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Airmen begin Darfur airlift operations

January 15th, 2009 Comments off
Airmen have begun airlifting Rwandan peacekeeping equipment and supplies Jan. 13 from Kigali to the Darfur Region of Sudan as part of the United Nations-Africa Union peacekeeping mission. The first mission was completed by a C-17 Globemaster III and aircrew deployed to Africa from Travis Air Force Base, Calif.


Technical Sgt. Sean Arnold guides Rwandan defense force trucks on board a C-17 Globemaster III Jan. 13 at Kigali International Airport in Rwanda. This is the first load of five airlifts to the United Nations-African Union mission in Darfur. Sergeant Arnold is from Travis Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Samuel Bendet)

Read the full story and see more photos from Air Force Link here and a story from Military Times here.


Posted by Paul F. Bove, Air Force Public Affairs

Soft power includes airlift

January 12th, 2009 Comments off
Wired's Danger Room discussed the Air Force's soft power in the article here. The Airmen at Air Mobility Command wanted to share some of what they're doing and shared this graphic.

According to the graphic's designer, Mark Diamond, "AMC is heavily involved in soft power (i.e., humanitarian) operations. We want[ed] to send examples....that outlines humanitarian and operational missions AMC has done in the past several years."


Posted by Capt. David Faggard, Air Force Public Affairs.