# @airmanmagazine on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2023-08-10T15:02:25.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Airman Magazine (@airmanmagazine) — https://gondola.cc/airmanmagazine

## Caption

Highlights from Mobility Guardian 23

✈ U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Nixon Flores, a loadmaster assigned to the 169th Airlift Squadron, watches from the ramp of a U.S. C-130J Super Hercules aircraft in the Indo-Pacific Region, July 18, 2023.

✈ Master Sgt. Jacob Hannah, 120th Maintenance Squadron dedicated crew chief, Montana Air National Guard, marshals a C-130 Hercules assigned to the Montana ANG at Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 16, 2023.

✈ U.S. Air Force Airmen lift bags onto a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 50th Air Refueling Squadron, in preparation to redeploy from Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 21, 2023, as part of Phase III of Mobility Guardian 23.

✈ Senior Airman Mercedes Zepeda, Montana Air National Guard, checks the fuel quantity of a C-130 Hercules assigned to the Missouri Air National Guard, during Multi-Capable Airman training at Yokota Air Base, Japan, July 15, 2023.

✈ A U.S. Air Force contingency response Airmen prepare to load pallets onto aircraft for a coalition airdrop at Andersen Air Base, Guam, July 12, 2023.

✈ Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal Air Force aeromedical evacuation members conduct a training mission on a RAF A330 Voyager above the Pacific Ocean, July 17, 2023.

✈ Japan Air Self-Defense Force Maj. Gen. Hideaki Kajiya, deputy commander of Air Support Command, and U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. John Klein, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center commander, exchange gifts on the flightline at Yakumo Air Base, Japan, July 13, 2023.

A multilateral endeavor, MG23 featured seven participating countries: Australia, Canada, France, Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and the United States—operating approximately 70 mobility aircraft across multiple locations spanning a 3,000-mile exercise area from July 5-21.

📸 Staff Sgt. Taylor Crul
📸 Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal
📸 Staff Sgt. Bailee Darbaise
📸 Tech. Sgt. Joseph Pick
📸 Tech. Sgt. Alexander Cook

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