Photo by Staff Sgt. John Linzmeier | 154th Wing, Hawaii Air National Guard | 02.10.2022
Captains Skyler Kamaka and Devon Ferguson, 203rd Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 pilots, flew their first training sortie together Feb. 10, 2022, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. After years of training, the two friends became their squadron’s newest aircraft commanders, empowering them to become fully autonomous pilot crew. The responsibility of an aircraft commander is earned......
Photo by Staff Sgt. John Linzmeier | 154th Wing, Hawaii Air National Guard | 02.10.2022
Captains Skyler Kamaka and Devon Ferguson, 203rd Air Refueling Squadron KC-135 pilots, go over a pre-flight briefing Feb. 10, 2022, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. After years of training, the two friends became their squadron’s newest aircraft commanders, empowering them to become fully autonomous pilot crew. The responsibility of an aircraft commander is earned through......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Lance Valencia | Joint Base Charleston | 11.01.2020
Abe Iyengar, a pilot assigned to the 16th Airlift Squadron, proposes to his girlfriend after returning from a deployment, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Nov. 1, 2020. The 15th Airlift Squadron conducted a deployment swap between the 15th Airlift Squadron, who were deploying, and the 16th Airlift Squadron, who were returning home after a 90-day deployment. Both C-17 Gobemaster III squadrons......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Lance Valencia | Joint Base Charleston | 11.01.2020
Abe Iyengar, a pilot assigned to the 16th Airlift Squadron, greets his girlfriend after returning from a deployment, at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Nov. 1, 2020. The 15th Airlift Squadron conducted a deployment swap between the 15th Airlift Squadron, who were deploying, and the 16th Airlift Squadron, who were returning home after a 90-day deployment. Both C-17 Gobemaster III squadrons are......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Lance Valencia | Joint Base Charleston | 11.01.2020
Airmen, assigned to the 437th Airlift Wing, and families wait to greet Airmen, assigned to the 16th Airlift Squadron, who returned from deployment at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Nov. 1, 2020. The 15th Airlift Squadron conducted a deployment swap between the 15th Airlift Squadron, who were deploying, and the 16th Airlift Squadron, who were returning home after a 90-day deployment. Both C-17......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Lance Valencia | Joint Base Charleston | 11.01.2020
Lieutenant Colonel Mark Jones, the director of operations for 16th Airlift Squadron at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Airmen, and families wait to greet Airmen, assigned to the 16th Airlift Squadron, who returned from deployment at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Nov. 1, 2020. The 15th Airlift Squadron conducted a deployment swap between the 15th Airlift Squadron, who were deploying, and the 16th......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Lance Valencia | Joint Base Charleston | 10.31.2020
Airman 1st Class Markery Flerisma, a C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster assigned to the 15th Airlift Squadron at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., conducts refueling operations before a deployment swap to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, at Ali Al Salem, Kuwait, Oct. 31, 2020. The aircrew conducted a deployment swap between the 15th Airlift Squadron, who were deploying, and the 16th Airlift Squadron, who......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Lance Valencia | Joint Base Charleston | 10.30.2020
Lieutenant Colonel James Long, a C-17 Globemaster III pilot assigned to the 16th Airlift Squadron at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., flies C-17 over Qatar after taking off from Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Oct. 30, 2020. The aircrew conducted a deployment swap between the 15th Airlift Squadron, who were deploying, and the 16th Airlift Squadron, who were returning home after a 90-day deployment.......
