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SrA Christopher Godkin, 815th AS loadmaster, looks out the cargo door at 9,000 feet over Laguna Army Airfield at Yuma Army Proving Grounds, Yuma, Ariz during a combined training event with the Military Freefall School, Oct. 1-5, 2018. The 815th AS provided airlift for the joint forces training school, which covers all aspects of military freefall parachuting. [USAF photo by MSgt. Anthony Flores]
Oct 16, 2018 - At 14,000 feet above the Laguna Army Airfield in Yuma, Arizona, military freefall parachutists jump out of the opened cargo compartment from the back of an Air Force Reserve Flying Jennies C-130J aircraft. [Read more...]
Flying Jennies ready for combat airlift mission
An 815th AS C-130J Super Hercules aircrew conducts a training flight over Keesler AFB, November 3, 2017. The AFRC Airmen practiced airdrops, flew with night vision goggles and performed other tasks to prepare for missions in a deployed location. [USAF photo by SSgt. Shelton Sherrill]
Nov 06, 2017 - In Greek mythology, a phoenix is a bird that obtains new life by rising from the ashes. Many members of the 815th Airlift Squadron might be able to relate to this tale of renewal or resurrection, except their symbol isn’t a legendary bird, but a hard-working and practical pack mule—a Flying Jenny. [Read more...]
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Flying Jennies support hurricane relief efforts
An 815th AS C-130J aircraft flies over the Mississippi Gulfcoast during a four-aircraft training mission on September 11, 2016. The aircraft took off from Keesler AFB, and airdropped simulated cargo and heavy equipment over Stennis International Airport, Mississippi. [USAF photo by TSgt. Ryan Labadens]
Sep 29, 2017 - The U.S. Air Force Reserve's 815th Airlift Squadron spent the last week supporting relief efforts to Caribbean Islands devastated by Hurricanes Maria and Irma this month. [Read more...]
Pacific Air Force, Sri Lanka host Pacific Airlift Rally
Military members from the U.S. and 12 nations in the Indo-Asia-Pacific took part in Pacific Airlift Rally 2017. U.S. and Sri Lanka Air Forces co-hosted the biennial Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise in Sri Lanka Sept. 11-15, 2017. [USAF photo by Maj. Marnee A.C. Losurdo]
Sep 14, 2017 - The destructive power of Mother Nature has made headlines around the world, and every country is fighting its own war when it comes to natural disasters and humanitarian relief. [Read more...]
815th Airlift Squadron flies four-ship training mission
An 815th AS C-130J aircraft flies over the Mississippi Gulfcoast during a four-aircraft training mission on September 11, 2016. The aircraft took off from Keesler AFB, and airdropped simulated cargo and heavy equipment over Stennis International Airport, Mississippi. [USAF photo by TSgt. Ryan Labadens]
Sep 11, 2016 - The 815th Airlift Squadron “Flying Jennies”, an Air Force Reserve unit assigned to the 403rd Wing here, flew a four-aircraft training exercise today, their first multi-element training mission since the squadron found out in 2015 that it was no longer scheduled for inactivation. [Read more...]
Flying Jennies take part in D-Day 72nd anniversary events
A C-130J Super Hercules aircrew, with the AFRC's 815th AS, completes flyovers of historical sites in France for the D-Day commemoration June 3, 2016. More than 380 service members from Europe and affiliated D-Day historical units participated in the 72nd anniversary of the World War II invasion. [USAF photo by MSgt. Jessica L. Kendziorek]
Jun 06, 2016 - C-130J Super Hercules aircraft flew over many towns, villages and historical sites near Normandy, France, on June 3 in honor of the 72nd anniversary of the D-Day invasion. [Read more...]
Air Force pursues retention of C-130Js at Keesler
The 403rd Wing's C-130J and WC-130J aircraft fly in formation during a Operation Surge Capacity on April, 5, 2014. Aircraft from the 815th and 345th AS's and 53rd WRS participated in Operation Surge Capacity, a large scale training exercise designed to test the 403rd Wing's ability to launch and recover a large formation of aircraft and to execute airdrops. [USAF photo by SrA Nicholas Monteleone]
Apr 15, 2015 - As part of a required Air Force report to Congress on the C-130 force structure, the Secretary of the Air Force released a force structure amendment pursuing the retention of 10 Air Force Reserve Command C-130J aircraft at Keesler Air Force Base. [Read more...]
403rd Wing surges C-130s in major exercise
The 403rd Wing's C-130J and WC-130J aircraft fly in formation during a Operation Surge Capacity on April, 5, 2014. Aircraft from the 815th and 345th AS's and 53rd WRS participated in Operation Surge Capacity, a large scale training exercise designed to test the 403rd Wing's ability to launch and recover a large formation of aircraft and to execute airdrops. [USAF photo by SrA Nicholas Monteleone]
Apr 07, 2014 - Sixteen aircraft from the 403rd Wing took to the skies over the Mississippi Gulf Coast region April 5 in Operation Surge Capacity, a large-ship formation training exercise. [Read more...]
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