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Published July 25, 2025 By Staff Sgt. Scott Warner 621st Contingency Response Wing Public Affairs TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFNS) -- Exercising at this speed, scale and tempo is how we prepare for the future fight. We need Airmen to move fast and think outside the box, disrupting the operational status quo. We also build trust and understanding through deliberate planning, operating and learning alongside our partners across the Pacific. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin Beginning July 4, more than 185 members with the 621st Contingency Response Wing deployed across the United States and U.S. Indo-Pacific Commands area of responsibility to generate support for the 2025 Department of the Air Forces first-in-a-generation Department-Level Exercise series. During this large-scale exercise that included joint and multinational partners, more than 12,000 U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force personnel and more than 350 aircraft participated with a focus on enhancing rapid global mobility capabilities. This series isnt just about exercising our capability to open airbases to move cargo or refuel jets, said Col. John Foy, 621st CRG commander. Its about showcasing our unique ability to generate air power across the globe regardless of time, space or distance. From July 4-15, at Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Washington, more than 100 Airmen with the 521st and 321st Contingency Response Squadron, based out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, participated in the DLE, showing 621st CRWs capability to form a Contingency Response Element whose main mission is to open, operate and close airbases anywhere in the world on demand. 621st CRW shows off mobility expertise during DLE Airmen with the 521st Contingency Response Squadron, stationed out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, work together to guard and unload a C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft during the Air Forces 2025 Department-Level Exercise series at Port of Moses Lake, Washington, July 4, 2025. The DLE strengthens and demonstrates the U.S. Air Forces ability to reach theater at speed and scale, sustain operations, and rapidly pivot to any theater of operation at a moments notice, while maintaining the strategic initiative. The DLE series encompasses all branches of the Department of Defense, along with Allies and partners, employing more than 400 joint and coalition aircraft and more than 12,000 personnel across more than 50 locations across 3,000 miles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Scott Warner) Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 621st CRW shows mobility expertise at DLE Airmen with the 521st Contingency Response Squadron, stationed out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, work together to set up an airbase during the Air Forces 2025 Department-Level Exercise series at Port of Moses Lake, Washington, July 5, 2025. The DLE strengthens and demonstrates the U.S. Air Forces ability to reach theater at speed and scale, sustain operations, and rapidly pivot to any theater of operation at a moments notice, while maintaining the strategic initiative. The DLE series encompasses all branches of the Department of Defense, along with Allies and partners, employing more than 400 joint and coalition aircraft and more than 12,000 personnel across more than 50 locations across 3,000 miles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Scott Warner) Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 621st CRW shows mobility expertise at DLE Loadmasters, left and center, with the 436th Airlift Wing, stationed out of Dover Air Force Base, work with Senior Airman Celine Sullivan, right, 321st Contingency Response Squadron aerial transportation technician, stationed out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, to unload a Dover AFB C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft in support of the Air Forces 2025 Department-Level Exercise series at Port of Moses Lake, Washington, July 5, 2025. The DLE strengthens and demonstrates the U.S. Air Forces ability to reach theater at speed and scale, sustain operations, and rapidly pivot to any theater of operation at a moments notice, while maintaining the strategic initiative. The DLE series encompasses all branches of the Department of Defense, along with Allies and partners, employing more than 400 joint and coalition aircraft and more than 12,000 personnel across more than 50 locations across 3,000 miles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Scott Warner) Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 621st CRW shows mobility expertise during DLE Airmen with the 521st Contingency Response Squadron, stationed out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, work together during the Air Forces 2025 Department-Level Exercise series at Port of Moses Lake, Washington, July 7, 2025. The DLE strengthens and demonstrates the U.S. Air Forces ability to reach theater at speed and scale, sustain operations, and rapidly pivot to any theater of operation at a moments notice, while maintaining the strategic initiative. The DLE series encompasses all branches of the Department of Defense, along with Allies and partners, employing more than 400 joint and coalition aircraft and more than 12,000 personnel across more than 50 locations across 3,000 miles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Scott Warner) Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 621st CRW shows mobility expertise at DLE Airmen with the 521st Contingency Response Squadron, stationed out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, practice tactical combat casualty care scenario during the Air Forces 2025 Department-Level Exercise series at Port of Moses Lake, Washington, July 5, 2025. The DLE strengthens and demonstrates the U.S. Air Forces ability to reach theater at speed and scale, sustain operations, and rapidly pivot to any theater of operation at a moments notice, while maintaining the strategic initiative. The DLE series encompasses all branches of the Department of Defense, along with Allies and partners, employing more than 400 joint and coalition aircraft and more than 12,000 personnel across more than 50 locati
