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  • A laptop, tactical radio, satellite antenna and carrying cases sitting outside.

    2nd CWSS narrows Air Force Weather’s first-in communications gap

    Members from Air Force Weather and Special Operations communities gathered at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, Feb. 20, to test a first-in communications capability with potential for the global Air Force mission. Joint Special Operations Command, 2nd Combat Weather Systems Squadron, 18th Weather Squadron and 16th Weather Squadron verified the ability of Defense Department satellite communication networks to operate with Project Bat Phone, a first-in communications system that pairs innovative information delivery software with off-the-shelf computers and military radios to deliver key advantages in first-in and contested, degraded and operationally-limited environments, known as CDO environments. Initial efforts had employed the PRC-117G tactical radio to do line-of-sight tests using high frequency radio transmission, validating the software’s capabilities to transmit environmental intelligence while overcoming issues inherent to wireless communication, including latency and data packet loss.
  • 317th AW facilitates 82nd Airborne Battalion Mass Tac

    Pope Airmen team with Dyess, McChord to facilitate mass tactical exercise

    Airmen from the 43d Air Mobility Operations Group here supported three C-130J Super Hercules from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, three C-17 Globemaster IIIs from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, and more than 2,100 Army paratroopers in the 82nd Airborne Division during a Battalion Mass Tactical Week here July 12-20, 2018.BMTW is a tactical joint
  • Tech. Sgt. Mark Johnson, with the 43d Air Mobility Squadron, ensures everything runs smoothly with the 2000 paratroopers being loaded onto C-17 Globemaster lll aircraft. More than 20 C-17 Globemaster IIIs flew from JB Charleston to pick up heavy cargo and 2,000 paratroopers to deliver them to a drop zone on Fort Bragg, N.C. during All American Week. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt Jamie Powell)

    Air Force, Army exercise joint readiness

    Airmen with the 43d Air Mobility Operations Group along with the 437th Airlift Wing out of Joint Base Charleston were instrumental in supporting the 82nd Airborne Division during All American Week here May 25. Nearly 18 C-17 Globemaster IIIs flew from JB Charleston to pick up heavy cargo and 2,000 paratroopers to deliver them to a drop zone on Fort
  • Maj. Gen. Thomas Sharpy, AMC vice commander, works with AMC civic leaders to build a Container Delivery System bundle, Nov. 16, 2016 during a civic leader tour at the 43rd Operations Support Squadron at Pope Army Airfield, N.C. The visit was part of the AMC civic leader tour of the AMC mission at Pope AAF. The tour provided insight into AMC’s prominent role enabling joint mission effects globally. (U.S. Air Force photo by Marc Barnes)

    Pope Airmen showcase joint rapid global mobility mission to AMC civic leaders

    Air Mobility Command hosted nearly 25 civic leaders from around the command Nov. 15 -17, 2016, for an immersion into AMC’s mission at the 43d Air Mobility Operations Group here, and to provide insight into its prominent role enabling joint mission effects globally.
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