USAF Aircraft in Mobility Guardian 2017

08/18/2017

08/18/2017: Two C-130s from Little Rock Air Force Base, La., taxi and takeoff.

A C-130 from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, taxis.

A C-17 from McChord Air Force Base, Wash., and a C-130 from AETC taxis.

Airmen perform maintenance on a KC-10 from Travis Air Force Base, Calif.

More than 3,000 Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and international partners converged on the state of Washington in support of Mobility Guardian.

The exercise is intended to test the abilities of the Mobility Air Forces to execute rapid global mobility missions in dynamic, contested environments.

Mobility Guardian is Air Mobility Command’s premier exercise, providing an opportunity for the Mobility Air Forces to train with joint and international partners in airlift, air refueling, aeromedical evacuation and mobility support.

The exercise is designed to sharpen Airmen’s skills in support of combatant commander requirements.

08.07.2017

Video by Staff Sgt. Traci Keller

60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs