Airlift: a distraction?
As an aviation-related blog, naturally the Company focuses its attention on the aerial aspects of the relief effort in Haiti. But airlift has some inherent limitations, chief among them being that...
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Night mission
At Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., 1st Lt. David Redwine boards a C-17 Globemaster III before launching an air delivery mission in support of Operation Unified Response Jan. 20, 2010. Lieutenant...
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MTJA airfield flow and relief operations
Here’s a brief update to my prior post on the Jacmel aerodrome, as I have become aware of additional information. There are a number of good articles from multiple sources, each providing lots of good...
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8 Wing and CFB Trenton get new CO
Lieutenant Colonel D.B. (Dave) Cochrane, CD, will take command of CFB Trenton and host unit 8 Wing on February 19th, 2010, following his promotion to full colonel. Col. Cochrane was previously...
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Dawn delivery
A C-17 Globemaster III waits for an air crew going on an air delivery mission at an air base in Southwest Asia Feb. 2, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Angelita Lawrence) Tech. Sgt. Kevin Owen...
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Change of pace
An F-22 pilot takes a C-17 out for a spin. Col. Thomas Bergeson, 3rd Wing commander and F-22 Raptor pilot, gets comfortable on the flight deck of a C-17 Globemaster III before takeoff from Elmendorf...
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Operation Christmas Drop
Senior Airman Joseph Doria and Capt. Stanley Kimball watch after pushing a box of humanitarian assistance goods out of a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules, call sign "Santa 23" to its drop-zone in Yap...
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RAF civilian extractions from Libya
Nili nomen roboris omen (The name of the Nile is an omen of our strength) Last weekend, the United Kingdom mounted a combined-arms effort to evacuate citizens stranded at remote oil fields in the...
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CF Operation Mobile air evacuation
A series of photographs documenting the CF air component’s contribution to Op Mobile, via Combat Camera. Members of the Canadian Forces Operational Liaison and Reconnaissance Team (OLRT) arrive at...
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