Story by Senior Airman Mary Bowers | 341st Missile Wing | 07.31.2023
MALMSTROM AIR FORCE BASE, Mont. – A select group of Malmstrom Airmen traveled to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania last month for the first iteration of MH-139A Grey Wolf Type 1 training held at Leonardo Helicopters Training Academy. During the 32-day curriculum, students were immersed in the classroom, a cockpit procedural trainer, and a state-of-the-art helicopter flight simulator....
Story by Staff Sgt. Elora McCutcheon | 341st Missile Wing | 02.01.2023
Seven years into his military career, Capt. David Horney has become one of two Air Force pilots selected this year for the prestigious U.S. Naval Test Pilot School....
Story by Master Sgt. Jessica Roles | 189th Airlift Wing | 10.27.2022
With the recent legacy C-130 fleet grounding due to cracks in affected propeller blades, units flying the aircraft across the Department of Defense were working around the clock to find alternative solutions to mission support. As the C-130H schoolhouse which trains all legacy C-130 aircrew stateside and overseas, the 189th Airlift Wing at Little Rock Air Force Base felt the pressure and......
Story by Senior Airman Jonathon Carnell | 60th Air Mobility Wing | 09.24.2021
Chief Master Sgt. Brett Prothe, Air Mobility Command refueling career field functional manager, visited Travis AFB, Sept. 21 – 24, to discuss with Airmen the divestment plan of the KC-10 Extender and the personnel who man the aircraft....
Story by Airman 1st Class Shayna Hodge | 512th Airlift Wing | 05.05.2021
Flight engineers assigned to the 709th Airlift Squadron, visited Delaware Technical Community College in Georgetown, Delaware, to speak to aviation maintenance students about the Air Force’s flight engineer career field April 20. The squadron, a component of the 512th Airlift Wing here, flies airlift missions on C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft and is currently hiring. The goal of the visit to......
Story by Airman 1st Class Alexcia Givens | 86th Airlift Wing | 04.16.2021
A noncommissioned officer assigned to the 76th Airlift Squadron was recognized as Airlifter of the Week April 16, 2021, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, for fulfilling duties as the resource advisor for his squadron and the 310th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron....
Story by Senior Airman Jonathon Carnell | 60th Air Mobility Wing | 12.02.2020
A sibilant humming sound, like a swarm of roaring bees, fills the 65-foot tall vessel. The humming is followed by a loud series of beeps and a screeching honk heard more than 100 yards away. The flight engineer is preparing the C-5M Super Galaxy, the largest aircraft in the U.S. Air Force, for takeoff....
Story by Staff Sgt. Edward Siguenza | California National Guard Primary | 09.30.2020
Two helicopter teams from the Wisconsin Army National Guard's 1st Battalion (Assault), 147th Aviation Regiment, 64th Troop Command, are recognized for assisting with the California wildfires during the state's worst ever fire season in history....
