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  • Reservist overcome winter weather to give late Congressman final flight

    A Reserve aircrew’s wise planning helped them complete a high-profile airlift mission Feb. 12 – delivering the remains of U.S. Rep. John Dingell back to Washington – despite crippling winter weather that prevented other aircraft from landing at Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Michigan.

  • AFRC command chief visits 514th AMW

    The command chief for Air Force Reserve Command met with fellow Reserve Citizen Airmen during a visit to the 514th Air Mobility Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Feb. 8-9. 2019.

  • Team McConnell wins AMC 2019 Welsh Award

    Team McConnell was recently named as Air Mobility Command's 2019 Gen. Mark Welsh III “One Air Force” Award winner. The award recognizes a team that has demonstrated improved effectiveness through two or more total force components.

  • KC‐46 arrives for combat training

    Reserve Citizen Airmen of the 730th Air Mobility Training Squadron here, dignitaries and Air Force leaders accepted the new KC‐46A Pegasus during a historic arrival celebration Feb. 8.

  • Operation Dust Storm tests combat-readiness skills

    433rd Airlift Wing aerial porters, defenders, and medical personnel joined the 502nd Air Base Wing defenders, the San Antonio Military Medical Center doctors, and helicopter crews from Texas Army National Guard, 2nd Battalion, 149th Aviation Regiment in a training exercise, Operation Dust Storm,

  • 315th AW delivers humanitarian aid to Guatemala, Haiti, and Honduras

    Over a weekend-long combined humanitarian and training mission, three C-17 Globemaster III aircraft and their Reserve Citizen Airmen crews from Joint Base Charleston’s 315th Airlift Wing delivered humanitarian aid to Guatemala, Haiti, and Honduras, Feb. 3-4, 2019. The three missions were planned to

  • MEDIA RELEASE: C-5M Super Galaxy lands with nose gear up

    A C-5M Super Galaxy landed with its nose gear up at approximately 7:45 p.m. upon returning from a contingency mission, Jan. 31, at Travis Air Force Base, California. Eleven aircrew assigned to the 349th Air Mobility Wing were on board and no injuries were reported.

  • "It's just putting a good plane in the air"

    CitizenAirmen at the 914th Air Refueling Wing Aircraft's Maintenance Squadron deal with some of the nation's coldest weather every day. Take a glimpse as the Airmen begin preparing a KC-135 at 4 a.m., to ensure it is ready for a mission to Rota, Spain.

  • 315th CRF tests mettle in joint-service Patriot Palm exercise

    Teaming up with FEMA, the FBI, Army, Coast Guard and Marine Corps, the 315th Contingency Response Flight completed Exercise Patriot Palm, a joint-service emergency and natural disaster response exercise, coordinated by the Air Force Reserve, designed to integrate first responders from federal, state

  • C-17 Globemaster III: An aircraft as versatile as AE crews

    Larger, faster and flexible – a flying ICU. Since joining the U.S. Air Force fleet in 1993, the C-17 Globemaster III has significantly expanded aeromedical evacuation capabilities. In addition to its transport and other numerous mission sets, the C-17 converts to provide aeromedical evacuation to