Heavy Airlift Wing – Papa Air Base - #SAC
The Heavy Airlift Wing at Pápa Air Base, Hungary is a multinational mission that is the first non-NATO unit of its kind. The HAW uses C-17 Globemaster IIIs to take cargo and equipment in support of military efforts throughout Europe and the Middle East.
The HAW is the operational organization of the Strategic Airlift Capability program, an agreed 30-year consortium comprised of 12 partner nations - the U.S., Norway, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden and Hungary. These nations combine money and resources to purchase three C-17s and then fly, maintain and schedule the aircraft as a team.
This video gives a feel for how the wing plans and executes world-wide airlift missions.
Video originally released by Airman Magazine on May 2, 2017.
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