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  • A U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter from the New Jersey Army National Guard's Alpha Company, 1st/150th Assault Helicopter Battalion stationed at both Trenton and Lakehurst, prepares to land during a scenario for Air Force Exercise Eagle Flag 08-1 at Coyle Field in south New Jersey Oct. 17. The helicopter events were part of operations with the 818th Contingency Response Group from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., which was deploying to Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, N.J., for Eagle Flag. The exercise is operated by the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's 421st Combat Training Squadron at Fort Dix, N.J. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

    Joint operations for Air Force Exercise Eagle Flag 08-1

  • Students in Air Force Phoenix Raven Class 06-D do push-ups on Monday, March 27, 2006, at Fort Dix, N.J. The students include Air Force security forces and U.S. Navy masters at arms personnel; they receive training in combat first aid, tactical self defense and aircraft security and undergo extensive physical training. The course is taught by the Air Mobility Warfare Center's 421st Combat Training Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

    Ravens train for combat ops

  • Airman 1st Class Adriano Ciciotti mans an M-60 machine gun during an Eagle Flag 06-4 scenario at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, N.J., on Aug. 12. The events, controlled by the Air Mobility Warfare Center's 421st Combat Training Squadron, test Airmen on their expeditionary combat support skills in preparation for deployments. Airman Ciciotti is stationed at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

    Eagle Flag deployment skills

  • FORT DIX, N.J. (AFPN) -- Airmen respond to an "ambush" during a convoy training session here. The training is part of the Air Force Integrated Contingency Skills Training Course. More than 80 Airmen are in the course, which is taught by the Air Mobility Warfare Center's 421st Combat Training Squadron. Instruction also includes combat tactics and first aid. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

    Convoy training

  • Services Airmen deployed to Air Force exercise Eagle Flag 07-4 serve up food to exercise participants April 25 during an evening meal at Naval Air Engineering Station at Lakehurst, N.J. Services members prepared the food in the Single Pallet Expeditionary Kitchen, or SPEK. During each Eagle Flag exercise, more than 30 services Airmen deploy to support the exercise operated by the Air Force Expeditionary Center's 421st Combat Training Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jared Marquis)

    Services Airmen dish up real meals ready to eat

    Some Airmen might not think a fresh, hot meal is a big deal, but for Airmen at a bare base a meal not named "MRE" can bring a few happy and hungry faces to the dinner table. When servicemembers arrive at a bare-base location, the first food eaten is usually meals ready to eat, or MREs. That's when the role of the Air Force services team deployed to
  • First Lt. Lindsay Hahn, public affairs officer from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., talks with "host nation" reporters, played by Tech. Sgt. Ron Rogers, Air Force News Agency, Texas, and Master Sgt. Melissa Phillips, Dover Air Force Base, Del., during a scenario for Air Force Exercise Eagle Flag 07-3 Feb. 10. The exercise, operated by the Air Mobility Warfare Center's 421st Combat Training Squadron, tests and trains more than 400 Airmen on their expeditionary combat support skills.

    Eagle Flag role players: Airmen helping Airmen

    In a matter of minutes, one master sergeant here became a "chief" in a sense during a briefing for Air Force Exercise Eagle Flag 07-3 Feb. 5 at Fort Dix. "As a role player, you're deployed here to help push the students to do better, but we learn right beside them," said Master Sgt. James Gardner, 60th Maintenance Operations Squadron, Travis Air
  • Airmen recently deployed with the "421st Air Expeditionary Group" build an Alaskan tent during operations for Air Force Exercise Eagle Flag 07-3 at Lakehurst, N.J. The exercise, operated by the Air Mobility Warfare Center's 421st Combat Training Squadron, tests and trains Airmen on their expeditionary combat support skills.

    Eagle Flag Airmen build tents in tough conditions

    Nearly 400 Airmen deployed to support the fictional "421st Air Expeditionary Group" here for Eagle Flag 07-3 are simulating a real world war zone and being tested on their ability to conduct airfield operations and build an air base. Part of that effort is building the "tent city" for all the students to sleep in and work out of during the
  • On the left is JPADS equipped cargo payload during descent. On the right is a close-up of the payload. (Photos provided by Army Natick Soldier Center)

    JPADS continues 'revolution in air drop technology'

    Since October 2005, the Air Mobility Warfare Center here has partnered in an effort to revolutionize the way the Air Force does its airlift air drops in the expeditionary environment and around the globe with the Joint Precision Air Drop System initiative. "When it was said to make this concept of JPADS a reality and we became Air Mobility
  • An example of the Halvorson Air Stairs Kit, or HASK, modified cargo loader moves on the flightline at McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., in 2006 during a demonstration of the modified cargo/personnel aircraft loader. The development of the HASK cargo loader came from the Air Mobility Warfare Center's Air Mobility Battlelab. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    Air Mobility Battlelab's HASK initiative combines cargo, passenger loaders

    With a mission to make loading passengers and cargo easier, the Air Mobility Warfare Center's Air Mobility Battlelab came up with an innovative idea using existing technology -- the Halverson Air Stairs Kit, or HASK. The HASK concept is a passenger stairs attachment kit designed to entirely replace the existing walk deck found on the right side of
  • Master Sgt. Ben Rodriguez, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center's Mobility Operations School, talks to students from the McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., First Term Airman Center in the USAF EC's Grace Peterson Hall Jan. 16, 2007, on Fort Dix, N.J. The FTAC students toured the Center and learned more about its mission and people. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

    McGuire FTAC students visit USAF EC

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