Air Mobility Command

Utah Air National Guard now fields modified KC-135 Stratotanker able to enhance Battlespace Communications for all players in the Indo-Pacific region

Utah Air National Guard now fields modified KC-135 Stratotanker able to enhance Battlespace Communications for all players in the Indo-Pacific region

From the warfighter in the air, to the commander on the ground, everyone’s situational awareness is enhanced through the Utah… Read More

4 months ago

Air Mobility Command Planes Are Now Operating Without Tail Numbers, Most Markings (And Are Alarming Government Watchdogs)

Air Mobility Command directed its fleet to remove the large “U.S. AIR FORCE,” unit markings, tail numbers and other identifying… Read More

9 months ago

Air Mobility Command approves KC-46A Pegasus for worldwide deployments following first combat refuel

Gen. Mike Minihan, commander of Air Mobility Command, approved the KC-46A Pegasus for worldwide deployments to meet combatant command taskings… Read More

1 year ago

‘C-17 Crew did nothing to cause the deaths of Afghan civilians who tried to cling to the jet,’ USAF Investigation says

Civilians who had breached the airport’s perimeter desperate to leave the country, swarmed the C-17 after it landed at Hamid… Read More

1 year ago

Boeing KC-46 Pegasus tanker flies a 24.2-hour sortie completing the longest flight in Air Mobility Command’s history

The KC-46 is Air Mobility Command’s newest aerial refueling platform, and now after completing the 24-hour flight, holds AMC’s record… Read More

2 years ago

Remembering Shell 77, the KC-135 that crashed in Kyrgyzstan while it was departing for combat aerial refueling mission

Shell 77 crew encountered a condition they had not realistically experienced in training, which left them with an unrecognized hazardous… Read More

5 years ago

C-5M Super Galaxy lands with nose gear up at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland

The C-5M Super Galaxy nose gear is said to have malfunctioned during the training flight A C-5M assigned to the… Read More

6 years ago

DID YOU KNOW THAT C-5 GALAXY IS SO HUGE IT CAN TRANSPORT A SUBMARINE?

Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle 2, unofficially named Avalon, was built by Lockheed and was rated to dive up to 5,000 feet and… Read More

6 years ago

IMPRESSIVE PICTURE SHOWS C-5 GALAXY CARGO AIRCRAFT TAXING-OUT ON ROGERS DRY LAKEBED

The taxi runs tested the structural integrity and movement of C-5's new engines and pylons under rough conditions Taken on… Read More

6 years ago

FIVE DOVER’s C-5M AIRLIFTERS CLEARED FOR FLYING, ISSUE WAS WITH THE BALL SCREW

Meanwhile commander directed a replacement of all C-5M airlifters ball screw assembly parts fleet-wide to ensure compliance with standards of… Read More

6 years ago

DOVER GROUNDS ITS C-5M CARGO AIRCRAFT

This is the second time in 60 days that Dover AFB C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft experience nose landing gear malfunction… Read More

6 years ago

REMEMBERING FIRST USAF PRELIMINARY EVALUATION FLIGHT OF C-5A GALAXY 

The first operational C-5 was delivered to the 437th Airlift Wing, Charleston Air Force Base (now known as Joint Base… Read More

6 years ago

MORE KC-135 STRATOTANKER AIRCRAFT FOR FAIRCHILD AFB

The KC-135 Stratotankers are currently scheduled to transfer from McConnell AFB, Kansas, in fiscal year 2020, as McConnell AFB is… Read More

6 years ago

USAF KEEPS 8 OF ITS C-5M SUPER GALAXY CARGO AIRCRAFT GROUNDED TO SAVE (A SMALL AMOUNT OF) MONEY

Without the full C-5M fleet in action, the wear and tear on the remaining planes are flying more than planned,… Read More

7 years ago

WATCH THIS VIDEO OF A MASSIVE C-5M SUPER GALAXY OFFLOADING U.S. ARMY APACHE HELICOPTERS AT RAMSTEIN AIR BASE

Capable of carrying six Apache helicopters, two M1A Abrams tanks or 250,000 pounds of relief supplies, the C-5M Super Galaxy… Read More

7 years ago

SOME COOL PHOTOS OF B-2 SPIRIT STEALTH BOMBERS THREE-WEEK DEPLOYMENT AT ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE

The deployment was designed to ensure bomber crews maintain a high state of readiness and crew proficiency, and it provided opportunities… Read More

7 years ago

HISTORIC C-119 FLYING BOXCAR AIRLIFTER THAT TOOK PART IN THE BATTLE OF CHOSIN RESERVOIR SAVED FROM SCRAP YARD BY AIR MOBILITY COMMAND MUSEUM

C-119B Flying Boxcar #48-0352 is the only surviving aircraft from the operation that air-dropped mobile bridge sections to Marines during the… Read More

7 years ago