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By Tech. Sgt. Zachary Kee, 19th Airlift Wing Public Affairs / Published April 21, 2021 U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Jason Katsar, 61st Airlift Squadron pilot, prepares to fly a C-130J Super Hercules during the 2021 Swamp Dash exercise at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, April 15, 2021. The 19th Airlift Wing executed the large formation launch and training event with mission partners, which included 13 C-130J Super Hercules from Little Rock Air Force Base and two C-130Js from Dye...

12 Airmen from the 19th Airlift Wing executed a large formation launch and training event, designated “Swamp Dash”, with 913 Airlift Group mission partners April 15, which included 13 C-130J Super Hercules from Little Rock Air Force Base and two C-130Js from the 317th Airlift Wing at Dyess AFB, Texas. The training objectives included joining up with Dyess at Chennault International Airport, Louisiana and providing pre-deployment training to the U.S. Army’s 46th Engineer Ba...

By 2nd Lt. Alexander L. Hubbert, 721st Aerial Port Squadron / Published April 09, 2021 725th Air Mobility Squadron Guidance and Control Maintainer, Staff Sgt. Joseph Cho, teaches 721st Aerial Port Squadron Air Transportation Specialist, Senior Airman Juwan White, how to marshal a C-17 into position at Morón Air Base, April 6, 2021. Airmen of the 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing have been demonstrating the Wing’s Nodal Agile Combat Employment at the air base since the begin...

By 2nd Lt. Alexander L. Hubbert, 721st Aerial Port Squadron / Published April 09, 2021 725th Air Mobility Squadron Guidance and Control Maintainer, Staff Sgt. Joseph Cho, teaches 721st Aerial Port Squadron Air Transportation Specialist, Senior Airman Juwan White, how to marshal a C-17 into position at Morón Air Base, April 6, 2021. Airmen of the 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing have been demonstrating the Wing’s Nodal Agile Combat Employment at the air base since the begin...

By Airman 1st Class Faith Schaefer, 436th Airlift Wing Public Affairs / Published April 08, 2021 A fuel truck and passengers fly on a Dover Air Force Base C-17 Globemaster III during exercise Razor Talon at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, March 23, 2021. Mobility Airmen participated in RT to enhance readiness and assist in implementation of the Agile Combat Employment concept across the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Faith Schaefer) U.S. Ai...

In episode 45 of " The Air Force Starts Here" podcast, we discuss a new force development tool for Airmen and Guardians to grow professionally. These opportunities are known as Developmental Special Experiences, or DSE, which are learning activities outside the scope of formal training that have been validated as a potential means to obtain specific foundational, occupational, or joint competencies. The DSE Catalog is a consolidated list of available learning activities outside the scope of for...

By Airman 1st Class Faith Schaefer, 436th Airlift Wing Public Affairs / Published March 03, 2021 First Lt. August Hein (left), and Capt. Reed Fleming, both 3rd Airlift Squadron pilots, fly a C-17 Globemaster III over Florida during exercise Mosaic Tiger Feb. 25, 2021. Airmen from Dover AFB and Joint Base McGuire-Dix Lakehurst, New Jersey participated in the exercise, led by the 23rd Wing at Moody AFB, Georgia. The exercise tested agile combat employment, across multiple major c...

The 61st Airlift Squadron concluded a weeklong, organically generated exercise, Feb. 20, demonstrating the effectiveness of Agile Combat Employment (ACE) tactics, techniques and procedures focused on Mobility Air Force and Combat Air Force integration. ,

39 Somewhere above the vast Pacific Ocean, a fighter aircraft has flown for hours, and its fuel supply is running low. Unable to return to its home station for fuel, thats when Agile Combat Employment comes into play. Down below on a small island, three Airmen are waiting to refuel the aircraft and rapidly launch it back into the fight. “ACE is this warfighting concept that the Pacific Air Forces is trying to operationalize, and we’re doing a pretty good job of it,” said ...

MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho -- On Feb. 12, 2021, five Airmen from 366th the Communication Squadron (CS) were sworn in and transferred from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to the U.S. Space Force (USSF). This type of transfer is a historical ceremony that,