ALPENA â Exercise Mobility Guardian 2021, the Air Forceâs largest and longest exercise ensuring readiness to move military personnel and equipment in combat operations, is scheduled to begin at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center on May 15.
More than 1,800 exercise participants will operate 18 mobility aircraft at six locations in Michigan and Wisconsin through May 27 in order to validate Air Mobility Commandâs readiness to provide Rapid Global Mobility for America and the Joint Force.
Additional exercise locations include Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport, Michigan and Volk Field, Wisconsin, with Air National Guard units from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio flying in the exercise.
The biennial exercise includes AMCâs first large-scale integration of cutting-edge concepts to advance warfighting capabilities. Multi-Capable Mobility Airmen will demonstrate speed and agility while enabling refueling and re-arming of fighter aircraft in an austere location. Airc
By Air Mobility Command Public Affairs, Air Mobility Command / Published May 03, 2021
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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 and 1st Lt. Forrest Doss, both 3rd Airlift Squadron pilots, fly a C-17 Globemaster III during a local training flight while Maj. James Johnson, 3rd AS pilot, reviews and discusses a flight plan map over Ohio, April 22, 2021. The 3rd AS trains to support global engagement through direct delivery of critical theater assets and to ensure combat readiness of Air Mobility Command C-17 aircrews. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Faith Schaefer)