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  • McChord C-17s first in AMC to refuel with commercial KDC-10B tanker

    In a historic first for Air Mobility Command, U.S. Air Force Airmen with the 62d Operations Support Squadron and 8th Airlift Squadron conducted a C-17 Globemaster III training flight to execute aerial refueling with a commercial KDC-10B on April 10, 2025. The mission leveraged a Pacific Air Forces

  • 8th AS Conducts JPADS Training

    U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 8th Airlift Squadron and Army Soldiers from the 2nd Ranger Battalion conducted Joint Precision Airdrop System training near Yakima, Washington, Dec. 12, 2024.During JPADS missions a self-guiding advanced cargo delivery parachute system is utilized to allow airdrop