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  • EC prepares senior leaders with expeditionary mission support training

    A class of 17 commanders and superintendents recently completed the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's three-day Expeditionary Mission Support Group Senior Leaders Course here.The EMSG course is designed for mission support group commanders and superintendents who are tasked to deploy to various

  • 818 CRW, 143rd AW exercise together at Quonset Point, RI

    Members of the 621 Contingency Response Wing exercised with new faces for upgrade training.The 818th Contingency Response Group combined with the 143rd Airlift Wing for the 818 CRG-143 AW exercise at Quonset Point Air National Guard Station, RI, 9-17 May."We were looking to complete Contingency

  • 730 AMS keeps Yokota people, cargo moving

    In the civilian world, whenever the U.S. Postal Service needs to ship internationally, they use cargo planes. In the military, the process is pretty much the same except instead of mail, shipments include ammunition, food, supplies and even people. On Yokota Air Base, that mission is accomplished by

  • 422nd JTS makes first trip down range

    Members of the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's 422nd Joint Tactics Squadron recently traveled to various deployment locations supporting operations in and around Afghanistan to conduct face-to-face interviews with deployed Airmen and collect real-time tactical lessons learned directly from

  • 733rd AMS first to offer virtual Space A Roll Call

    The 733rd Air Mobility Squadron is the first in the Air Force to implement and test a virtual Space Available Roll Call program that began March 16 and will run through July on Kadena. "Space A travel has been the same since it began," said Master Sgt. Jessica Coombs, 733rd AMS superintendent of

  • Joint Task Force builds skills, ties with RAF at unique exercise

    Units deploying to U.S. Transportation Command's Eagle Flag exercise at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst N.J., can expect to encounter austere field conditions, heated interaction with role players acting as difficult locals, and lots and lots of cargo. But when air mobility specialists from the

  • 621st CRW Airmen, 690th RPOE fine-tune skills at Eagle Flag

    Approximately 120 members from the 621st Contingency Response Wing stationed at Travis and fifty 690th Rapid Port Opening Element soldiers from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., sharpened their Joint Task Force-Port Opening skills during Exercise Eagle Flag 13-1 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakhurst,

  • 621st CRW members volunteer at academic decathlon

    More than 30 members from the 621st Contingency Response Wing, based at Travis, volunteered in this year's California Academic Decathlon, March 15 to 16, in Sacramento. An additional 30 Airmen from Travis also volunteered during the decathlon."It's very important to support the education of our