Air Mobility Command yesterday stood up the 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing at Ramstein AB, Germany, to manage the command’s booming war-zone transit operation in Europe. The new wing will become the headquarters for the existing 721st Air Mobility Operations Group at Ramstein, and the new 521st AMOG at Rota AB, Spain, the command said in a release. “This new wing will provide an enhanced level of control for our en route structure in Europe, which includes critical locations for getting people, cargo and patients to and from current war zones,” said Col. Kimberly Corcoran, who has been appointed to lead the wing. The wing will comprise about 1,800 personnel, with about two-thirds of them residing in the 721st AMOG and its subordinate squadrons, and roughly 500 in the 521st AMOG. In June, AMC established a similar wing at Hickam AFB, Hawaii, for the Pacific theater.
The Air Force has launched yet another new squadron dedicated to electronic warfare as part of its effort to expand expertise in the field. The 23rd Electronic Warfare Squadron stood up at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., home to the service’s sole wing focused on EW, the 350th Spectrum Warfare…