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  • Airmen train to transport infectious patients

    The TIS is a device used to transport Ebola patients, either by C-17 Globemaster III or C-130 Hercules aircraft, while preventing the spread of disease to medical personnel and aircrews en route to a U.S. hospital equipped to treat them.

  • Training for any mission, any environment

    More than 40 Citizen Airmen from the 154th Wing, 313th Airlift Squadron and 624th Regional Support Group conducted joint aeromedical staging and aerial port training here March 3 to build relationships and train for future real-world missions.

  • Super Galaxy: Aeromedical evacuation's biggest ally

    During a cold, gloomy first week of December, total force Airmen teamed-up at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, to test the capability of the Air Force’s largest aircraft to perform aeromedical evacuation during a proof of concept event.

  • Blended Retirement System Opt-In training now available to all Airmen

    The Defense Department will implement the new Blended Retirement System next year. While no one needs to make a decision until Jan. 1, 2018, all Airmen should take advantage of training and informational resources to research their options during the remainder of 2017.

  • U.S., multiple nations partner for Mobility Guardian

    JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- Nearly 30 partner nations will participate alongside the U.S. during Air Mobility Command's Mobility Guardian, which is scheduled to kick off across Washington state July 31, 2017, and conclude August 12, 2017.  The exercise aims to enhance the U.S. military's

  • New course prioritizes development of professional Mobility Airmen

    The U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center offers on-demand Rapid Global Mobility courses and information to help Mobility Airmen understand their role in the mission. The three RGM courses, which became available in January, target Air Mobility Command Airmen at three stages: newly assigned, upgraded,

  • Wright: Airmen need to be ‘well trained, well led, resilient’

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright addressed the areas in which he looks to focus on during his tenure as the 18th chief master sergeant of the Air Force at the Air Force Association Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Florida, March 2, 2017.

  • Expeditionary exercise trains Security Forces

    As part of a large-scale Field Training Exercise put together by the 446th Security Forces Squadron, more than 50 members from Joint Base Lewis-McChord conducted a large-scale Field Training Exercise September 8 - 11th.

  • Engineers team-up for training

    Engineers from both the Washington Air National Guard and the 446th Airlift Wing teamed-up for a first-ever training event in April. Engineering Assistant training introduced engineering geographical designing programs like Revit Architecture ArcGIS (Geographic information system), and field survey