Air Traffic Controllers from the 621st Contingency Response Wing stand next to the Hamid Karzai International Airport flight line during a break from their mission Aug. 27, 2021, at Kabul, Afghanistan. Five ATCs from the 621st CRW provided air communication and flight line support for several hundred aircraft daily during allied evacuation operations. (Courtesy photo)

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Marquis Nelson, left, and Tech. Sgt. Frank Stark, right, both 621st Contingency Response Support Squadron electrical power production technicians, work on a mobile electric power generator August 19, 2021, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. Maintenance flights assigned to the 621st Contingency Response Wing, maintain equipment readiness for CR Airmen to mobilize anywhere in the world at a moment’s notice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sarah Brice)

U.S. Army Gen. Steve Lyons, United States Transportation Command commander, greets Airmen of the 621st Contingency Response Wing at Travis Air Force Base, California, Sept. 23, 2021. The Airmen recently arrived back on base after deploying in support of Operation Allies Refuge in Kabul, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dennis Hoffman)

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen from the 621st Air Mobility Operations Group (AMOG), McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), New Jersey (NJ), move from their bus toward an aircraft enroute to a CENTCOM (US Central Command) Area of Responsibility (AOR).

Air Force Staff Sgt. Christian Ramos Claudio and Tech. Sgt. Samantha Miller, 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron, speak to the attendees of Women’s Peace and Security event in Cocolí, Panama Aug. 3, 2021. Air Advisors from the 571st MSAS supported the U.S. Embassy Panama event to support the WPS initiative, which was signed into U.S. law in 2017. (U.S. Embassy photo)

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Amanda Salazar, 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron air advisor, facilitates discussion for Women, Peace, and Security seminar Aug. 24, 2021, at Centro de Entrenamiento de Operaciones de Paz (CEOPAZ), El Salvador. Twenty-eight military members of El Salvador’s Air Force, Army and Navy participated in a week-long course covering Women, Peace and Security efforts. The seminar, taught by the 571st MSAS, Travis Air Force Base, California, and 818th MSAS, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, covered a variety of topics to include understanding bias, gender and conflicts, gender roles and duties, developing sustainable practices. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathon Carnell)

Air advisors from the 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron pick up trash Aug. 1, 2021, from Escuela Playa Leona in Playa Leona, Panama. MSAS members donated building materials, repaired more than 900 square feet of chain-link fencing, and removed 400 pounds of trash, debris, and vegetation on the school’s property. (U.S. Air Force photo)

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 821st Contingency Response Group board a C-17 Globemaster III on Travis Air Force Base, California, Aug. 14, 2021, before their deployment to support operations in Afghanistan. The U.S. Air Force, in support of the Department of Defense, moved forces into theater to facilitate the safe departure and relocation of U.S. citizens, Special Immigration Visa recipients, and vulnerable Afghan populations from Afghanistan. The 621st CRW deployed Airmen from the 621st and 821st CRGs as well as the 621st Air Mobility Advisor Group to support the mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dennis Hoffman)

Col. Travis L. Edwards, 621st Contingency Response Wing commander, greets Airmen with the 821st Contingency Response Group upon their return from supporting retrograde operations in the CENTRAL COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY June 19, 2021, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. The 821st CRG was part of Task Force 74 that assisted Resolute Support Mission Airmen with the safe and orderly withdrawal. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sarah Brice)

U.S. Air Force Col. Travis Edwards, center, 621st Contingency Response Wing commander, receives a unit briefing from members of the 621 st Mobility Support Operations Squadron during his East Coast immersion June 25, 2021, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. Edwards participated in an immersion event, centered around a simulated contingency scenario and learned what each squadron would provide if that contingency happened. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Luther Mitchell)

Advanced Study of Air Mobility (ASAM) class of 2021 pose for a group photo June 4, 2021, at the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. As an 11-month course, ASAM was commissioned based on the vision of U.S. Air Force Gen. Ronald R. Fogleman to create “Masters of Air Mobility” to provide Air Mobility officers with an in-depth education in the Global Reach concept. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jake Carter)

Tech. Sgt. Luis Ochoa discusses vehicle maintenance principles and organization with maintenance personnel of the FAE’s 11th Transportation Wing.