New C-17 Training Facility to Open at 167th Airlift Wing

The 167th Airlift Wing in Martinsburg celebrates the official opening of its C-17 Training System Facility Thursday, September 24, 2015.

At this new training facility, C-17 pilots, loadmasters, and maintenance engine run technicians from the 167th Airlift Wing will receive a combination of classroom instruction and simulator training.

This will prepare them to undertake air mobility missions on C-17s.

The Martinsburg Air National Guard will be joined by representatives from L-3 Link Simulation & Training to celebrate the opening of the new facility.

L-3 Link Simulation & Training, which began in 1929, is a leading systems integrator that supplies advanced simulation systems, training services, and aircraft contractor logistics support for both U.S. and international military services.

The 167th Airlift Wing received its first C-17s this time last year, after working with C-5 aircrafts since 2006.

Author: Liz McCormick

Liz is WVPB's Webmaster/Digital Coordinator and Eastern Panhandle Bureau Chief, based in Shepherdstown, WV on Shepherd University's campus. Liz is a native of Charleston, West Virginia. She received a M.A. in Strategic Communication from American University in 2022 and a B.A. in Communication and New Media from Shepherd in 2014. Prior to her role as webmaster, Liz was WVPB's Eastern Panhandle reporter from 2014-2022, the House of Delegates reporter on "The Legislature Today" from 2015-2017, and she covered K-12/higher education from 2020-2022. Liz has also worked as a technical assistant and associate producer on "The Legislature Today."

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