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KC-46 Pegasus came together for AMC’s premier readiness exercise to test specialized computers and communication systems that enable rapid data sharing as a means of ensuring strategic deterrence. “What we’re able to do here is innovate ourselves, think our way through problems as we’re actually being presented with them,” said Lt. Col. Benjamin Davidson, 54th Air Refueling Squadron director of operations and 28th Mission Generation Squadron commander. “We’ve got young crews out h...

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFNS) -- The Department of the Air Force reminds Airmen and Guardians to apply sound risk management when enjoying outdoor and recreational activities with family and friends this summer. The summer focus period runs from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, summer-time travel accounts for the highest average motor vehicle crashes and fatality rates per day; more than 9,000 lives were lost from ...

By Airman 1st Class Hiram Martinez , 6th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs / Published May 21, 2021 Aircrew and maintenance Airmen from the 91st Air Refueling Squadron (ARS) perform KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft pre-flight checks while wearing aircrew eye and respiratory protection system equipment during a large-scale readiness exercise at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, May 20, 2021. The 91st ARS worked closely with Airmen from the 6th Air Refueling Wing to ensure total force...

Aircrew and mission planners operating KC-135 Stratotankers, KC-10 Extenders and the KC-46 Pegasus came together for AMC’s premier readiness exercise to test specialized computers and communication systems that enable rapid data sharing as a means of,

KC-46 Pegasus came together for AMC’s premier readiness exercise to test specialized computers and communication systems that enable rapid data sharing as a means of ensuring strategic deterrence. “What were able to do here is innovate ourselves, think our way through problems as were actually being presented with them,” said Lt. Col. Benjamin Davidson, 54th Air Refueling Squadron director of operations and 28th Mission Generation Squadron commander. “Weve got young crews out here that ...

By Samuel King Jr. / Published May 24, 2021 A 436th Airlift Wing C-5M Super Galaxy releases flares during a test May 12 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The Dover Air Force Base aircraft and aircrew released the flares as part of a two-week defensive countermeasures test program with the 46th Test Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.) A 436th Airlift Wing C-5M Super Galaxy releases flares during a test May 12 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The Dover Air Force Base ai...

By Debbie Aragon, Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Public Affairs / Published May 23, 2021 Julio Toala, Air Force Civil Engineer Center GeoBase program geospatial operations manager, receives training from Joseph Campbell, Emerging Technologies Institute chief technology officer and lead instructor, on drone pre-flight checks at San Geronimo Air Park, Texas, May 7, 2021. The training focused on pre- and post-flight checks, projecting flight patterns and 3D mapp...

11 Imagine having the ability to manage aircraft and 1,800 people all from 850 miles away. That’s exactly what the “Mobsters” will be doing during Air Mobility Command’s premier, large-scale mobility exercise. Airmen with the 621st Air Mobility Operations Squadron will participate in exercise Mobility Guardian, which is mostly being held in Michigan, all from the squadron’s newly renovated weapon system suite located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. Mob...

On May 10, a C-130J Super Hercules aircrew assigned to Little Rock Air Force Base’s 61st Airlift Squadron was awarded one Distinguished Flying Cross and three Air Medals for their decisive actions and outstanding airmanship displayed under hazardous,

During the visit, Roth and Raymond toured the Morrell Operations Center, the Atlas Spaceflight Operations Center and the Spaceflight Operations Processing Center. “U.S. Space Force Guardians and our space systems are absolutely vital for homeland defense, global operations with partners and allies, and many comforts that have become normal in the American way of life,” Roth said. One of the goals of the visit for Roth and Raymond was to educate congressional leaders about the U.S. Space For...