base Lewis-McChord met challenges of the harsh Antarctic environment head-on, including performing night-vision goggle landings on a runway made of ice during the Austral Winter.The flights were part of

  • 62nd Aerial Port Airmen enable robust mission

    "When the Air Force needs a squadron to do humanitarian relief in the Pacific theatre or even within the United States, they get this port to do it. That's how big of a deal this Eagle Port is," said Master Sgt. Robert Peaden.Master Sgt. Robert Peaden, the 62nd Aerial Port Squadron First Sergeant,

  • U.S., Turkish KC-135 units fly together for the first time

    To better understand how each nation completes the vital air refueling mission, the U.S. Air Force and the Turkish air force flew KC-135 Stratotankers together in formation for the first time in their histories, March 8, over the Nevada Test and Training Range northeast of Nellis Air Force Base,

  • Andrews Airmen enable Obama’s historic Cuba visit

    President Barack Obama touched down in Cuba on the iconic Air Force One on March 20, becoming the first sitting U.S. president to visit the country in nearly 90 years.While world leaders and citizens tuned into national news broadcasts of the visit, the men and women of the 89th Airlift Wing

  • USSTRATCOM, 18th AF commanders present Fairchild Omaha Trophy

    Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson, United States Strategic Command deputy commander, and Lt. Gen. Samuel Cox, 18th Air Force commander, presented the Omaha Trophy to Col. Brian McDaniel, 92nd Air Refueling Wing commander, during a presentation ceremony March 14.The ceremony was held to honor Fairchild's

  • Total force team moves the mission during Pacific exercise

    In an effort to deter aggression, fighter aircraft routinely fly while troops on the ground mobilize and train to defend the ROK. However, there still lies another piece to the puzzle.That puzzle piece is none other than the 607th Air Mobility Division."We control air refueling, air drops, air

  • Providing critical support to the AOR

    A team of nearly 40 Airmen at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, loads and off-loads thousands of pounds of cargo into aircraft almost daily.The Airmen assigned to the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron's Ramp Services section are responsible for loading and unloading a wide variety of cargo including

  • MDL air power comes together in mobility exercise

    Airmen from the 305th Air Mobility Wing, 87th Air Base Wing, 621st Contingency Response Wing, and 514th Air Mobility Wing touched down here March 5, 2016 as part of the operational readiness exercise Crisis Response 03-16.The week-long ORE is the first time the four wings have come together for an