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Rod,
I have just received an appointment to the Air Force Academy. I want to be a pilot in the Air Force (C-17). Just out of curiosity, which air force base do you think (or know) is involved in the most operations (combat, humanitarian, etc.) Basically, which air force base wing of C-17s is called upon the most?? (Mcchord, Charleston, Hickam, other, etc.) THANKS
Hi Cody,
None. Under the Air Forces AEF (Aerospace Expeditionary Force) concept, all units rotate, in turn, when it comes to deployment commitments. In other words, all C-17 Squadrons are tasked exactly the same. That's the entire purpose of the AEF program.
See my AEF article at: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/airforce/a/afaef.htm
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.
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Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.
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Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).
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