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Aug. 5, 2017
Mobility Guardian challenges Aeromedical Evacuation

Mobility Guardian, Air Mobility Command’s large-scale exercise, challenges Aeromedical Evacuation Operations Teams (AEOT) to keep Aeromedical Evacuation organized and tasked to support missions.
Aug. 4, 2017
Dobbins, other Reserve C-130 units team up for training exercise in Rockies

Train as you fight and fight as you train. So goes the old adage about putting in the work required in practice to perform effectively under pressure. The same is true for Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia, as it must prepare its C-130s to perform in a variety of locations as required by the
Aug. 3, 2017
419th Airmen join elite military competition in Prague

Two officers from the 419th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, are participating on an elite team of reservists chosen to represent the United States in an international military competition. Capt. Sterling Broadhead and 2nd Lt. Andrea Uchiyama are competing in the 2017 Interallied
Aug. 3, 2017
JBSA-Lackland C-5s to undergo maintenance fix

The U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Commander, Gen. Carlton D. Everhart II, on Aug. 2, 2017 ordered a stand-down of all C-5s until a directed repair is completed. The 433rd Airlift Wing here has eight C-5M Super Galaxy aircrafts. The C-5 stand down will replace all C-5 ball screw assembly parts
Aug. 2, 2017
913th MXS annual training helps keep 403rd fleet mission-ready

Dozens of Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 913th Maintenance Squadron out of Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, have spent the past few weeks here at Keesler Air Force Base working on the 403rd Wing’s fleet of C-130J and WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft.
Aug. 2, 2017
Total Force Airmen can now manage their life insurance online

Airmen no longer need paper forms to manage their Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance, thanks to the new SGLI Online Enrollment System, or SOES.SGLI provides automatic life insurance coverage of $400,000 to service members when they enter the service. Members with SGLI also get automatic coverage
Aug. 1, 2017
Training to fight and win

Nearly 80 reservists from the 301st Fighter Wing's Logistics Readiness Squadron and Force Support Squadron, Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas, successfully completed their annual tour training at Aviano Air Base, Italy, July 17 - 25, 2017.
Aug. 1, 2017
Citizen Airmen honored during Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Salute to Military

The season’s first pads-on day at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Training Camp, was no ordinary day at One Buc Place, Tampa, Florida, July 31, 2017.Instead of the bleachers filled with your traditional fans, Airmen from the 927th Air Refueling Wing along with other military members from MacDill Air Force
July 31, 2017
Joint Synergy: Engineers optimize Coalition radar network, clear data highway in war against ISIS

With innovative thinking and a can-do spirit, a small lead team of guardsmen and reservists at the Combined Air Operations Center solved a problem that baffled aviators and system technicians.
July 31, 2017
Mobility Guardian, AMC’s premier exercise begins

Train like we fight is the focus of the inaugural iteration of the largest scale exercise that Air Mobility Command has ever undertaken. Mobility Guardian will feature over 3,000 personnel, including 25 international countries from July 31 to August 11, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

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