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  • Members deployed from Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, and assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron change a propeller on a C-130 Hercules. The EAMXS works 24-hour operations year-round to keep the C-130 Hercules’ in flight to accomplish the mission of fight to win today and to provide warfighter support in the area of responsibility. (Courtesy Photo)

    24-hour operations for the U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules maintainers

    The Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron works 24-hour operations year-round to keep the C-130 aircraft in flight to support the execution of the wing's mission of national, regional and global importance and stabilize the U.S. Central Command's areas of responsibility. The wing is USCENTCOM's theater gateway in delivering dominant combat airpower and unparalleled theater support.
  • Man teaches class to multiple people.

    908th Leaders See Need for Training

    The 908th Airlift Wing has been holding an enlisted performance report (EPR) writing class since the September alternate unit training assembly, taught by Chief Master Sgt. Jonathan Rapelje, 908th Mission Support Group superintendent, and Senior Master Sgt. Joshua Green, 908th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron specialist flight chief.

  • Rally in the Valley 2020 Exercise Recap

    Rally in the Valley Exercise Recap Aug. 22-23, Senior Leadership Seminar and Summersville Airdrops (0:00-2:15) Aug. 24, Aircraft Takeoffs and Mountain Top Airdrops (2:15-4:00) Aug. 25, Dirt Landing Zone and Engines Running On-Load/Off-Load (4:00-5:20)

  • Rally in the Valley 2020

    Five Air Force Reserve units from the 22nd Air Force and a West Virginia Air National Guard unit participated in Rally in the Valley, a multi-day C-130 training exercise under a distributed operations concept, Aug. 22-25, 2020.
  • Technical Sgt. Marcus Johnson, 908th Security Forces Squadron defender, shoots his M4 carbine with night vision optics Nov. 2, 2019, in the firing bay at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. The SFS defenders train for multiple types of scenarios so that they are prepared to fight in any type of situation and anywhere at a moment’s notice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Shelby S. Thurman)

    908th Combat Arms instructors are driven to teaching Airmen

    The sun will not be up for hours but the 908th Security Forces Squadron Combat Arms instructors are already at Maxwell’s Firing Range, preparing for their class’ arrival Nov. 2, 2019, for the 908th SFS’ annual qualifying test.
  • First Combat Airdrop in more than a Decade

    First combat airdrop in more than a decade

    A U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules assigned to the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron departs Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, to conduct a supply airdrop over an undisclosed location in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Inherent Resolve's Operation Roundup, June 3, 2018. This was the first combat airdrop in almost 14 years for the C-130H squadron
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