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  • Contingency Response Airmen complete proof of concept course

    More than 20 contingency response Airmen from three major commands recently arrived at the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center here to help validate the new Field-Craft Contingency Response course.The 14-day training course was designed to improve how Contingency Response Airmen are trained in air

  • CRW Airmen establish airfield, link allies during Exercise Ultimate Reach

    Thirty-five Airmen from across the 621st Contingency Response Wing deployed to Zaragoza, Spain in support of Exercise Ultimate Reach from Nov. 2-8.The Airmen enabled seven C-17 Globemaster IIIs to drop approximately 600 paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division as part of the joint and coalition

  • WWII vets attend special showing of Emmy Award winning war documentary

    World War II veterans Lt. Col. (Ret.) Bob Hansen and John Schaffner, visited the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center for a preview of "Searching for Augusta, The Forgotten Angel of Bastogne" on Oct. 20 here.The Emmy Award winning documentary, directed by Michael Edwards, follows author and historian

  • CR Airmen link ground power and Airpower at Cerberus Strike

    Contingency response Airmen from the 821st Contingency Response Group recently planned, directed and executed the largest self-contained contingency response exercise in Air Force history from Sept. 8-19.Approximately 150 Airmen from the 821st CRG at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., subordinate unit

  • Pushing Freedom

    After 21 difficult stages covering a grueling distance of 3,360 kilometers, this year's Tour de France came to a conclusion as competitors from 22 teams crossed the finish line. The teams rode 225 kilometers daily for three weeks over both flat and exceedingly mountainous and challenging

  • African Partnership Flight to land at JB MDL

    Approximately 40 African military personnel will visit Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to participate in the African Partnership Flight hosted by the 621st Contingency Response Wing here Aug. 30 through Sept. 4.The African Partnership Flight program, sponsored and developed by U.S. Air Forces in

  • Contingency Response Airmen enable Marines at Al Taqaddum Air Base, Iraq

    U.S. Marines, Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen work around the clock to sustain and improve the Task Force Al Taqaddum Advise and Assist site at Al Taqaddum Air Base, Iraq. Each service and section plays an important role in ensuring the success of this mission, part of Operation Inherent Resolve.One