Story by Airman 1st Class Matthew Domingos | 509th Bomb Wing | 08.08.2024
More than 100 Airmen and DOD civilians from the 509th Bomb Wing rapidly boarded a C-17 Globemaster III and departed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri for a Field Training Exercise at Ft. Smith, Arkansas to help train Airmen on Agile Combat Employment concepts, with support from the Arkansas National Guard....
Story by Tech. Sgt. James Cason | Joint Base Charleston | 12.22.2022
A C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Charleston, S.C., participated in a bomber task force mission in the Indo-Pacific alongside two B-52H Stratofortresses from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Dec. 20, 2022....
Story by Airman 1st Class Gage Rodriguez | Joint Base Charleston | 04.29.2021
Covid-19 has completely changed the world as we know it, but that doesn’t mean readiness and global mobility at comes to a standstill at Joint Base Charleston, the mission must go on. Captain Tony Urbino, a pilot and aircraft commander from the 15th Airlift Squadron, describes the importance of full spectrum readiness and upholding standards....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal | Joint Base Charleston | 05.06.2020
The 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Sortie Support Flight’s Composite Tool Kit Section takes care of the initial steps in ensuring aircraft are maintained and able to execute missions worldwide during the global pandemic. From a single rag to an advanced piece of sophisticated aircraft test equipment, these CTK members ensure tools and assets are serviceable and clean to help ensure......
Story by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal | Joint Base Charleston | 04.02.2020
Members of the 437th Maintenance Group began implementation of a C-17 COVID-19 Decontamination Course at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, March 28, 2020. A team of instructors were selected within the group to help reduce health risks associated with COVID-19 for those continuing to support Air Mobility Command’s rapid global mobility mission during the world-wide pandemic....
Story by Senior Airman Lawrence Sena | 92nd Air Refueling Wing | 01.14.2020
Team Fairchild’s 97th Air Refueling Squadron successfully completed its first mission by supporting a 97th Air Lift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Jan. 14. The 97th ARS reactivated in October 2019, in order to support 12 additional KC-135 Stratotankers and an estimated 1,000 Airmen and families being transferred to Fairchild....
Story by Staff Sgt. Lance Valencia | Joint Base Charleston | 12.20.2019
Airmen from the 14th, 15th and 16th Airlift Squadrons at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, participated in the Joint Forcible Entry 19B exercise to practice interoperability operations with the U.S. Army and other aircraft platforms over the Nevada Testing and Training Range, Nevada, Dec. 6-8....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Staci Kasischke | United States Air Forces Central | 08.12.2019
Directly aligned with the 2018 National Defense Strategy’s call to be strategically predictable but operationally unpredictable, F-35A Lightning IIs from the 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron participated in Exercise Agile Lightning, Aug. 4-7, 2019....
