Running hoses from the ramp of a C-130, cadre at Moody AFB, Ga., qualified Air Combat Command logistics airmen in forward area refueling point operations. Until recently, only Air Force Special Operations Command trained to re-provision helicopters and aircraft on the ground near the front line. Now, “in ACC, it is just Moody and Davis-Monthan Air Force Base [in Arizona]” that do this, said TSgt. Tim Ramsey, 23rd Logistics Readiness Squadron noncommissioned officer in charge of the training. In late November, Moody’s five FARP qualified trainers led the effort to build and deploy ACC airmen in the specialized new role. “You don’t have time to train and learn this stuff in a hostile area. The more you learn and practice here, the better you can do these things downrange when it matters most,” added Lt. Col. T.C. Cunha, 920th Operations Support Squadron commander from Patrick AFB, Fla. (Moody report by A1C Jarrod Grammel)
The Air Force kicked off one of its biggest exercises this week with the latest edition of Bamboo Eagle, featuring combined virtual and live training scenarios focused on test the command-and-control “nervous system” leaders need to operate on a complex joint battlefield spread over vast distances.
