Road to an Exercise

ORE closes with lessons learned, look ahead

The 908th Airlift Wing came home Saturday after a week-long operational readiness exercise at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Miss. While there, the wing learned much in its preparation for the upcoming operational readiness inspection. "We showed a lot of improvement over

908th prepares for Gulfport exercise

The 908th Airlift Wing is gearing up for "war" with just a few days remaining before the unit's next operational readiness exercise. The 908th AW will deploy to the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Miss., Sept. 14 for the joint operational readiness exercise with Airmen from the 911th

Multi-ship formation flying allows aircrews, aerial porters to test air dropping, recovery skills

Planes and parachutes packed the blue skies over Maxwell AFB and nearby Autaugaville Nov. 3 during an 908th Airlift Wing airdrop training exercise dubbed "Bama Big Drop." The Alabama Army National Guard also assisted with CH-47 Chinook helicopters. B Company, 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment

Aircrews, aerial porters sharpen airdrop skills

Airdropping equipment, supplies, and troops is a vital part of the 908th Airlift Wing's mission. On cold Saturday morning of the February 2007unit training assembly, members of the 357th Airlift Squadron and the 25th Aerial Port Squadron waited out hazy skies and blustery winds in hopes that their