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Strategic Airlift Capability Supported Evacuation Operation
20 SEP 2017 – PÁPA - - Strategic Airlift Capability have completed the first ever evacuation of people using the floor loading procedure performed by a SAC C-17.
Strategic Airlift Capability Supports with Emergency Response Mission
11 SEP 2017 – PÁPA - - On short notice the Strategic Airlift Capability launched a humanitarian relief mission to the Caribbean, via Eindhoven, to support the work in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. The first run was conducted to Curacao, the designated staging point for support to the island of St. Maarten.
Strategic Airlift Capability Acquires C-17 Simulator
08 AUG 2017 – PÁPA - - The 12 Nations of the Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) recently confirmed that the SAC program will acquire a C-17 Weapon Systems Trainer Simulator. The simulator will be built on Pápa Air Base and will provide the Heavy Airlift Wing increased flexibility and proficiency training options over the next 20 years.
Strategic Airlift Capability Supports Exercise Saber Guardian 2017
24 JUL 2017 – PÁPA - - The Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) supported Exercise Saber Guardian with two C-17’s conducting air drop and air land operations in Bulgaria and Romania, 13-23 July.
Change of command at the Heavy Airlift Wing
06 JUL 2017 – PÁPA - - At a ceremony on the Strategic Airlift Capability premises at Pápa Air Base, Colonel Bjørn Gohn-Hellum assumed command of the Heavy Airlift Wing.
Strategic Airlift Capability Receives First Permanent C-17 Engine
19 JUN 2017 – PÁPA - - The SAC Program have received delivery of its first-ever permanently stationed C-17 engine. The 11-million dollar Pratt and Whitney F117 engine, which is the most expensive single piece of a C-17, gives the SAC the capability to replace an entire engine on the C-17, usually within 24 hours.