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Dyess Airmen help airborne operations return to Fort Hood |
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by Army Cpl. John D. Ortiz
4th Sustainment Brigade Public Affairs
3/10/2008 - FORT HOOD, Texas (AFPN) -- "Stand up! Hook up!"
More than 20 personnel heard these words as they rushed to jump out of a C-130 Hercules on the first airborne operation conducted in more than 10 years for Fort Hood Soldiers.
Airmen of the 317th Airlift Group from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, partnered with Fort Hood officials to help restart the jump operations at the Army post.
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CT II enables secure e-mails across thousands of miles |
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by Maj. Paul Baldwin
746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron
8/12/2007 - SOUTHWEST ASIA -- C-130 aircraft with the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron here are conducting operations with secure, near real-time command and control communications through new technology.
Combat Track II is installed in the aircraft and in offices on the ground, improving how C-130 aircrews communicate with tasking agencies. Because of the technology, aircrews have e-mail in the sky.
Captain Andrew Payne, 746th EAS, deputy chief of tactics, C-130 Operations, uses CTII in the tactics office and interfaces with aircrews hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of miles away on a mission.
"Combat Track II allows secure transmissions via satellite uplink," he said. "It can also send weather and mission data through attachments."
C-130 tactics personnel use the system though a secure computer while aircrews use a laptop on the aircraft.
Combat Track II on the aircraft is used in several ways. Aircrews can e-mail anyone connected to the system, such as Air Mobility Division and the Combined Air and Space Operations Center, as well as their own tactics office.
According to Captain Payne, the benefit of having CTII was evident immediately during a recent incident involving an injured Soldier.
"On a Mercy (Aeromedical Evacuation) mission we got a call from AMD Execution to refrag the crew to go pick up a patient who needed to get to Balad (Iraq)... and then hop on a C-17 going to Ramstein (Germany) for surgery on his leg," he said.
Because of the system's far-reaching communication capability, Captain Payne was able to quickly send the information directly to the aircraft.
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by Staff Sgt. Grady Epperly
379th Air expeditionary Wing Public Affairs
10/29/2007 - SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- The 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron has a storied history, dating back to the early 1940s, and the legacy lives on through vital airlift missions and aeromedical evacuation operations throughout Southwest Asia.
"Our primary mission is providing intra-theater airlift, delivering people and supplies with our fleet of C-130 (Hercules aircraft) directly supporting ground troops throughout Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa," said Lt. Col. Joseph Sexton, commander of the 746th EAS. "At the end of the day our overall contribution to the fight is the ability to deliver supplies while keeping convoys off the roads as much as possible."
In addition to the traditional airlift mission, the 746th EAS has provided transportation for numerous military and distinguished visitors.
"Due to the threats inside Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa, there are a lot places typical operational support aircraft cannot go," Colonel Sexton said. |
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Hey guys I have placed some kid’s photos in the photo Gallery which can be accessed through the Spouse Menu. I will be placing a FAQs link later on today so people can add more photos. A photo should be around 700 x 700 for a good layout. If you have any problems with the photo please send it to me and I will size it for you. So go and check out the kids, they are getting big. |
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Loadmasters: night life of C-130 mission hackers |
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379th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs
by Capt. Teresa Sullivan 
8/15/2007 - SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) -- "Some people go their whole career without (air) dropping (cargo or people) in combat. Missions like this are few, far between, and very coveted," said Master Sgt. Larry Lambert, 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron senior loadmaster.
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