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70 years strong: The Air Force honors the legacy of the C-130
August 28, 2024
Gen. Mike Minihan walks by a C-130J Super Hercules Aug. 23, 2024 at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. Minihan, Air Mobility Command commander, celebrated the 70th anniversary of the C-130 aircraft along with other Air Force and Lockheed Martin leaders. (U.S. Air Force photo by Chris Bishop)
During Operation AGILE Medic, communication is key
January 16, 2024
Airmen approach a UH-60 on Dec. 6, 2023, at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas, during Operation AGILE Medic. This joint force medical training exercise immerses medics in the seamless process of transporting patients from the Expeditionary Medical Support unit to the En Route Patient Staging System team, and onwards to Air Evacuation and Critical Care Air Transport Teams, and vice versa. The hands-on experience ensures medics gain a comprehensive understanding of communication protocols, the critical timing for patient preparation, and the intricacies of the entire process. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melody Bordeaux)
Texas Army National Guard jump at JBSA-Camp Bullis
October 1, 2020
Texas Army National Guard soldiers assigned to the 197th Special Troops Support Company, Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, prepare for airborne operations training Sept. 25 at JBSA-Lackland. Soldiers loaded onto a C-130J Super Hercules, from the 317th Airlift Wing, Dyess AFB, Texas to complete static line jump training onto a drop zone at JBSA-Camp Bullis. Soldiers assigned to airborne units must complete a parachute jump every three months to maintain their airborne status.
Hurricane Awareness Tour kicks off in San Antonio
May 31, 2016
Alvin Hill, 12th Operations Support Squadron Weather Operations Flight chief, speaks with Loyce Clark, San Antonio Airport System assistant aviation director, after touring a National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration Gulfstream IV aircraft during the Hurricane Awareness Tour at the San Antonio International Airport May 16, 2016. The NOAA G-IV is used to collect, process and transmit vertical atmospheric soundings in the environment of a hurricane using a dropsonde, which is an instrument dropped from the aircraft carried by a parachute that transmits information about temperature, pressure and humidity.