Spirit of Berlin

Tech. Sgt. Shane Spradlin, 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron flying crew chief from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., ushers people into the C-17 Globemaster III "Spirit of Berlin" during the ILA 2010 Berlin International Aerospace Exhibition and Conferences June 9 at the Berlin-Schoenefeld Airport. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes)

Spirit of Berlin

Visitors line up to see the C-17 Globemaster III "Spirit of Berlin" during the ILA 2010 Berlin International Aerospace Exhibition and Conferences June 9 at the Berlin-Schoenefeld Airport. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes)

Colonel receives first of three C-17s for 12-nation Strategic Airlift Capability Program

LONG BEACH, Calif.--U.S. Air Force Col. John Zazworsky officially received the first of three C-17s to be acquired by the 12-nation Strategic Airlift Capability Program. The colonel commands the program’s multinational, operational-level unit, the Heavy Airlift Wing, which includes personnel from NATO member nations Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and the United States, as well as from Partnership for Peace nations Finland and Sweden. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joseph Juarez)

First of three C-17s for 12-nation Strategic Airlift Capability Program takes off

LONG BEACH, Calif.--SAC 01, the first of three C-17s to be acquired by the 12-nation Strategic Airlift Capability Program, takes off from Long Beach, Calif., on July 14, beginning its 5,300-nautical-mile maiden flight home to Pápa AB, Hungary. The Hungarian air base is home to the SAC Program’s multinational, operational-level unit, the Heavy Airlift Wing, which will officially be activated July 27. (Photo courtesy of Boeing)

Rescue at Sea

HH-60 helicopters with the 56th Rescue Squadron take off at RAF Lakenheath, United Kingdom yesterday to fly more than 500 miles west of Ireland for a real-world rescue mission. A crew member of a cargo ship suffered a serious head injury requiring medevac, and U.S. forces were called upon to help.

From the cockpit

FETESTI AIR BASE, Romania--Gen. Tom Hobbins, U.S. Air Forces in Europe commander, receives an orientation briefing to a MiG-21 by Romanian First Lieutenant Mihaita Marin during the general's base visit Oct. 20. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Capt. Elizabeth Culbertson)