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Lub davhlau ntawm 24 C-17 Globemasters - 15% ntawm USF's C-17s - los ntawm Charleston, SC-raws li 437th … [+] Airlift Wing hauv kev tsim loj rau kev ua yeeb yam ntawm kev ya davhlau hla Ravenel Choj.

Courtesy, 437th AW Public Affairs

Nrog me ntsis kev ceeb toom ua ntej, cov thawj coj ntawm 437th Airlift Wing tau qhia nws cov neeg caij dav hlau kom tau 24 C-17s - 15% ntawm USF nkoj - nyob rau hauv huab cua rau ob hnub ua haujlwm siab tshaj plaws thaum pib lub hlis no. Qhov pom, suab thiab kev muaj tiag ntawm 24 C-17s tawm hauv 16 feeb yog txhais tau tias xa lus hais txog Air Force pom tias muaj kev tawm tsam. Nws tseem tuaj yeem ya tau.

Thaum Lub Ib Hlis 5th, ob hnub tom qab cov neeg ua haujlwm los ntawm 437th AW raws li ntawm Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina tau tshaj tawm rov qab mus ua haujlwm rau Xyoo Tshiab, ob lub kaum os C-17 Globemaster IIIs tau ya nyob rau hauv txoj kev-tsim hla thaj av Ravenel Choj hauv Charleston Harbor ua ntej. dispersing mus ua hauj lwm sib txawv nyob rau hauv tsib qhov chaw ua hauj lwm nyob rau hauv kev hais kwv txhiaj nrog rau lwm yam Air Force, Army, thiab Marine rog.

Cov haujlwm uas tau ua raws li flyby lub hom phiaj los ua kom pom lub peev xwm rub tawm Agile Combat Employment (ACE) lub tswv yim uas Air Force tau sib tw ua qhov kev ua haujlwm tshiab hauv Pacific. Nyob ntawd, cov tswv yim thiab kev tawm tsam kev sib tw thoob plaws qhov ntev yuav tsum tau ua haujlwm ib nrab ntawm kev ywj pheej, yuav muaj kev cuam tshuam kev thauj mus los thiab kev taw qhia.

Txawm li cas los xij, kev ua haujlwm tsis sib haum xeeb txawm li cas los xij, qhov tseem ceeb tseem ceeb thiab kev tshaj tawm rau Ravenel flyby yog qhov loj tshaj plaws puas tau los ntawm ib lub hauv paus, populated tag nrho nrog lub luag haujlwm ua haujlwm ntawm 437th. Lub Air Force thov 157 Globemasters hauv nws cov khoom muag (Cov Cuab Yeej Hauv Tebchaws muaj 47, Air Force Reserve, 18) yog li lub davhlau tau sawv cev rau qhov tseem ceeb ntawm lub teb chaws lub nkoj.

Ob yam ua rau nws ua tau - ua haujlwm hnyav los ntawm txhua txhais tes hauv Wing thiab kev ntseeg siab ntawm C-17 nws tus kheej. Nyob rau hauv sib piv nrog rau ntau ntawm Air Force fleet, lub airlifter muaj ib tug hwm lub hom phiaj muaj peev xwm (MC) tus nqi nyob rau hauv lub siab 70% mus rau qis 80%.

Teeb tawm tsam cov Fleet-wide MC tus nqi (71.5% hauv 2021) lub dav hlau loj loj sawv tawm. Piv nrog rau cov dav hlau qub xws li B-1B Lancer (40.69% MC hauv 2021) thiab txawm tias cov dav hlau tshiab zoo li F-35A (68.8% MC hauv 2021) nws sawv ntau dua.

Yog tias tau txais 24 tails aloft ib zaug thiab ua haujlwm rau lawv tshaj li ob hnub lub hom phiaj zoo ib yam li qhov kev xav tau ntawm kev sib ntaus sib tua thiab kev ua haujlwm tsis sib xws USF tuaj yeem cia siab tias yog kev sib ntaus sib tua tawm hauv Indo-Pacific, yog li qhov kev sib tw tau muab rau 437th cov neeg. .

Ib co ntawm ob lub kaum os 437th AW C-17s takeoff los ntawm Joint Base Charleston thaum lub sij hawm ib tug 16-feeb pawg. … [+] community launch.

Joint Base Charleston Public Affairs, Tech. Sgt. Alex Echols

"Kuv cov thawj coj paub tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim," 437th Airlift Wing tus thawj coj, Colonel Robert Lankford, piav qhia. "Tab sis cov neeg tsav dav hlau nyob hauv kab tsis paub tias muaj dab tsi tshwm sim txog thaum lawv tuaj txog hnub tom qab Hnub Caiv Xyoo Tshiab thiab kuv tau txiav txim siab rau lawv uas hais tias, 'Cia li npaj mus.' Lawv tsis muaj lub sij hawm ua ib txwm muaj rau tej yam zoo li no. Nws yog qhov nqa loj. "

Plaub caug yim teev tom qab ntawd, C-17s tau ya dav hlau ua ntej ua haujlwm rau lawv tus kheej. Kev npaj rau qhov kev tawm dag zog tau pib lub caij nplooj zeeg kawg Col. Lankford hais tias tab sis nws tau khaws cia ntawm Wing cov tub ceev xwm riam phom uas tau nthuav tawm ib qho kev sib koom ua ke ntawm kev sib koom ua ke npaj ob qho tib si los nthuav dav Air Wing lub peev xwm thiab nws lub peev xwm los khiav lag luam hauv kev sib tw thiab kev ua tsis zoo thiab kev hais kom ua- tswj ib puag ncig.

Rau cov ntsiab lus, Lankford tau hais tias, "Tsis muaj ib yam dab tsi zoo li [qhov no] uas peb ua kom deb li deb ntawm cov dav hlau tiam. Nyob rau ib hnub twg, peb yuav tso tawm thiab rov qab tau rau rau 10 lub dav hlau, kis thoob plaws ib hnub. " Lub 437th tau txais 24 C-17s airborne yam tsis tau swapping ib lub dav hlau stand-by hauv. Tsuas yog ob qho ntawm Globemasters xav tau qee yam kev saib xyuas ua ntej yuav tig mus rau lawv txoj haujlwm raug xaiv tam sim tom qab flyby.

Lankford lees paub tias "Peb tau ua haujlwm hnyav rau tib neeg," Lankford lees paub. “Nws pib tawm mus yam tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam. Kuv tsis tau pom ib yam dab tsi zoo li nws los ntawm kev saib xyuas thiab kuv twv txhua tus kom nrhiav tau ib pab neeg ua haujlwm zoo dua li kuv tau nyob ntawm no ntawm (437th Maintenance) pawg tub rog.

Cov nqaij ntawm qhov kev tawm dag zog yog tsom rau kev xa cov khoom muaj nqis thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm mus rau qhov chaw ua haujlwm hauv thaj chaw tsis sib haum xeeb uas tau nthuav dav thoob plaws North Carolina, South Carolina thiab Georgia. Qee lub C-17s tau ua haujlwm rau kev teeb tsa lub chaw ua haujlwm nyob deb ntawm Pope Army Airfield hauv North Carolina thiab xa cov tub rog tshwj xeeb ntawm cov tub rog caij nkoj mus rau qhov chaw poob ze qhov chaw uas lawv tau txais cov av av rau kev ua haujlwm tom qab.

Ib tug neeg coob 437th C-17 pib hloov roj mus rau R-11 refueling tsheb nws nqa mus rau MCAS Beaufort … [+] rau kev hloov mus rau tos Army AH-64 Apache helicopters.

Joint Base Charleston Public Affairs, Tech. Sgt. James Cason

Lwm cov Globemasters tau ya mus rau Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, NC rau kev ceev HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) launcher pick-up thiab xa mus rau Pope AAF. Tseem muaj lwm lub dav hlau 437th tsaws ntawm MCAS Beaufort, SCSC
, nqa roj rau refuel Army AH-64 ApacheAPA
helicopters nyob rau hauv ib qho kev sib ntaus sib tua tig.

437th C-17s tau xa cov kev txhawb nqa logistics thaum nyob rau hauv simulated hluav taws ntawm Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia, maneuvering cargo mus rau hauv ib tug kub tsaws tsam siv improvised davhlau profiles thiab off-loading nyob rau hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua siab. Col. Lankford tau hais tias "Peb yuav tsum tawm tsam kom tau txais kev sib ntaus," Col. "Qhov kev tawm dag zog no tau sim peb lub peev xwm ua kom tiav lub luag haujlwm, thaum thaj chaw sib cais thiab muaj kev sib txuas lus tsawg."

Kev sib ntaus sib tua kom mus txog qhov ntawd suav nrog ob qho tib si logistic thiab tactical obstacles. "Nyob rau hauv ib qho kev tsis sib haum xeeb yav tom ntej," Lankford hais tias, "Kuv tsis xav tias peb tuaj yeem tsim CENTOM qauv - cov hauv paus loj loj uas peb tuaj yeem ua haujlwm hub-thiab-hais lus." Airlift muaj peev xwm yuav kis tau thiab nws cov kev tswj kev sib tw los ntawm cov yeeb ncuab.

Qhov ntawd suav nrog kinetic hem ncaj qha rau 437th's airlifters. Lankford piav qhia tias "Yuav muaj qhov xwm txheej uas hnyav C-17 tuaj yeem xav tau kev pab tub rog thaum lawv nkag mus rau thaj chaw," Lankford piav qhia. "Nws yog qhov ua tau tiav cov neeg tua rog yuav tau tiv thaiv peb ua ib feem ntawm pob tawm tsam." Qhov muaj peev xwm ua rau muaj kev cia siab ntawm kev thauj mus los ntawm kev thauj mus los tsis tau pom txij li Tsov Rog Kauslim thiab kev tawm dag zog tau cuam tshuam nws.

Tshaj 20 liab thiab xiav-air F-16s los ntawm Shaw Air Force Base, SC, thiab McEntire Air National Guard Base, SC, tau tawm tsam rau huab cua zoo tshaj plaws hauv kev sib koom ua ke thaum C-17s thiab cov koom tes sib koom ua ke tau txav cov neeg thiab cov khoom. tsim nyog tsim kom muaj simulated missile tiv thaiv system. Txawm hais tias tsis muaj kev tshaj tawm ncaj qha escort tau ya mus, lub zog xiav-cua yuav tsum ua tiav txaus kom tso cai rau lub dav hlau ya mus ua haujlwm.

Ib tug 55th Fighter Squadron pilot maneuvers nws Blue Force F-16C los tawm tsam Red-air fighter (nws yog … [+] saib nws) tawm tsam kom tau txais kev tswj hwm ntawm airspace 437th C-17s yuav ya hla.

20th Fighter Wing, Airman 1st Class Steven Cardo

Thaum C-17s ya nrog tus qauv peb tus txiv neej cov neeg coob (ob tus neeg tsav dav hlau thiab tus neeg tsav nkoj), feem ntau cov dav hlau hauv kev tawm dag zog ntxiv lwm tus kws tsav dav hlau / huab cua-lub hom phiaj. Lub 437th's Operations Group tus thawj coj tau dav hlau ua tus thawj coj ntawm lub luag haujlwm tag nrho thiab. Wing squadron commanders kuj tau muab tso rau hauv qhov chaw commanding detachments thaum tuaj txog ntawm txhua qhov chaw khiav hauj lwm.

Lankford hais tias "Thaum lawv tsis tuaj yeem ncav cuag kuv lossis tus thawj coj hauv huab cua vim muaj kev sib tw hauv kev sib txuas lus, lawv yuav tsum txiav txim siab lawv tus kheej yuav ua li cas mus," Lankford hais. Simulated missile tawm tsam ntawm qee qhov chaw yuam cov thawj coj hauv zos txiav txim siab seb lawv puas tuaj yeem ua tiav lawv cov kev xa tawm, uploads, refueling thiab kev sib txuas lus txhawb nqa lossis tshem tawm lawv txoj haujlwm - tshem tawm sai lossis yooj yim hunkering thaum simulated missiles cuam tshuam.

Qhov kev tawm dag zog kuj tau nrhiav kev muab cov hniav rau Tub Rog Tub Rog lub tswv yim "muaj peev xwm ntau tus neeg tsav dav hlau" hauv cov xwm txheej suav nrog Apache refueling ntawm MCAS Beaufort nyob rau hauv C-17 cov neeg ua haujlwm tau nqa ib khub ntawm R-11 roj tsheb thauj khoom, ya mus rau qhov chaw, xa mus. roj los ntawm Globemaster rau hauv cov tsheb thauj khoom uas tom qab ntawd dov tawm lub dav hlau thiab refueled AH-64s.

Lub Wing tau xa ib tug me me ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm refueler nrog C-17s tab sis lawv cov neeg tsav dav hlau thiab lwm tus neeg ua haujlwm USAF yuav tsum tau tig lawv txhais tes los hloov cov roj los ntawm lub dav hlau mus rau lub nyoob hoom qav taub. Tib yam siv rau 437th hauv av txhawb cov neeg ua haujlwm nyob rau hauv simulated hluav taws ntawm Hunter AAF.

Lankford tau hais tias "Lawv muaj peev xwm ua tau [txawv] yam nyob ntawd, los ntawm leej twg tsav lub forklift mus rau leej twg ua qhov uploading," Lankford soj ntsuam. “Qhov ntawd tsis yog yuav tsum yog ib tus kws tshaj lij ntawm kuv qhov chaw nres nkoj. Tej zaum tus tsav hauv kev hais kom ua yog tsav lub forklift, tej zaum tus loadmaster yog. "

437th cov neeg ua haujlwm tau teeb tsa cov lus txib thiab tswj lub tsev pheeb suab ntawm Pope Army Airfield.

Joint Base Charleston, 2nd Lt. Taylor Ferry

Qhov kev tawm dag zog kuj tseem yog lub sijhawm los nthuav tawm cov neeg ua haujlwm uas tau ua haujlwm hauv qhov Col. Lankford hu ua "kev nplij siab sov ntawm Charleston" rau kev tsis sib haum xeeb (yog tias tsis tseeb) climes sib nrauj los ntawm kev txhawb nqa ntawm lawv lub tsev. Tub Rog Tub Rog txoj kev hloov pauv mus rau lub neej-virtual-constructive (LVC) kev cob qhia yuav txhawb nqa cov txheej txheem thiab kev npaj ua kom muaj txiaj ntsig ntawm tus nqi tsawg tab sis tsis tuaj yeem nthuav tawm txawm tias tsis muaj qhov sib txawv ntawm lub ntiaj teb sib txawv ntawm simulated tua hluav taws.

Tus thawj coj ntawm 437th hais tias qhov kev tawm dag zog tshaj txhua qhov nws xav tau. "Peb muaj peev xwm ua tau ntau tiam neeg, ua pov thawj lub peev xwm ntawm peb pab pawg tu, ua ya-los ntawm ces yeej ua rau ib tug complex scenario. Muaj ntau ntau cov kev kawm tau kawm thiab kuv ntseeg hauv peb lub peev xwm ua qhov no dua tag kis yog tias peb yuav tsum tau ua. "

Lankford lees paub tias kev txhim kho hauv kev faib tawm thiab kev tswj hwm yog xav tau thiab tab tom hloov zuj zus, taw qhia kom tsawg dua kev cia siab rau Air Mobility Command's 618th Air Operations Center (uas ua haujlwm feem ntau C-17 lub luag haujlwm tswj thiab ua haujlwm) ntawm Scott AFB ze St. Nws yog "ib yam dab tsi peb tsis tau kawm," nws lees.

Cov lus qhia txog yuav ua li cas kom tawg tawm ntawm cov lus txib hauv nruab nrab thiab kev tswj hwm ntawm lub dav hlau tawm tswv yim rov qab los ntawm lwm qhov kev sib ntaus sib tua Indo-Pacific hauv Nyab Laj qhov chaw uas Air Force's Strategic Air Command tau raug thuam hnyav rau kev sim tswj B-52 lub hom phiaj ua tiav los ntawm kev nyab xeeb nyob deb. ntawm American mid-west.

"Raws li Wing Commander, muaj peev xwm tswj tau txog li 24 lub dav hlau sib cais txhais tau tias kuv yuav xav tau lawv [ib tus neeg ua haujlwm C-17] los txiav txim siab txog seb puas yuav txuas ntxiv mus rau thaj chaw poob lossis thaj chaw offload raws li kev hem thawj tiag tiag. -lub sijhawm, "Lankford lees paub.

Kev tshem tawm lub sijhawm rau kev tawm dag zog zoo li no rau AMC units zoo li 437th yog qhov nyuaj rau lawv qhov "hu rau" raws li txoj cai los teb rau cov xwm txheej thoob ntiaj teb tab sis Wing tab tom saib qhov muaj peev xwm ntawm kev tawm dag zog siab tshaj plaws txhua xyoo. Col. Lankford hais tias thawj qhov ntawm cov no yuav ua rau lwm yam ntawm lub Ib Hlis kev tawm dag zog thiab tej zaum yuav muaj lwm yam C-17 Wings.

Ib qho kev pom hauv-cockpit ntawm txoj kev tsim ntawm C-17s uas ya hla Ravenel Choj nyob rau sab qab teb … [+] Carolina thaum lub sij hawm tsis ntev los no C-17 pawg tsim tawm dag zog.

Joint Base Charleston, Tech. Sgt. James Cason

Tab sis tsuas yog tau txais ntau npaum li ntau ntawm cov tub rog airlifters tawm hauv av thiab downrange mus rau lub hom phiaj yog lub peev xwm uas Air Force tseem muaj kev xyaum tsawg dhau nrog. Raws li Heritage Foundation tus kws tshaj lij tiv thaiv thiab yav dhau los tus kws tsav dav hlau John Venable tau sau tseg hauv ib qho Cua Zog Ntev tsab xov xwm xyoo tas los, MC tus nqi qis qis 70% tsis siab txaus los txhawb nqa kev sib tw txuas ntxiv tawm tsam tus yeeb ncuab loj.

Venable tau hais tias "Xav txog kev ua tsov rog tawm tsam Russia lossis Tuam Tshoj, qhov chaw koj yuav tsum tsim kom muaj tag nrho koj lub dav hlau thiaj li ua rau qhov ntawd tshwm sim," Venable tau hais. "Qhov kev ua lej ntawd tsis zoo."

Yog tias Air Force's Air Combat Command lossis Global Strike Command tuaj yeem tswj tau ntau dua 15% ntawm ib qho ntawm lawv cov neeg tsav nkoj lossis tsis muaj neeg tsav nkoj tawm hauv av hauv qhov kev tawm dag zog zoo sib xws, nws yuav sawv cev rau qee qhov kev nce qib rau kev pabcuam nyuaj rau ya.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/erictegler/2023/01/17/the-air-force-launched-15-percent-of-its-c-17-fleet-in-a-recent-surge-exercise/