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Strategic Airlift Capability C-17 delivers supplies to Ukraine on behalf of Lithuania
Pápa, 13 February 2022 - One of our three C-17-s landed today in Kiev, Ukraine delivering cargo for the Ukrainian Army on behalf of our Member Nation Lithuania.
SAC meets the public at Kecskemét Inernational Airshow in Hungary
Kecskemét, 28-29 August 2021 - SAC staff greeted aviation enthusiast and distinguished visitors during its static C-17 display at the International Kecskemét Airshow organized by the Hungarian Defense Forces.
Multinational Strategic Airlit Capabiliy conducts evacuation missions from Kabul, Afghanitan
Pápa, 27 August 2021 - The 12-nation crew of the Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) evacuated 2,299 people from Kabul, Afghanistan in 14 missions.
Heavy Airlift Wing welcomes its first Swedish Commander
15 JULY 2021 – PÁPA - - US Air Force Colonel James S. Sparrow passed over command of the Strategic Airlift Capability's multinational operational arm, the Heavy Airlift Wing to Swedish Royal Air Force Colonel Peder Söderström on 8 July 2021 in Pápa, Hungary.
Strategic Airlift Capability completes assets-removal from Afghanistan through staged air-bridge
29 JUNE 2021 – PÁPA - - The SAC team of multinational aircrews, command and control experts, loadmasters, aerial porters, Boeing maintenance professionals conducted the Strategic Airlift Capability's first operational staged operation ever in Otopeni, Romania to pull out as much cargo and personnel as possible in a short period of two weeks.
SAC's first European woman aircraft commander
We are proud to announce that Heavy Airlift Romanian Wing pilot Lt Cdr Simona Maierean is the first European female to be certified as aircraft commander in the history of the SAC program.