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ir Mobility Command has named the 60th Air Mobility Wing at Travis AFB, Calif., as the Best Air Mobility Team for the 2007 Rodeo competition. Team Travis also took “best” team honors for airland, tanker, KC-10, C-17, C-5, and best maintenance knucklebuster in the awards revealed on June 27. Other awards presented on June 26 included Travis winners for C-5 air refueling aircrew, C-5 post-flight team, C-5 maintenance team, C-5 aircrew, KC-10 air refueling aircrew, KC-10 maintenance team, KC-10 cargo loading crew, KC-10 aircrew.
An important U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS command and control plane was among the aircraft damaged in a March 27 Iranian missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, people familiar with the matter told Air & Space Forces Magazine.