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By Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman, 403rd Wing Public Affairs / Published May 20, 2021
Tech. Sgt. Ronald Patton, 403rd Operations Squadron aircrew flight equipment technician at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., works on a Butler Parachutes BA-30 Low Profile Parachute system April 29, 2021. The BA-30 is new to the the two flying squadrons the 403rd OSS supports, replacing the BA-22. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman)
Tech. Sgt. Ronald Patton, aircrew flight equipment technician for the 403rd Operations Support Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., reinforces a BA-30 Low Profile Parachute system April 29, 2021. Patton repairs flight equipment to ensure it is safe to use in the event of an in-flight emergency. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kristen Pittman)
The 403rd Operations Support Squadron here recently began to receive Butler Parachutes’ BA-30 Low Profile Parachute Systems in an Air Force-wide initiative to upgrade from the legacy BA-22 emergency parachutes.In charge of these new parachute systems are,
By Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Grossi, 910th Airlift Wing Public Affairs / Published May 18, 2021
Staff Sgt. Tajah Groce-Crawford, a commander support staff specialist with the 910th Airlift Wing, shares her ideas about recognizing and countering extremist ideologies in the workplace during a base-wide pause in training May 1, 2021, in the wing headquarters building, Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio. The Department of Defense announced that although the number of those in the ranks who do espouse extremist views may be small, they may not be as small as we want them to be or we think them to be, and no matter the number, it is a significant problem that must be addressed. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Grossi)
14 May 2021 (Last Updated May 14th, 2021 09:02)
The USAF has announced six candidate bases for future Reserve-led KC-46A Pegasus operations.
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A KC-46 Pegasus taxis during Exercise Nexus Dawn at Travis Air Force Base in California. Credit: USAF / Airman 1st Class Brady Penn.
The US Air Force (USAF) has announced the names of six candidate locations in the US to host the next Reserve-led KC-46A Pegasus aerial refuelling tanker aircraft.
The bases are Beale Air Force Base (AFB) in California, Grissom Air Reserve Base (ARB) in Indiana, Joint Base Andrews-Naval Air Field Washington in Maryland, March ARB in California, Niagara Falls ARB in New York, and Tinker AFB in Oklahoma.