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USAF debuts first large-scale virtual command and control platform 26 May 2021 (Last Updated May 26th, 2021 16:35) The US Air Force has unveiled the first large-scale virtual command and control platform. Share Article The new virtual reality system being tested at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Alpena, Michigan. Credit: USAF / Senior Airman Lawrence Sena. The US Air Force’s (USAF) Air Mobility Command (AMC) has debuted a next-generati...

ALPENA COMBAT READINESS TRAINING CENTER, Mich. -- Airmen were challenged to execute Mission Type Orders for the first time at a large force exercise during Exercise Mobility Guardian 2021, May 15 – 27, accelerating the mission despite degraded,

autoevolution 25 May 2021, 15:44 UTC · by Aerial tankers have been crucial over the past few decades for the U.S. Air Forces (USAF) missions in remote parts of the world. Often unseen, they fly high waiting for the combatant aircraft to pull beneath them and refuel to be able to stay in the air a while longer. 12 photos The tankers of the Boeing KC family operated by the Air Mobility Command (AMC) are anything but unseen this week, as they have descended upon the Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport...

The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron “ Hurricane Hunters” aerial reconnaissance weather officer and loadmaster/dropsonde operator stations are being upgraded with hardware and software to increase their weather collecting capabilities. “The (Meteorology Equipment Technician) shop is in the middle of a system upgrade, specifically on the ARWO station,” said Maj. Tobi Baker, 53rd WRS ARWO. “It’s a major overhaul because the hardware and software that we use is specialized and a lo...

KXLY May 25, 2021 11:48 AM Erin Robinson Updated: WASHINGTON D.C. — Washington Senator Patty Murray wants the United States Air Force to station its new tanker fleet at Fairchild Air Force Base.  In a letter sent to Secretary John P. Roth, Murray wrote that the local Air Force base, which is one of the largest air-refueling tanker bases in the country, already possesses much of the needed capacity to accommodate the KC-46A refueling tankers.  “The base provides s...

Air Mobility Command premiered a proof-of-concept for a next-generation all-domain command and control platform during Exercise Mobility Guardian 2021, May 25, 2021. ,

US Air Force (USAF) has announced that airmen and tankers from across Air Mobility Command (AMC) participated in Mobility Guardian 2021 exercise to test advanced tactics and concepts at Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport.

In an unusual occurrence, the location where photographers were allowed to photograph Air Force One landing was also on the motorcade route.

USAF and Army demonstrate joint capabilities during Mobility Guardian 24 May 2021 (Last Updated May 24th, 2021 16:12) The USAF AMC is showcasing several capabilities during the multinational Mobility Guardian readiness exercise. Share Article The US Air Force’s (USAF) Air Mobility Command has partnered with the Kentucky and Michigan Army National Guard (ANG) to transport and deploy the M142 high-mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS). The M14...

21 ALPENA, Mich.—Air Mobility Command (AMC) is conducting part of their biennial training exercise Mobility Guardian at Michigan Air National Guard’s Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center (CRTC) May 17-28, 2021. Mobility Guardian 2021 (MG21) is focused on all-domain operations in Contested, Degraded, and Operationally-Limited (CDO) environments against a high-end adversary. The scenario drives a response to adversary aggression threatening the security and sovereignty of t...