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While there were hopes of a different fate for Austrian Airlines’ oldest Boeing 767, reports have emerged that 30-year-old OE-LAT is currently being dismantled in the Arizona desert. Meanwhile, its slightly younger sibling is stored at a general aviation airport in Minnesota, which also houses a maintenance facility for cargo specialist Kalitta Air.
The first of Austrian’s Boeing 767s (not pictured) has been spotted engine-less in the desert. Photo: Vincenzo Pace – Simple Flying
Stripped of its P&W engines
We have been closely following the fate of Austrian Airlines’ Boeing 767s here at Simple Flying. Even though the airline managed to find a new owner for three of the classic red-and-white liveried widebodies, unfortunately, it looks as if at least one will not fly again. As aeroTELEGRAPH reports, photos have emerged from the aircraft graveyard at Pinal Airpark, Arizona, of OE-LAT stripped of its engines.
ALPENA â Exercise Mobility Guardian 2021, the Air Forceâs largest and longest exercise ensuring readiness to move military personnel and equipment in combat operations, is scheduled to begin at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center on May 15.
More than 1,800 exercise participants will operate 18 mobility aircraft at six locations in Michigan and Wisconsin through May 27 in order to validate Air Mobility Commandâs readiness to provide Rapid Global Mobility for America and the Joint Force.
Additional exercise locations include Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport, Michigan and Volk Field, Wisconsin, with Air National Guard units from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio flying in the exercise.
The biennial exercise includes AMCâs first large-scale integration of cutting-edge concepts to advance warfighting capabilities. Multi-Capable Mobility Airmen will demonstrate speed and agility while enabling refueling and re-arming of fighter aircraft in an austere location. Airc
A KC-135 Stratotanker, at left, works to refuel a B-52 Stratofortress bomber while in flight. Both aircraft were stationed at Wurtsmith. Courtesy photo
OSCODA â After being closed for a year due to the ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic, the Wurtsmith Air Museum is set for its reopening weekend on Saturday, May 15, according to organizers.
Museum Secretary Judy Shuler said the museum would be taking in small groups at 15-minute intervals for the opening weekend and that they were encouraging the public to make reservations for the museum at
wurtsmithairmuseum.net. She said that walk-in visitors to the museum may have to wait for an opening to view the exhibits, which feature the history from the beginning to the closure of the Wurtsmith Air Force Base.
By Air Mobility Command Public Affairs, Air Mobility Command / Published May 03, 2021
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Airmen from the 92nd Maintenance Squadron perform hot pit refueling on a KC-135 Stratotanker on Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, March 25, 2021. Hot pit refueling occurs nearly immediately after an aircraft lands, maintaining one engine remaining on during the refueling. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kiaundra Miller)
From the left, Capt. Stephen Tice and 1st Lt. Forrest Doss, both 3rd Airlift Squadron pilots, fly a C-17 Globemaster III during a local training flight while Maj. James Johnson, 3rd AS pilot, reviews and discusses a flight plan map over Ohio, April 22, 2021. The 3rd AS trains to support global engagement through direct delivery of critical theater assets and to ensure combat readiness of Air Mobility Command C-17 aircrews. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Faith Schaefer)
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