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The Convair B-24 Liberator was a heavy bomber powered

The Convair B-24 Liberator was a heavy bomber powered

The Convair B-24 Liberator was a heavy bomber powered by four Pratt and Whitney 1,200 horsepower engines. It had a gross weight of 65,000 pounds, a 10-man crew, and a top speed of 300 mph. In addition to being ... More

Vintage World War II-era aircraft flies through the

Vintage World War II-era aircraft flies through the

Vintage World War II-era aircraft flies through the air during the "Tora! Tora! Tora!" aerial demonstration by the Commemorative Air Force for the 2010 Airpower Over The Midwest Airshow, Sept. 11, at Scott Air ... More

20 years after operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm: War veterans recall how air mobility affected operations success

20 years after operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm: War veterans re...

Marines headed to support the coalition forces participating in Operation Desert Shield board a commercial aircraft chartered by the Military Airlift Command in September 1991. (Department of Defense Photo)

A boom operator for a KC-135 Stratotanker refuels a

A boom operator for a KC-135 Stratotanker refuels a

A boom operator for a KC-135 Stratotanker refuels a B-52 Stratofortress during air operations for Operation Desert Storm in February 1991. (Department of Defense Photo/Senior Airman Chris Putnam)

Troops cross the airfield after disembarking from Military

Troops cross the airfield after disembarking from Military

Troops cross the airfield after disembarking from Military Airlift Command C-141 Starlifter aircraft at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia in support of Operation Desert Storm in February 1991.

An F-15 Eagle moves in to be refueled by a KC-135R

An F-15 Eagle moves in to be refueled by a KC-135R

An F-15 Eagle moves in to be refueled by a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 319th Air Refueling Wing of Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., Oct. 3, 2000, over the Central United States.

Senior Airman David Heinz, a loadmaster from the 40th

Senior Airman David Heinz, a loadmaster from the 40th

Senior Airman David Heinz, a loadmaster from the 40th Airlift Squadron, directs an air transporter at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., while loading pallets destined for Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Oct. 18, 2... More

Remembering 9/11: History shows AMC's response after terrorist attacks

Remembering 9/11: History shows AMC's response after terrorist attacks

Airman 1st Class Thomas Messick of the 514th Security Forces Squadron, McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., guards the McGuire flightline on Sept. 11, 2001, in response to the terrorist attacks at the Pentagon, the Wo... More

An air-to-air view from the flightdeck of a C-17A

An air-to-air view from the flightdeck of a C-17A

An air-to-air view from the flightdeck of a C-17A Globemaster III as both aircraft return to Germany after the successful Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System, or TRIADS, airdrop over Afghanistan on Oct. 7, 2001. Ai... More

U.S. and partner nations attend final planning conference for Mobility Guardian 2019

U.S. and partner nations attend final planning conference for Mobility...

U.S. and partner nations gather for a group photo during Air Mobility Command's Mobility Guardian 2019 final planning conference on Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, June 12, 2019. AMC's premiere exercise will o... More

A security forces airman from the 319th Security Forces

A security forces airman from the 319th Security Forces

A security forces airman from the 319th Security Forces Squadron watches over the main gate area of Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., on Sept. 11, 2002 -- the first anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

Senior Airman Aaron Hillenberg stands at the back of

Senior Airman Aaron Hillenberg stands at the back of

Senior Airman Aaron Hillenberg stands at the back of a C-130 Hercules while waiting to taxi from Basra International Airport, Iraq, Oct. 21, 2003. C-130s are one of the main Air Force assets that perform missio... More

OEF Anniversary: History Shows AMC's Critical Support As Operation Grew

OEF Anniversary: History Shows AMC's Critical Support As Operation Gre...

An air-to-air view from the flightdeck of a C-17A Globemaster III as both aircraft return to Germany after the successful Tri-Wall Aerial Delivery System, or TRIADS, airdrop over Afghanistan Oct. 7, 2001. Air F... More

Airdrops could play key role in eventual Afghanistan transition

Airdrops could play key role in eventual Afghanistan transition

Humanitarian supplies are airdropped from the back of a C-130 Hercules on its way to Shin Kay, Afghanistan, on Feb. 11, 2005. During more than a decade in Afghanistan, airdrops have been a consistent source of ... More

A U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft, assigned

A U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft, assigned

A U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft, assigned to the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, taxies on the flight line during an Operation Enduring Freedom mission at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekist... More

This is a photo of a poster showcasing U.S. Air Force

This is a photo of a poster showcasing U.S. Air Force

This is a photo of a poster showcasing U.S. Air Force Airmen supporting Operation Enduring Freedom and the global war on terror at Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, Uzbekistan, May 5, 2005.

Student training keeps Little Rock airlift unit 'hopping'

Student training keeps Little Rock airlift unit 'hopping'

This file photo shows a C-130 training scenario at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. The 48th Airlift Squadron at Little Rock trains C-130J pilots and loadmasters for the U.S. Air Force. "Adept, responsive and r... More

Airlift Icon's Advice to Mobility Airmen: 'Small Actions Can Bring Global Impact'

Airlift Icon's Advice to Mobility Airmen: 'Small Actions Can Bring Glo...

Retired Col. Gail Halvorsen signs autographs for children in Puerto Rico at one of his previous annual tours in 2007. Colonel Halvorsen, also known as the "Candy Bomber," flew C-54 Skymasters during the Berlin ... More

Chief Master Sgt. Richard "Andy" Kaiser, former Air

Chief Master Sgt. Richard "Andy" Kaiser, former Air

Chief Master Sgt. Richard "Andy" Kaiser, former Air Mobility Command command chief, retired Jan. 17, 2014, after 30 years of service. Kaiser praised Mobility airmen for their dedication to the mission and humbl... More

A C-5 Galaxy from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., takes

A C-5 Galaxy from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., takes

A C-5 Galaxy from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., takes off for a competition mission for Air Mobility Rodeo 2007 on July 25, 2007. Rodeo, sponsored by Air Mobility Command, is a readiness competition for U.S. ... More

A KC-10 Extender from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst,

A KC-10 Extender from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst,

A KC-10 Extender from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., is refueled by another KC-10 from Joint Base MDL during a mission somewhere over the Eastern United States Oct. 28, 2007. On Jan. 17, 2011, the KC-1... More

A KC-10 Extender from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst,

A KC-10 Extender from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst,

A KC-10 Extender from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., is refueled by another KC-10 during a mission over the Eastern United States, Oct. 28, 2007.

After waking up in the early hours to get to New York

After waking up in the early hours to get to New York

After waking up in the early hours to get to New York City from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., some members of the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's 421st Combat Training Squadron elect to get a fe... More

Tech. Sgt. Rudolph Stuart (right), instructor in the

Tech. Sgt. Rudolph Stuart (right), instructor in the

Tech. Sgt. Rudolph Stuart (right), instructor in the Air Force Phoenix Raven Training Course, talks to students on Feb. 19, 2009, during a training session in the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center on Fort Dix... More

C-5M Super Galaxy 'flexes Muscles' Supporting Afghanistan Surge

C-5M Super Galaxy 'flexes Muscles' Supporting Afghanistan Surge

Dubbed the C-5M Super Galaxy, the newest C-5 to join the Air Force fleet boasts upgraded engines and avionics, enhanced communications, navigation and safety systems, and improved reliability rates.

Wounded Soldier saved through use of ECMO machine on AE mission; officials say capability should continue to grow

Wounded Soldier saved through use of ECMO machine on AE mission; offic...

Members of the 59th Medical Wing Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation clinical care support team inspect an ECMO machine during an exercise on July 1, 2009, at Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Ba... More

A C-5 Galaxy from the 60th Air Mobility Wing comes

A C-5 Galaxy from the 60th Air Mobility Wing comes

A C-5 Galaxy from the 60th Air Mobility Wing comes in for a landing at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., Aug. 5, 2009. The C-5 is Air Mobility Command's and the Air Force's largest airlift plane. The C-5 can carry... More

Army's 18th Airborne Corps Commander Visits AMC

Army's 18th Airborne Corps Commander Visits AMC

Lt. Gen. Frank G. Helmick is commanding general of the U.S. Army's 18th Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg, N.C. Prior to assuming command of the XVIII Airborne Corps, Helmick commanded the Multi-National Security T... More

KC-10 Extender aircraft assigned to the 908th Expeditionary

KC-10 Extender aircraft assigned to the 908th Expeditionary

KC-10 Extender aircraft assigned to the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, are parked on the flightline at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia, Jan. 1. The KC-10 is one... More

Grand Forks family get a 'twice-in-a-lifetime' Super Bowl experience

Grand Forks family get a 'twice-in-a-lifetime' Super Bowl experience

Col. Don Shaffer, 319th Air Refueling Wing commander, presents Super Bowl tickets from the Air Force sponsored Football Frenzy contest Jan. 7, to Master Sgt. Jay Peavey, 319th Security Forces Squadron, and his ... More

Capt. Hillary Wykes, a KC-10 Extender pilot, stands

Capt. Hillary Wykes, a KC-10 Extender pilot, stands

Capt. Hillary Wykes, a KC-10 Extender pilot, stands by the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing's Sept. 11, 2001, memorial at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia, Jan. 13. Wykes is a seven-year Air Force veteran and... More

Tech. Sgt. Antonio Munoz, instructor loadmaster from

Tech. Sgt. Antonio Munoz, instructor loadmaster from

Tech. Sgt. Antonio Munoz, instructor loadmaster from the Transit Center at Manas' C-17 detachment, guides an MRAP-all terrain vehicle into a C-17 Globemaster III prior to shipment to Afghanistan, Jan. 14. (U.S.... More

Tech. Sgt. Antonio Munoz, NCOIC and instructor loadmaster

Tech. Sgt. Antonio Munoz, NCOIC and instructor loadmaster

Tech. Sgt. Antonio Munoz, NCOIC and instructor loadmaster at the Transit Center at Manas, Krygyzstan's C-17 detachment, guides an MRAP-all terrain vehicle into a C-17 Globemaster III prior to shipment to Afghan... More

Capt. Wes Spurlock is a KC-10 Extender pilot with the

Capt. Wes Spurlock is a KC-10 Extender pilot with the

Capt. Wes Spurlock is a KC-10 Extender pilot with the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron at a non-disclosed location in Southwest Asia. Here he is pictured in a KC-10 on Jan. 22, 2010. Spurlock is a 10-... More

In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that

In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that

In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti, Jan. 12, nearly 70 members of the 615th Contingency Response Wing deployed to the Dominican Republic in support of Operation Unified Response. T... More

A KC-10 Extender assigned to the 908th Expeditionary

A KC-10 Extender assigned to the 908th Expeditionary

A KC-10 Extender assigned to the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron at a non-disclosed location in Southwest Asia departs for a combat air refueling mission Feb. 5, 2010. The KC-10 is used extensively f... More

Air mobility maintainers help Air Force cut down fuel costs

Air mobility maintainers help Air Force cut down fuel costs

Staff Sgt. Efrem Flores, aerospace ground equipment craftsmen with the 380th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, works on a piece of AGE equipment at his unit at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia on Feb. 5... More

Committed to caring in CAF: Physical fitness key component to resiliency

Committed to caring in CAF: Physical fitness key component to resilien...

Airmen from the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing play a game of basketball in their minimal off-time while deployed to a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia on Feb. 7, 2010. Physical activity, such as basketball, ... More

Committed to caring in CAF: First-line supervisors can influence an Airman's well-being

Committed to caring in CAF: First-line supervisors can influence an Ai...

Senior Airman Roberto Villalobos and Master Sgt. David Wilcox, both with the 380th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron's Personnel Support for Contingency Operations Office, go over the creation of a new check... More

Sixteen pallets, which consist of equipment, fuel,

Sixteen pallets, which consist of equipment, fuel,

Sixteen pallets, which consist of equipment, fuel, water and meals, ready-to-eat, are dropped from a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft at Kandahar Airfield in Zabul, Afghanistan, April 9. A similar airdrop was div... More

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon is about to be

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon is about to be

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon is about to be refueled by a KC-10 Extender from the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron during an air refueling mission in the U.S. Central Command area of responsi... More

Fuel savings ‘Pathfinders’ broaden impact with Air Force-wide summit

Fuel savings ‘Pathfinders’ broaden impact with Air Force-wide summit

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon is about to be refueled by a KC-10 Extender from the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron during an air refueling mission in the U.S. Central Command area of responsi... More

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon is about to be

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon is about to be

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon is about to be refueled by a KC-10 Extender from the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron during an air refueling mission in the U.S. Central Command area of responsi... More

Future initiatives discussed during fuel efficiency summit

Future initiatives discussed during fuel efficiency summit

1st Lt. Jason Brown, KC-10 Extender tanker pilot with the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, flies a KC-10 on an air refueling mission in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in Southwest As... More

A C-17 Globemaster III deployed from Joint Base Charleston,

A C-17 Globemaster III deployed from Joint Base Charleston,

A C-17 Globemaster III deployed from Joint Base Charleston, S.C., comes in for a landing at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia after landing May 19, 2010. The C-17 stopped at the base to deliver cargo and p... More

A C-17 Globemaster III taxis down the runway at a

A C-17 Globemaster III taxis down the runway at a

A C-17 Globemaster III taxis down the runway at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia after landing May 19, 2010. The C-17 stopped at the base to deliver cargo and passengers for the 380th Air Expeditionary Wi... More

C-130 Hercules is 'always on call'

C-130 Hercules is 'always on call'

A C-130 Hercules is parked on the flightline at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., on March 1. The C-130 Hercules primarily performs the tactical portion of the airlift mission for the Department of Defense. The aircr... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kevin Johnson, a loadmaster

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kevin Johnson, a loadmaster

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kevin Johnson, a loadmaster assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, inspects container delivery system bundles inside a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in an undisclosed... More

Record Year of Deployed Mobility Airdrops Continued to Build in September

Record Year of Deployed Mobility Airdrops Continued to Build in Septem...

Container delivery system bundles float to the ground during an airdrop mission over Afghanistan, May 27. The bundles contained food, water and fuel for the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force. (U.S. A... More

Comprehensive Airman Fitness: Spirituality in the military

Comprehensive Airman Fitness: Spirituality in the military

Photo Illustration: What is spiritual fitness? It's about having a sense of purpose and meaning. It's having hope. It's about defining and sticking to your values. (U.S. Air Force Graphic)

Fairchild NCO manages civil engineer support at Afghanistan base

Fairchild NCO manages civil engineer support at Afghanistan base

Staff Sgt. Cody Engelke, an engineering journeyman assigned to the 577th Expeditionary Prime BEEF Squadron, conducts a site survey of a new facility at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, July 6. The site is schedule... More

Capt. Adam Kornitzer, a KC-135 Stratotanker pilot assigned

Capt. Adam Kornitzer, a KC-135 Stratotanker pilot assigned

Capt. Adam Kornitzer, a KC-135 Stratotanker pilot assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia, goes over pre-flight checklist during a flying mission on ... More

Joint Base MDL Airman Provides Deployed Maintenance Support for Operation Iraqi Freedom

Joint Base MDL Airman Provides Deployed Maintenance Support for Operat...

Airman 1st Class Christopher Atkins, 521st Air Mobility Operations Group, Detachment 5 aerospace propulsion specialist, checks the oil level on a U30 aircraft tow vehicle July 12, Joint Base Balad, Iraq. The U3... More

Pope NCO Helps Fuel the Fight in Kyrgyzstan

Pope NCO Helps Fuel the Fight in Kyrgyzstan

Staff Sgt. Benjamin Lowers, fuels distribution craftsman deployed to the 376th Logistics Readiness Squadron at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, tests fuel after it has gone through a booster pump that p... More

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst CRW airman supports aerial port ops for Operation Tomodachi

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst CRW airman supports aerial port ops f...

Senior Airman Ryan Tiner, 621st Contingency Response Wing aerial porter deployd from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., prepares a power generator to be loaded on board a C-17 Globemaster III assigned to H... More

Tech Sgt. Margerite Hellwich, an aeromedical evacuation

Tech Sgt. Margerite Hellwich, an aeromedical evacuation

Tech Sgt. Margerite Hellwich, an aeromedical evacuation technician assigned to the 362nd Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight, looks over medical supplies prior to an aeromedical flying mission aboard a ... More

Joint Base Andrews NCO Supports Aeromedical Evacuation Ops While Deployed to Iraq

Joint Base Andrews NCO Supports Aeromedical Evacuation Ops While Deplo...

Tech Sgt. Margerite Hellwich, an aeromedical evacuation technician assigned to the 362nd Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight, looks over medical supplies prior to aeromedical flying mission aboard a C-1... More

Little Rock Captain Supports U.S. Central Command Airlift in Iraq As C-130 Navigator

Little Rock Captain Supports U.S. Central Command Airlift in Iraq As C...

Capt. Elizabeth Valasek, a C-130 Hercules navigator assigned to the 777th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, looks out to the horizon during a flying mission over Iraq generating out of Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Jul... More

Travis Airman Supports Security, Force Protection Ops at Iraq Base

Travis Airman Supports Security, Force Protection Ops at Iraq Base

Senior Airman Ryne Ritchie, 532nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron truck commander, inspects the lug nuts on an MRAP July 25, at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Preparation inspections are done before each patrol... More

Travis Security Forces MWD Handler Keeps Deployed Base Secure in Southwest Asia

Travis Security Forces MWD Handler Keeps Deployed Base Secure in South...

Staff Sgt. Lino Estacion, a military dog handler with the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia, takes his military working dog, Gabe, through an obstacle course... More

A C-17 Globemaster III taking off for Bagram Airfield,

A C-17 Globemaster III taking off for Bagram Airfield,

A C-17 Globemaster III taking off for Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, from the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, July 29. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Nathan Bevier)

Little Rock Maintenance Airman Keeps C-130s Flying at Kandahar Airfield

Little Rock Maintenance Airman Keeps C-130s Flying at Kandahar Airfiel...

Senior Airman David Ortega, an integrated flight control system journeyman assigned to the 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, precisely tightens a bolt on a C-130... More

Illinois Air National Guard C-130 Pilot Supports Airlift Ops in Afghanistan

Illinois Air National Guard C-130 Pilot Supports Airlift Ops in Afghan...

1st Lt. Brian Rezac, a C-130H pilot assigned to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, flies thousands of Halal meals to Pakistani flood victims as part of a humanitarian relief missi... More

Joint Base Lewis-McChord Aerial Porter Supports Air Transportation Efforts in Afghanistan

Joint Base Lewis-McChord Aerial Porter Supports Air Transportation Eff...

Airman 1st Class Mark Gates, an aerial porter assigned to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, straps together a pallet of Halal meals going to help flood victims in Pakistan at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. ... More

Joint Base Charleston NCO Supports OEF, Pakistan Humanitarian Airlift Ops As C-17 Loadmaster

Joint Base Charleston NCO Supports OEF, Pakistan Humanitarian Airlift ...

Staff Sgt. Manuel Chacon pushes a pallet of halal meals off a C-17 Globemaster III that carried them Aug. 2 to northwestern Pakistan. These meals are some of the 345 thousand that have been delivered since July... More

Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Thompson, propulsion systems craftsman

Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Thompson, propulsion systems craftsman

Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Thompson, propulsion systems craftsman 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, applies a liquid polymer to a C-130J Hercules propeller damaged during... More

Little Rock NCO Maintains C-130 Hydaulics in Kandahar

Little Rock NCO Maintains C-130 Hydaulics in Kandahar

Staff Sgt. Riaaz Hosein, an aircraft hydraulic systems craftsman assigned to the 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, applies anti-seize compound to a bolt of a C-1... More

Joint Base Lewis-McChord Air Transportation Airman Keeps OEF Mission Moving in Kyrgyzstan

Joint Base Lewis-McChord Air Transportation Airman Keeps OEF Mission M...

Airman 1st Class Heriberto Dominguez, air transportation journeyman deployed with the 376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron as a passenger service agent, connects cargo straps onto pallets for transp... More

Fairchild structural maintenance Airmen keep tankers ready

Fairchild structural maintenance Airmen keep tankers ready

Senior Airman Scott Trombley, 92nd Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintainer, primers aircraft brackets, Aug. 6, at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. After these brackets dry, they are ready for paint. ... More

Airmen deployed from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash.,

Airmen deployed from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash.,

Airmen deployed from Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash., and Grand Forks AFB, N.D., perform maintenance operations on a KC-135 Stratotanker at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan on Aug. 6. (U.S. Air Force Pho... More

Airman 1st Class Nicolas Inzana, KC-135 Stratotanker

Airman 1st Class Nicolas Inzana, KC-135 Stratotanker

Airman 1st Class Nicolas Inzana, KC-135 Stratotanker boom operator with the 22nd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, refuels a Belgium Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon... More

Charleston NCO Manages Aerial Port Operations Support in Afghanistan

Charleston NCO Manages Aerial Port Operations Support in Afghanistan

Staff Sgt. Michael Martin, air transportation craftsman and member of the short take-offs and landings flight assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, works near... More

Joint Base Lewis-McChord Airman Supports Deployed Airlift Ops As C-17 Loadmaster in Southwest Asia

Joint Base Lewis-McChord Airman Supports Deployed Airlift Ops As C-17 ...

Airman Christina Gillespie prepares a C-17 Globemaster III for take-off at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Aug. 9. Gillespie is a C-17 loadmaster with the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. She is... More

Joint Base Lewis-McChord NCO, C-17 Loadmaster, Flies Combat Airlift Missions in Southwest Asia

Joint Base Lewis-McChord NCO, C-17 Loadmaster, Flies Combat Airlift Mi...

Airman Christina Gillespie and Tech. Sgt. Tim Raymon discuss weight measurements prior to loading a C-17 Globemaster III in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 9. Gillespie and Sergeant Raymon are loadmasters with the 816th Ex... More

NCO, Deployed From Little Rock, Serves As 'Flying Crew Chief' in Southwest Asia

NCO, Deployed From Little Rock, Serves As 'Flying Crew Chief' in South...

Staff Sgt. William Aker, a C-130 Hercules flying crew chief with the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, reviews maintenance logs prior to a max-power engine run on a C-130E at an undisclosed air... More

Tech. Sgt. Christopher Chadwell (left), checks the

Tech. Sgt. Christopher Chadwell (left), checks the

Tech. Sgt. Christopher Chadwell (left), checks the hydraulic fluid level on a C-130E Hercules propeller while Staff Sgt. William Aker inspects the engine inlet Aug. 11 at an undisclosed air base in Southwest As... More

Tech. Sgt. Joseph Pierson performs exhaust checks on

Tech. Sgt. Joseph Pierson performs exhaust checks on

Tech. Sgt. Joseph Pierson performs exhaust checks on a C-17 Globemaster III at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia on Aug. 13. Pierson is a jet engine mechanic with the 8th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintena... More

Tech. Sgt. Nathan Livingston, KC-10 Extender flight

Tech. Sgt. Nathan Livingston, KC-10 Extender flight

Tech. Sgt. Nathan Livingston, KC-10 Extender flight engineer with the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, works in a KC-10 Aug. 10, at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia. Livingston is deployed from... More

Deployed Pope Firefighter Supports Fire Protection Ops in Southwest Asia

Deployed Pope Firefighter Supports Fire Protection Ops in Southwest As...

Senior Airman Scott Adams operates roof turret to spray down an aircraft at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia on Aug. 17. Adams is a firefighter with the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron fire... More

Little Rock Airman Supports Fire Protection Efforts at Southwest Asia Base

Little Rock Airman Supports Fire Protection Efforts at Southwest Asia ...

Airman 1st Class Justin Denno resupplies a fire truck with water at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Aug. 17. Airman Denno is a firefighter with the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron fire de... More

As operations tempo stays high across the Air Force,

As operations tempo stays high across the Air Force,

As operations tempo stays high across the Air Force, so do divorce rates, suicide rates and other negative trends. This demands more than just another program, but a new culture and way of thinking, Air Mobilit... More

When thinking about Comprehensive Airman Fitness, think of your base health and wellness center

When thinking about Comprehensive Airman Fitness, think of your base h...

As operations tempo stays high across the Air Force, so do divorce rates, suicide rates and other negative trends. This demands more than just another program, but a new culture and way of thinking, Air Mobilit... More

MacDill NCO Manages Bioenvironmental Support for Afghanistan Base

MacDill NCO Manages Bioenvironmental Support for Afghanistan Base

Tech. Sgt. James Glickman monitors the wet bulb globe temperature heat stress readings Aug. 18, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Glickman is a bioenvironmental engineering craftsman assigned to the 451st Air ... More

Under Secretary of the Air Force Erin C. Conaton speaks

Under Secretary of the Air Force Erin C. Conaton speaks

Under Secretary of the Air Force Erin C. Conaton speaks with Capt. J. Stephen Grant from the 920th Aeromedical Medical Staging and Training Squadron, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., on board a C-17 Globemaster II... More

C-130 Pilot, Reserve Officer, Supports Pakistan Relief Effort, OEF Combat Airlift Missions

C-130 Pilot, Reserve Officer, Supports Pakistan Relief Effort, OEF Com...

Lt. Col. Kenneth Ostrat, a C-130 Hercules pilot assigned to the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, co-pilots during humanitarian relief missions to Pakistan from Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Aug. 20, 2010.... More

Master Sgt. John Gorsuch, C-130 Hercules loadmaster

Master Sgt. John Gorsuch, C-130 Hercules loadmaster

Master Sgt. John Gorsuch, C-130 Hercules loadmaster and instructor for Air Mobility Command's Detachment 5 at the Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center at St. Joseph, Mo., checks the set up of an airdrop con... More

Maxwell NCO Supports Combat Airlift, Humanitarian Ops As Deployed C-130 Loadmaster

Maxwell NCO Supports Combat Airlift, Humanitarian Ops As Deployed C-13...

Tech Sgt. Adam Nixon, a C-130H Hercules loadmaster assigned to the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at Bagram Air Field, instructs the forklift technician to "move up" during cargo off-load at Chaklala Air ... More

MacDill Airman Provides Security, Force Protection for Afghanistan Base

MacDill Airman Provides Security, Force Protection for Afghanistan Bas...

Senior Airman Lance Halverson, a 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron member, and an Afghan youth set up a soccer net outside of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 22. The 455th ESFS compiled soccer equ... More

C-130 Loadmaster, Deployed From Maxwell, Supports Contingency Airlift Operations for USCENTCOM

C-130 Loadmaster, Deployed From Maxwell, Supports Contingency Airlift ...

Tech. Sgt Owen Duke Jr., a C-130H Hercules loadmaster assigned to the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia, scans out the window during take-off during flying mission t... More

Mobility Airmen Help Deliver More Than 10 Million Pounds of Aid to Pakistan

Mobility Airmen Help Deliver More Than 10 Million Pounds of Aid to Pak...

Tech. Sgts Owen Duke Jr. and Adam Nixon, C-130H Hercules loadmasters assigned to the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia, help load cargo headed to Pakistan in support... More

Joint Base Andrews Medical Technician Cares for Deployed Troops in Kandahar

Joint Base Andrews Medical Technician Cares for Deployed Troops in Kan...

Senior Airman Rodrigo Resendiz administers the smallpox vaccination on a patient Aug. 18, at the 451st Air Expeditionary Wing clinic at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Resendiz is a medical technician deployed ... More

Fairchild NCO Supports Aircraft Structural Maintenance in Kyrgyzstan; Earns 'Warrior of the Week'

Fairchild NCO Supports Aircraft Structural Maintenance in Kyrgyzstan; ...

Tech. Sgt. Harold Layne, an 376th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance craftsman, works on equipment in his deployed shop at the Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, on Au... More

Joint Base Andrews Airman Supports Aerial Port Ops at Southwest Asia Base

Joint Base Andrews Airman Supports Aerial Port Ops at Southwest Asia B...

Senior Airman Russell Chamblee, 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron air transportation journeyman, waits as a 25-foot bulk helium trailer is secured during a helium loading mission, Aug. 24, at a n... More

Joint Base Andrews Staff Sergeant Keeps Cargo Moving in Southwest Asia

Joint Base Andrews Staff Sergeant Keeps Cargo Moving in Southwest Asia

Staff Sgt. Paige Greene, 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Air Terminal Operations Center air transportation craftsman, secures a 25-foot bulk helium trailer as part of a helium loading mission A... More

Capt. Cory Damon, 9th Airlift Squadron C-5M  pilot

Capt. Cory Damon, 9th Airlift Squadron C-5M pilot

Capt. Cory Damon, 9th Airlift Squadron C-5M pilot based out of Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, speaks to scientists and engineers Aug. 25, 2010, at Geneva, Switzerland, airport, about the C-5M Super Galaxy and... More

Maxwell C-130 Pilot, Air Force Reservist, Flies Airlift Missions for USCENTCOM, Pakistan Relief Ops

Maxwell C-130 Pilot, Air Force Reservist, Flies Airlift Missions for U...

Capt. Jeremy Corner, a C-130H Hercules pilot assigned to the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia, poses for the camera during a flying mission to Chaklala Air Force Ba... More

Senior NCO, Deployed From Maxwell, Supports Combat Airlift Missions As C-130 Loadmaster

Senior NCO, Deployed From Maxwell, Supports Combat Airlift Missions As...

Senior Master Sgt. Chris Brown, a C-130H Hercules loadmaster assigned to the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia, goes over all documents for cargo off-load at Chaklal... More

Capt. Cory Damon, 9th Airlift Squadron C-5M Super Galaxy

Capt. Cory Damon, 9th Airlift Squadron C-5M Super Galaxy

Capt. Cory Damon, 9th Airlift Squadron C-5M Super Galaxy pilot based out of Dover AFB, Delaware, speaks to Dr. Samuel Ting (right) and other scientists and engineers Aug. 25, at the Geneva, Switzerland, airport... More

Lt. Col. Steve Catchings, a C-130H Hercules pilot assigned

Lt. Col. Steve Catchings, a C-130H Hercules pilot assigned

Lt. Col. Steve Catchings, a C-130H Hercules pilot assigned to the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, flies a C-130 during a mission to Chaklala Air Force Base, Pakistan in support of humanitarian relief effo... More

Reserve Lieutenant Colonel Pilots C-130 for Combat, Humanitarian Airlift Missions

Reserve Lieutenant Colonel Pilots C-130 for Combat, Humanitarian Airli...

Lt. Col. Steve Catchings, a C-130H Hercules pilot assigned to the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia, pilots a C-130 during a flying mission to Chaklala Air Force Bas... More

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