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  • U.S., U.K. forces partner for expeditionary training

    Reflecting real-world contingency operating environments, the U.S. Air Force and Army partnered with the U.K. Royal Air Force for a Joint Task Force Port Opening during Exercise EAGLE FLAG held here, July 15-19. With a partnership that began between the USAF Expeditionary Center's 421st Combat

  • Joint Inspection simulator now available on ADLS

    The U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's Mobility Operations School recently fielded the Joint Inspection Instruction Simulator on the USAF Advanced Distributive Learning Service; the first simulator of its kind to run completely on ADLS. The simulator can be used by both Joint Inspection

  • MSAS air advisor takes BPC mission to Guatemala for first time

    The 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron concluded its first building partnership capacity mission in Guatemala, May 5-June 14. Fifteen air advisors deployed to La Aurora Air Base, Guatemala City, Guatemala for 41 consecutive days to exchange ideas with the Guatemalan Air Force in different

  • GSS SPICE team provides communications for HUREX

    A Category-4 hurricane has hit the big island of Hawaii; 115 knot wind speeds snap 15-inch diameter trees like twigs; floods and winds level homes and crops; electricity and communications are crippled. This is the scenario for Makani Pahili ("Strong Winds" in Hawaiian islands dialect), the most

  • International military academy students visit New Jersey area

    The 621st Contingency Response Wing welcomed foreign military students for a closer look at its air mobility support operations here, June 26 to 27.Lieutenant Gen. Francois Hendrickx, Belgian director of military education, and 34 students from the advanced staff course at the Royal Military Academy

  • Air mobility units join forces to train in remote environments

    Air mobility teams joined forces to develop essential skills that can be used to extend the global reach of the U.S. Air Force in times of crisis.The 3rd Airlift Squadron from Dover Air Force Base paired up with the 621st Contingency Response Wing from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to conduct

  • 521 AMOW leads AMC in resilience training

    With the creation of Resilience Strategy 2012, Air Mobility Command set a goal to train 80 percent of its active duty population in resilience skills by the end of 2013. The Master Resilience Trainers and Resilience Trainer Assistants of the 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing surpassed AMCs goal

  • 731st AMS continues peninsula-wide logistics success

    As winter was winding down in the "Land of the Morning Calm", Airmen from the 731st Air Mobility Squadron stationed at Osana prepared to transition air freight operations to Kunsan Air Base for a projected two-month partial runway closure. A team of close to 20 aerial porters received their first

  • Cheating Death: A Story about Second Chances

    May 27, 2012, is a day Tech. Sgt. Mark Hopkins will never forget--even though it's a day he can barely remember.It was the day he made a choice that drastically altered his life forever, and almost ended it in the process."All I remember is hopping on my motorcycle around noon on my way to hang out