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Jan. 23, 2025
821st CRG participate in first-ever CR-led LZ Survey Course

Whether it is unprepared, semi-prepared, or paved (prepared), a landing zone survey must be conducted to evaluate the risk of safely using any landing surface for military air-land operations.To conduct an LZ survey, 621st Contingency Response Wing LZ surveyors had to attend a course offered by
Jan. 16, 2025
The 732nd Air Mobility Squadron Triumphs Over Winter: A Tale of Innovation and Safety

As the air turned icy and the winds roared through the Alaskan winter of 2023, the 732nd Air Mobility Squadron faced a daunting challenge. The snow and ice that accumulated in the short-term parking lot and on the flightline posed significant threats to safety and efficiency. When a space-available
Jan. 15, 2025
Quick-Thinking Heroes of 734th Air Mobility Squadron Save Critical Blood Supply to Korea

In a display of remarkable speed and coordination, the 734th Air Mobility Squadron in collaboration with the 36th Medical Group successfully averted a critical supply crisis for U.S. facilities in Korea. A Boeing 747 aircraft carrying a vital pallet of blood and plasma was grounded unexpectedly at
Jan. 10, 2025
733rd Air Mobility Squadron "lights-fire" across Kadena Air Base with Okinawa Airlift Rodeo

The 733rd Air Mobility Squadron recently hosted the 2024 Okinawa Airlift Rodeo, a multi-day event engaging entities across the base and their Japanese Self Defense Force partners. Taking place at the Passenger Terminal from November 18th to 20th, 2024. The rodeo culminated in an awards ceremony and
Jan. 8, 2025
Showing gratitude by “passing the paper”

Members of the 321st Air Mobility Operation Squadron begun the year with positivity, circulating sheets of paper around the office. Each piece of paper has the name of a squadron member on top. As the paper gets passed around, Masterminds write a positive memory, affirmation, thought or observation.
Dec. 27, 2024
AMOS Airmen conduct Exercise Internal Flex

This three-day exercise took place in the 621 AMOS Weapons System Suite (WSS), an enclave of classified hardware and software systems utilized to plan and execute Rapid Global Mobility. The INTERNAL FLEX exercise series is designed to provide realistic Air Operations Center training to AMOS
Dec. 23, 2024
Living on Navy Support Facility, Diego Garcia: A Unique Adventure

Living on Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia is a unique adventure, unlike any other. Each day begins with a short walk, less than 100 feet, to the nearest beach. The island offers the opportunity to see live hermit crabs and occasionally help researchers tag turtles. The fish here is the freshest
Dec. 18, 2024
Operation Christmas Drop Delivers Aid and Strengthens Partnerships in the Pacific

The 73rd iteration of Operation Christmas Drop, the Department of Defense’s longest-running humanitarian airlift operation, delivers essential supplies to nearly 60 remote islands in the Indo-Pacific, including the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau, and the Republic of the
Dec. 18, 2024
Celebrating Decade-Long Partnership: 571st MSAS, SFSO lead DoD’s Largest Urban Evasion Exercise

While blending in with a populace of more than 808,000 people in San Francisco, 40 personnel, led by U.S. Air Force’s 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron attempted to evade capture from the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office in early December during Exercise Sourdough. For the teams captured during
Dec. 6, 2024
821 CRS "Hellhounds": Ready for Deployment

Under grey, cloudy and stormy skies, a deluge of rain fell over an already water-saturated Travis Air Force Base, November 21.Meteorologists with The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration call these types of heavy storms: bomb cyclones, which can happen when a cold air mass collides with a

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