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  • Equipping pilots to fly, fight and win

    The 354th built 15 bags full of critical gear for pilots as they prepare to go downrange. This gear includes a personal tent, cot, satellite phones, a headset and other gear, all of which can fit in a water proof bag that can go in the travel pod loaded on the aircraft.

  • Rappeling into readiness

    U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the Combat Team Member Course rappel during a training scenario at Tanque Verde Falls, Tucson, Arizona, Aug. 14, 2020. Airmen in the CTMC learn evacuation skills during the course to include rappelling, as well as other land and water rescue techniques. (U.S. Air

  • The last line of defense

    The 355th Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment Airmen are always actively saving pilots’ lives by equipping them with critical gear in an event that something goes wrong.

  • Heavy lifting for Red Flag-Rescue

    A U.S. Air Force Airman performs maintenance on an HC-130J Combat King II during Red Flag-Rescue 20-2 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Aug. 17, 2020. Airmen from several units across the country participated in Red Flag-Rescue, the Department of Defense's premier combat search and rescue

  • DM Airmen rescue injured Chinese mariner

    The 55th Rescue Squadron and a combat systems operator from the 79th RQS executed a long-range mission off the California coast to rescue an injured Chinese mariner, Aug. 28, 2020.

  • Building lethality through readiness

    U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 355th Maintenance Group work on a munition at Little RockAir Force Base, Arkansas, Aug. 20, 2020. 355th MXG Airmen tested their ability to download parts froma transient aircraft in an alternate location and build munitions in a timely matter to ensure

  • ACC Deputy Commander visits DM

    U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher Weggeman, deputy commander of Air Combat Command, was able to experience Davis-Monthan first hand during a base tour, Aug. 20, 2020.

  • I Can’t Carry It For You…But I Can Carry You

    Have you seen the Lord of the Rings movie, or read the book? There’s a lot of things that stand out in that story, but one in particular seems to have a lot of bearing on our lives in a pandemic and a struggle that just continues on and on. It’s a part of the story about true companionship, and what