After 29 months of operation by the multinational Heavy Airlift Wing team, U.S. Air Force Major Brian Nicosia and his flightcrew passed the 6,000 flight-hours milestone of C-17 Globemaster IIIs assigned to Papa Air Base, Hungary.
From the delivery of its first aircraft in July 2009, the Heavy Airlift Wing (HAW) has flown every mission with a multinational crew. Today for the first time in its short history, the HAW completed a combat mission with a different crew mix: seven airmen consisting of three Swedes, two Norwegians, one Bulgarian and one Polish had the honor of flying the first mission without any US Air Force crew members on board.
ALZEY, Germany -- The Heavy Airlift Wing at Papa Air Base, Hungary, conducted their first personnel drop June 15 during a four-day joint country exercise with the U.S. Air Force.
PAPA AIR BASE, Hungary - The Strategic Airlift Consortium (SAC) conducted its first mission in support of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, Sept. 28. The first ISAF-related flight by SAC's operational component, the Heavy Airlift Wing (HAW) based in Papa Airbase in Hungary, delivered materiel to Mazar-e Sharif, to supply Swedish troops in the Afghan theatre.
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany - A first-of-its-kind mobility unit comprised of airmen from 12 nations recently hosted the commander of Air Mobility Command at Papa Air Base, Hungary.
