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  • 621st CRW aides in SAR mission, saves one life on cruise ship

    When the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center alert phones ring, it is never about good news. On an Ovation of the Seas cruise liner, 800 nautical miles from the coast of San Francisco, a 64-year-old man suffered a heart attack.This prompted the AFRCC to reach out to the California Air National

  • USAF CMSgt retires after 30-year career

    I originally joined with plans to do four years, get my education and either commission or leave the military for work in the private sector. Here I am, 30 years later, retired from the Air Force and wondering how I stayed in all these years. Easy, I have loved every stage of my career and feel

  • Joint Base MDL conquers Bamboo Eagle 24-1

    Airmen from the 305th Air Mobility Wing’s 2nd Air Refueling Squadron, and the 108th Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, returned to their home station at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, Feb. 3, 2024, after completing the Bamboo Eagle 24-1 exercise at Travis Air Force Base, California.

  • 621 MSOS's AMLOs, EAGLEs train as teams with 437 AW, 628 ABW

    Eighteen 621st Mobility Support Operations Squadron (MSOS) team members assigned to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, partnered with Airmen from the 437th Airlift Wing (AW) and 628th Air Base Wing (ABW), both stationed on Joint Base Charleston, SC, to plan and execute dynamic airlift

  • 621 CRW supports AGF 23-1; 366 FW Lead Wing certification

    The deafening sound of jet engines running hung heavy in the hot and humid air. This is where Contingency Response Airmen worked, each layered with armored helmets, bulletproof vests, fire-retardant uniforms and slung M-4 carbines across their chests. Attentive eyes scanned each operating location

  • 721 CRS Assumption of Command

    The 621st Contingency Response Wing held an assumption of command ceremony for the standup of a brand new unit, the 721st Contingency Response Squadron, at Travis Air Force Base, California, Jan. 12.Formerly the 6th Air Refueling Wing’s Chief of Safety, Lt. Col. D. Gifford Bloom, explained how proud

  • 43d AES inactivates from Pope after storied history

    Medical emergencies, natural disasters, transporting wounded patients from the battlefield. Nurses and medical technicians rapidly deploying within 24 hours to move patients, sick or wounded, from disaster sites to adequate medical facilities by aircraft. That is the mission of aeromedical