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By Air Mobility Command Public Affairs, Air Mobility Command / Published May 03, 2021 (U.S. Air Force Graphic) Airmen from the 92nd Maintenance Squadron perform hot pit refueling on a KC-135 Stratotanker on Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, March 25, 2021. Hot pit refueling occurs nearly immediately after an aircraft lands, maintaining one engine remaining on during the refueling. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kiaundra Miller) From the left, Capt. Stephen Tice...

Eleven dormitories were officially renamed at a ceremony in the newly renamed Romero-Jacques Hall, April 14 on Each building was named for someone who left a lasting effect on the Air Force, either through breaking barriers or through acts of combat heroism, where before the dorms were merely numbered. The list of honorees includes three Medal of Honor winners, the first African-American chief master sergeant, one of the first Hispanic women to serve and the U.S. Army’s Buffalo Soldiers, amo...

By Staff Sgt. Timmethy James, Air Force TV / Published April 30, 2021 FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. (AFNS) -- Today’s look Around the Air Force highlights the multinational joint-force training exercise INIOCHOS 21, hosted by the Greek Hellenic Air Force, the MQ-9 Reaper’s suite of new upgrades and its evolving role, and the latest Tuskegee Airmen-inspired race cars honor the paint design of the famous Red Tail P-51 Mustangs flown by the first Black Airmen in World War II. (...

By Edzel Butac, 446th Airlift Wing Public Affairs / Published April 28, 2021 A C-17 Globemaster III, assigned to the 62nd Airlift Wing at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, sits at McMurdo Station in Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze. ODF is unlike any other U.S. military operation. It is one of the militarys most difficult peacetime missions due to the harsh Antarctic environment. The U.S. military is uniquely equipped and trained to operate in such an austere ...

The Air Mobility Command Museum is scheduled to reopen indoor exhibits to the public May 5, 2021.,

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5 JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – Though it is another season for the books, the 2020-2021 season of Operation Deep Freeze (ODF) ends as a highlight for one Reserve Citizen Airman’s career. Chief Master Sgt. Ty Brooks, a loadmaster assigned to the 313th Airlift Squadron, has been participating in ODF for 18 years. Brooks, who will retire from the Air Force Reserve this summer, says ODF is one of the highlights of his more than 40-year career. “I’ll certainly miss wor...

on the lasting impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic on the U.S. military. In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the military realized that it had no choice but to keep mobility operations running. Installations around the world needed fresh supplies and to move people in and out. But the militarys options for moving personnel and supplies were quickly dwindling, Lt. Gen. Brian Robinson, deputy commander of Air Mobility Command, or AMC, told Military.com this month. As host nations impo...

Members of U.S. Pacific Air Forces and Japan Air Self-Defense Force visited the 552nd Air Control Networks Squadron to build cyber-defense capacity, April 4-10. The 552nd ACNS is the Air Force lead Mission Defense Team for tactical command and control systems, including the Control and Reporting Centers. They are the only MDT in the Air Force to perform missions inside the skin of an aircraft, defending against adversaries in cyberspace. “The knowledge and experience gained by visiting the ...

The mission at Air Mobility Command and the units’ responsibilities are spread out — some Airmen fly while others repair, but if you need a part, you trust the 60th Logistics Readiness Squadron Materiel Management Flight to get that part and get that aircraft back in the sky. “Our mission as the Materiel Management Flight is to provide 24/7 logistic support to the installation’s mission,” said Staff Sgt. Jorge Contreras Quineche, 60th LRS aircraft parts store supervisor. Materiel Man...