Joint Base Charleston C-17 Globemaster IIIs perform several missions throughout the world to include combat and presidential support, training and humanitarian missions. As time goes on, aircraft need to be inspected and repaired for structural integrity, internal cracks, painting and exterior damage. The 437th Maintenance Squadron, Fabrication Flight is responsible…

Aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501 drop two 1000lb Joint Direct Attack Munitions at Townsend Bombing Range (TBR), Georgia, on December 30, 2019. As part of their training in the F-35 program, pilots use TBR to drop ordinance on specific targets to train them about being combat capable…

U.S. Marines with Amphibious Vehicle Test Branch, Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity, operate new Amphibious Combat Vehicles along the beach aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 18, 2019. The ACV is a modernized platform providing increased lethality, survivability and protected mobility to Marines and will enhance I…

A C-130J crew must rely on abnormal support capabilities as they conduct an emergency airdrop in hostile territory. They discover the new tools are just as effective and make them more lethal. 1 of the 5 vignettes shown at the 2019 Airlift/Tanker Association conference during AMC Commander Gen. Maryanne Miller’s…

U.S. Marines with Marine Air Control Squadron 4 Detachment Bravo (MACS-4 DET B) and Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 (MWSS-171) conduct a Forward Arming and Refueling Point (FARP) exercise at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan. Dec. 13, 2019. FARP training offers MCAS Iwakuni the capability of forward deploying…

An aircrew from the 6th Air Refueling Squadron, Travis AFB, California, flies to Scott AFB, Illinois, to update training and guidance on aeromedical evacuation procedures for a KC-10 Extender. Features a timelapse of pallet loading and offloading. SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, IL, UNITED STATES 12.17.2019 Video by Tech. Sgt. Traci…

On 15 November 2019, No. 33 Squadron prepared five of its KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker Transports for launch at the same time, demonstrating the Squadron’s ability to surge to meet Australia’s strategic air mobility requirements. At RAAF Base Amberley, the five KC-30As conducted an ‘elephant walk’ – the traditional name given…

Exercise DUGONG 19, the Royal Australia Navy’s primary Mine Warfare and Clearance training activity, was held in waters around Cockburn Sound coastal locations, Bindoon Training Area and the Western Australian Exercise Area from 7-25 November 2019. The mine countermeasures tactical training exercise brings key coalition forces together in a combined…