305th OSS Airmen inspect crucial equipment

Senior Airman Tralves Sowell, and Airman 1st. Class Jared Mackey, 305th Operations Support Squadron air crew flight technicians, inspect and pack air crew survival vests Oct. 11 at Bldg. 2202 here. The vests are issued to the flight crew and contain survival equipment including the new combat survival evasion land radio. The CSEL radio is capable of sending out an undetected signal to pinpoint their location in case the aircraft goes down. Tralves hails from Pageland, S.C., and Mackey hails from Opelika, Ala. (U.S. Air Force photo by Russ Meseroll/Released)

305th Airman to perform at AMC Icon singing competition

Staff Sgt. Oliver Dagum, 305th Aerial Port Squadron training instructor, originally from Tulsa, Okla., sings "Ain't no sunshine," by Alicia Keys, during the Air Mobility Command Icon singing competition held at Tommy B's Community Activities Center here Aug. 16. Dagum finished third, taking home $200, but is going on to the next round because the second place finisher, Senior Airman Benjamin Florez, 305th Aerial Port Squadron ramp specialist or "port dawg," is set to deploy.(U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. David J. Murphy/Released)

Fini Flight Photo

Col. Paul Murphy, 305th Air Mobility Wing commander welcomes Lt. Col. Ken Moss, 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling commander back from a one-year deployment June 7 here. The men and women of the 305th Air Mobility Wing, 514th AMW and 87th Air Base welcomed Moss back to the United States after he completed his “fini” flight in a KC-10 Extender. The greeters welcomed Moss and the returning JB MDL-based flyers and maintainers with the traditional fire truck spray down before spraying Moss with champagne. Moss is deployed from Travis Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Wayne Russel/Released)

Clean airfield = healthy aircraft

Airman 1st Class Chad Watson, 305th Operations Support Squadron airfield management specialist of Greensboro, N.C., performs a flightline inspection April 24 here. Each day six checks are performed by three shifts and one complete overall inspection of the entire airfield. Areas of concern are holes in the pavement, debris, and loose rocks that could be sucked up by the engines and cause damage to the aircraft. The fighters that will be here during the Air Show are lower to the ground and have more powerful engines which make them more susceptible to engine damage. (U.S. Air Force photo by Russ Meseroll/Released)

Best seat in the house

SYDNEY, Nova Scotia -- Master Sgt. Charles Sherman, a C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster assigned to the 305th Air Mobility Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., waits to offload cargo here, April 26. Sherman and his team were transporting sailors and equipment from the U.S. Navy’s Explosive Ordinance Disposal Mobile Unit 12, based at Little Creek, Va., prior to their participation in Exercise Ardent Sentry 2012, a major NORAD and U.S Northern Command exercise focused on defense support to civil authorities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres) (Released)

Big plane, small boat

SYDNEY, Nova Scotia -- Sailors from U.S. Navy’s Explosive Ordinance Disposal Mobile Unit 12, based at Little Creek, Va., offload their rigid-hulled inflatable boat from a C-17 Globemaster III here, April 26. The team is participating in Exercise Ardent Sentry 2012, a major NORAD and U.S Northern Command exercise focused on defense support to civil authorities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Parker Gyokeres) (Released)