Carrying the Torch: 815th Airlift Squadron Assumes Airlift Mission in Africa
June 11, 2026
June 11, 2026
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of War issued the following news:
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Carrying the Torch: 815th Airlift Squadron Assumes Airlift Mission in Africa
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There was no formal ceremony marking the transition at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. No guidon passed from one commander to another. Instead, a moment represented something larger; the passing of a torch that lights the path of Air Force airlift across the U.S. Africa Command area of respo . . .
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Carrying the Torch: 815th Airlift Squadron Assumes Airlift Mission in Africa
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There was no formal ceremony marking the transition at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. No guidon passed from one commander to another. Instead, a moment represented something larger; the passing of a torch that lights the path of Air Force airlift across the U.S. Africa Command area of respo . . .