Friday, February 6, 2026 l Vol. 51, Number 6
SERVING TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE AND THE MILITARY COMMUNITY OF SOLANO COUNTY
EXERCISE KRAMPUS Page 2
EXERCISE NORTH WIND 26 Page 3
AIR EXPEDITIONARY WING 2.0 Page 5
TAILWIND
TRAVIS
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HERCULES
IN FLIGHT
Staff Sgt. Gage Daniel/U.S. Air Force file
A C-130 Hercules assigned to the 700th Airlift Squadron, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, flies over Yonah Mountain, Ga., Jan. 12.
Air Force advances standoff cruise missile program with live-fire test Eglin Air Force Base Public Affairs
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Nick Lime/U.S. Army National Guard file
U.S. Army UH-60L Black Hawk aviators assigned to the 207th Aviation Troop Command, Alaska Army National Guard, fly under the Northern Lights while responding to a medical evacuation request in Western Alaska, Jan. 21. Due to daylight restrictions, local civilian air ambulance
services were unable to conduct the MEDEVAC mission. Using night-vision goggles, the AKARNG Black Hawk aviators, along with two Bethel Fire Department medics successfully transported a patient from New Stuyahok, Alaska, to Dillingham, Alaska.
Alaska National Guardsmen lead nighttime medical evacuation Alejandro Pena ALASKA NATIONAL GUARD
BETHEL, Alaska — Alaska Army National Guardsmen assigned to the 207th Aviation Troop Command medically evacuated an individual from Southwest Alaska, Jan. 21. In response to a request for assistance from medical staff at Kanakanak Hospital, Dillingham, Alaska, the Alaska Rescue Coordination Center opened a medevac
mission for an individual experiencing a medical emergency. Daylight restrictions prevented local civilian air ambulance services from conducting the mission. The Alaska Army National Guard accepted the mission and dispatched a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter, based in Bethel, Alaska. Using night-vision goggles, Alaska Army National Guard Black Hawk aviators Chief Warrant Officer 3 Bryan Kruse, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Colten
Bell and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Nick Lime, with Bethel Fire Department medics Kelly Parker and Lauren Konig aboard, flew about 180 miles southeast to New Stuyahok, Alaska. The Black Hawk crew arrived on scene and loaded the patient for transport to Dillingham, about 50 miles southwest. Parker and Konig rendered medical aid to keep the patient stable en route. See Night, Page 6
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — The U.S. Air Force demonstrated a new benchmark, conducting a live-warhead test of a standoff cruise missile, known as Extended Range Attack Munition, on the Eglin Test and Training Range, Jan. 21, less than 16 months from the program’s initial contract award. The event, which met all primary objectives including a full warhead detonation, gathered critical data to mature a new, cost-effective, longrange strike capability. This accelerated timeline is a proof point for the War Department’s focus on delivering capability to the warfighter at the speed of relevance. ERAM is a next-generation, air-launched cruise missile designed to provide affordable mass to the fight. It delivers a precision-guided, stand-off capability against high-value fixed targets, meeting a critical operational need by providing a longrange, cost-effective strike capability that can be rapidly producible in large numbers to bolster U.S. deterrence. “Moving from a contract to a live-fire demonstration in under two years proves we can deliver lethal, cost-effective capability at the speed of relevance,” said Brig. Gen. Robert Lyons III, portfolio acquisition executive for Weapons. “This is how we rebuild our military – by empowering See Standoff, Page 5
Samuel King Jr./Courtesy photos
An Extended Range Attack Munition live-fire test is conducted at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.