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C-17 Reaches Across the Globe — vlog

January 23rd, 2009 Comments off
US Air Force C-17s recently delivered Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles (MRAPs) to the Marines in Afghanistan. Technical Sergeant Cohen Young (who wrote about his experiences in Sadr City, Iraq) was on board the flight for the mission with the 535th Airlift Squadron as part of the Defense Media Activity, Hawaii. Below is his narrated photo slide show.


Posted by Paul F. Bove, Air Force Public Affairs.

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

Air Force C-17s can still “take fight to the enemy!”

December 29th, 2008 Comments off
The men and women of Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina launched 13 C-17s demonstrating "that we are ready to take the fight to the enemy!" even though many aircraft and Airmen are deployed around the world. The mission included a single pass over Charleston's most famous landmark, the Ravenel Bridge, air refueling and air drops.

US Air Force photo. For more photos, click here.


Posted by Captain David Faggard, Air Force Public Affairs.