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Air Force gives French troops a ride to the fight in Mali

By Jeff Schogol on January 24, 2013 Air Force, Air Mobility Command, Uncategorized

The U.S. Air Force has transported 200 passengers as part of efforts to airlift French troops headed to Mali, according to U.S. Air Forces in Europe. In total, the Air Force has conducted seven missions and moved 168 tons of cargo to help the French military, which is fighting Islamic rebels associated with al-Qaida, a USAFE spokeswoman said. France intervened in Mali’s civil war on Jan. 11 as rebels made advances toward Mali’s capital. U.S. officials have said no ground troops will be part of the U.S. military’s assistance to France. So far, the Air Force has committed five C-17s…

Air Force must get permission to fly through Iraqi airspace

By Jeff Schogol on January 3, 2012 Air Force, Air Mobility Command, Homecoming, Iraq, Uncategorized

If you’re flying home via Iraq, you may run into some delays as the Air Force works to refine the process of asking Iraq for clearance to fly through its airspace. Respected military blogger C.J. Grisham told Flightlines that some troops are stuck in Kuwait because Iraq refused to allow their flight to pass through its airspace. Some quick checking revealed that Iraq has not closed its airspace to U.S. military aircraft, but it is making the Air Force jump through a few new hoops now that all U.S. troops have left the country. With the end of Operation New…

Better than fireworks; Happy anniversary, C-130

By David Larter on August 23, 2011 Air Force, Air Mobility Command, Photos

Who needs the 4th of July fireworks show when you can get these kind of pyrotechnics on a regular basis if you join the U.S. Air Force? On this day in 1954, the C-130 Hercules flew for the first time and more than 50 years later, the bird still flies every day in support of the Air Force mission. It goes to show that just because something is old, doesn’t mean it can’t still get the job done. The current iteration of Lockheed Martin’s C-130 is 112 feet long and has a 132-foot wingspan. It can fly in excess of…

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