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May 9, 2025
621st CRW legal advisor dubbed “Lake Placid”

Everyone needs someone who is calm under pressure and can turn chaos into order, and one such individual is Maj. Matthew Cole, a USAF judge advocate.Judge advocates can decipher a lot of information all at once, digest it and cooly translate it to Airmen and their commanders in a concise format to
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
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
July 24, 2024
Minihan updates Congress on mobility aircraft

Gen. Mike Minihan, Air Mobility Command commander, alongside Lt. Gen. David Tabor, U.S. Air Force deputy chief of staff for plans and programs, and Rear Adm. Derek Trinque, U.S. Transportation Command director of strategic plans, policy and logistics, testified in front of the House Armed Services
July 19, 2024
621st CRW optimizes its personnel, adds tactical aircraft maintenance journeyman

As an F-15C Eagle fighter aircraft rips through the air above Fresno Air National Guard Base, California, the noise it makes as it forcefully, yet gracefully maneuvers across high altitudes can be heard for miles in every direction.To some, the harsh piercing raucous caused by a fighter’s engines
June 5, 2024
821st CRS Airmen face off against OPFOR in Exercise Hades Sentinel

The duty of a sentinel is to stand guard and keep watch. Much like how shepherds meticulously tend to their flock of sheep to protect them against the elements, terrain and predators that could cause them harm.Similarly, 108 Airmen with the 821st Contingency Response Squadron were constantly on
June 5, 2024
821st CRS Airmen face off against OPFOR in Exercise Hades Sentinel

The duty of a sentinel is to stand guard and keep watch. Much like how shepherds meticulously tend to their flock of sheep to protect them against the elements, terrain and predators that could cause them harm.Similarly, 108 Airmen with the 821st Contingency Response Squadron were constantly on
April 23, 2024
721st, 821st CRS support Exercise STORM FLAG, 82nd Airborne Division validation

It is 2024. The world as we know it is rapidly evolving. Advancements in robotics, artificial intelligence and even social media have disrupted the status quo. These technological developments are changing how we perceive and interact with the world around us, but in terms of warfighting, evolution
March 12, 2024
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
March 2, 2024
USCENTCOM, Royal Jordanian Air Force conduct combined humanitarian aid airdrops into Gaza

The combined operation included U.S. Air Force and RJAF C-130 aircraft and respective U.S. Army Soldiers specialized in aerial delivery of supplies. Soldiers ensured the safe drop of food aid and built bundles.

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