With just 19 jets, the Air Force C-21 transport fleet is busier than ever moving VIPs, wounded troops, and urgently needed cargo in a hurry.
A KC-46 touched down at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., on July 1 after a record 45-hour nonstop flight around the world. The mission, called Project Magellan, saw the two crews aboard test their limits as they refueled Air Force jets around the planet.
U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center commander Maj. Gen. John Klein hopes that the mechanisms he stood up to prepare USAFEC for near-peer conflict will continue after he rotates out later this summer.
An Air Force C-130J crew braved a long flight around half the planet last week as part of an experiment testing how quickly they could respond to a crisis in the Indo-Pacific. Dubbed Hazard Leap, the test kicked off on April 20 when two full ...
Mobility aircraft technology has to keep up with that of fighters and bombers, and the new Integrated Capabilities Command will ensure that happens, Air Mobility Command chief Gen. Mike Minihan said.
Airlifting cargo with joint partners is complicated work, so the Air Force stood up EAGLE teams to prevent lengthy delays caused by failed inspections and botched loading.
As he closes out his term as the head of Air Mobility Command, Gen. Mike Minihan is laser-focused on the connectivity of his aircraft. “The solution right now is we operate the airplane in the same way our grandparents did,” Minihan said in an interview ...
Air Mobility Command wants to use wearables to help aircrew better prepare for the mental and physical load of being the military’s primary transport across the Pacific in a conflict with China.
Air Mobility Command is awarding nearly 300 more decorations, including 12 Distinguished Flying Crosses, to Airmen for their service during the evacuation of Afghanistan in the summer of 2021, the major command announced Dec. 20.
More than 200 Airmen will receive medals for their roles in Operation Allies Refuge, the effort to move more than 124,000 evacuees out of Afghanistan in the final weeks of the U.S. war there in late summer 2021.
The KC-10 Extender took another step toward retirement last week, as the venerable tanker finished off its last ever overseas deployment. A KC-10 from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., conducted the aircraft’s final combat sortie from Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 3. The ...
Air Mobility Command boss Gen. Mike Minihan wants contingency response Airmen to develop more SOF-like capabilities to prepare for opening airfields in high-threat environments.