818 MSAS air advisors train Airmen in Niger

817 CRG trains at Fort A.P. Hill for worldwide ops

Sharpshooter training prepares defenders for demanding AF course

A truckload of insurgents rolls slowly toward the back side of an airbase where an American cargo plane has just landed to unload food and medical teams. They figure this little dirt road will allow them to sneak up undetected, so they can probe for weaknesses and a find way to stop the relief

Mauritanian Airmen visit JBMDL, CRW

The 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron takes multiple trips each year to work alongside of African partner nations. Mauritania returned the favor with a visit of their own Sept. 15 to 20. Capt. Ahmed Babow, Mauritanian Islamic Air Force (FAIM) Atar base commander from Atar, Mauritania, and

EC commander visits JBMDL contingency response team

The commander of the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center here visited the 621st Contingency Response Wing Oct. 2. Maj. Gen. Frederick "Rick" Martin, who has prior U.S Air Force contingency response experience from his time commanding the 615th Air Mobility Operations Group at Travis Air Force Base

MSAS air advisors work with AFAFRICA to share ideas with Angolan AF

U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Air Forces Africa worked together with a 621st Contingency Response Wing traveling contact team to conduct a building partnership engagement in Luanda, Angola from Sept. 9 to 13.   The engagement gave 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron air advisors and Angolan

CRW establishes remote airbase in 'Pitch Black' exercise

Approximately 90 members of the 621st Contingency Response Wing participated in exercise Pitch Black at the Sierra Army Depot in Herlong, Calif., from Sept. 9 to 13. The exercise was a joint effort with active duty, air guard and contingency response units providing training in command and

AMC training team builds a secure partnership with Honduran Air Force

The 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron recently finished its first fully integrated mobile training team event with the Honduran Air Force. Thirteen air advisors deployed to Base Aerea Coronel Hector Acosta Mejia, Tegucigalpa, Honduras from 21 July to 24 August to train more than 50

621st hosts wing spouses for orientation tour

Cleaning house saves precious time and money when both are short

In a time of budget cuts and sequestration affecting the way a squadron, wing, or branch of service does business, every piece of equipment must justify its worth; and time is of the essence. For the 621st Contingency Response Wing here, they had too much of one, and they never have enough of