In Afghanistan, Air Mobility Command enabled Operation Tiger Crossing, Gen. Duncan McNabb said at AFA’s Orlando symposium Friday. The AMC boss said Mobility Command transported Bailey Bridges aboard C-17s, flying them from Aviano AB, Italy to Bagram AB, Afghanistan. The US Army and Afghani nationals erected the bridges. According to McNabb, “Four to six months out of the year, you couldn’t get from one side [of the valley] to the other unless you waded through the river.” He went on: “The province is completely different now. When you talk about something material that you can give some folks that can completely change the economics of that area, that’s what they did.”
AFSOC Grounds CV-22 Osprey Fleet Over Safety Issue
Aug. 17, 2022
Air Force Special Operations Command grounded its CV-22 Osprey fleet Aug. 16 as part of a safety stand down, with no timeline set for the aircraft to begin flying again, the command confirmed to Air Force Magazine. The stand down, ordered by AFSOC commander Lt. Gen. James C. “Jim” Slife,…