Airmen with the 305th Air Mobility Wing and Air Force Reserve Command’s 514th AMW at JB McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., put the KC-10’s refueling capacity through a rigorous test during an exercise at Travis AFB, Calif. Neptune Falcon blended combat, mobility, and intelligence-reconnaissance-surveillance air forces into a “cohesive warfighting capability,” said Col. Paul Murphy, 305th AMW commander. Airmen planned and executed 28 sorties during the week-long exercise in late March. They achieved a 100-percent maintenance reliability rate. “From the top down, everyone was watching how we could execute and we did it perfectly,” Murphy said. He added,” My group commanders and I could not be prouder of how well our ‘can do’ KC-10 team performed. This exercise validated our warfighting doctrine and employment.” (McGuire report by A1C Dennis L. Sloan)
Dick Cheney’s Legacy with the Air Force
Nov. 6, 2025
Dick Cheney, who died Nov. 3 at 84, is best remembered by most Americans as among the most powerful Vice Presidents in history, a consummate Washington insider who had previously served in the Nixon administration, was Chief of Staff for President Gerald Ford, a Congressman for a decade, and Secretary…
