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317th Airlift Wing vital to Hurricane Irma relief efforts Sep 28, 2017 - Airmen from the 317th Airlift Wing have been supporting Hurricane Irma relief efforts since it began its destructive path through the Caribbean. The storm made direct hits on Barbuda, St. Barthélemy, St. Martin, Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands, and raked the United States Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico with hurricane-force winds and torrential rain. [Read more...]	Dyess Airmen participate in Exercise JADE HELM 2017 May 11, 2017 - Airmen assigned to the 7th Logistics Readiness Squadron and 39th Airlift Squadron participated in a joint exercise on May 2 to 5. [Read more...]

Dyess airmen deploy to Afghanistan Jan 13, 2017 - Airmen and aircraft assigned to the 39th Airlift Squadron deployed January 6 and 7, 2017 to Afghanistan to conduct tactical airlift missions. [Read more...]	One year later: Torque 62 remembered Oct 02, 2016 - Airmen from across Bagram gathered together to remember those lost when a C-130J Super Hercules, call-sign Torque 62, crashed on departure from Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan one year ago. Six Airmen and five contractors were lost on October 2, 2015. [Read more...]
Accident report for Jalalabad C-130J crash released Apr 15, 2016 - Air Mobility Command has released the results of an accident investigation that examined what caused the Oct. 2, crash of C-130J-30 #08-3174 during a takeoff from Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan, which killed all 11 individuals onboard and three Afghan Special Reaction Force (ASRF) members on the ground. [Read more...]

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