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  • AMC TES Tests C-5M Minimum Radius 180-Degree Turns

    A test team from Air Mobility Command Test and Evaluation Squadron (AMCTES) located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey travelled to Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee, Massachusetts from April 8 through 12, 2019 to execute the C-5M Heavyweight Minimum Radius 180-Degree Turn Tactics

  • Preventing Heat Illness

    Anyone exposed to high temperatures for a sustained period of time is at risk for heat-related illness.  Heat-related illnesses, like heat exhaustion or heat stroke, happen when the body is not able to properly cool itself.  The body normally cools itself by sweating.  But under some conditions,

  • Pilot’s journey to the 514th Air Mobility Wing

    Imagine yourself flight suit zipped up, Aviators on, sitting in the cockpit of a KC-10 Extender, watching the gauges rise, hearing the whir of the engines as they spool up. There is a moment of silence amongst the constant chatter on the radios as your hand grips the throttles and you push the power