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379th AEW hosts Innovation Oasis III Roadshow

U.S. service members pose for a photo during the Innovation Oasis III Roadshow within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Feb. 6, 2025. The roadshow consisted of tours with members from the Combined Air Operations Center, 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron, Task Force 99, and the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron to gain a deeper understanding of their missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Violette Hosack)
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379th AEW hosts Innovation Oasis III Roadshow

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Sean Ellis, center left, Task Force 99 3D printing subject matter expert, explains 3D printing capabilities during the Innovation Oasis III Roadshow within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Feb. 6, 2025. TF99 can plan, print and fly unmanned aerial systems within 48 hours depending on different mission requirements. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Violette Hosack)
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379th AEW hosts Innovation Oasis III Roadshow

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Tyler Goad, center, Task Force 99 software developer, explains 3D printing capabilities to joint force leadership during the Innovation Oasis III Roadshow within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Feb. 6, 2025. TF99 can plan, print and fly unmanned aerial systems within 48 hours depending on different mission requirements. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Violette Hosack)
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379th AEW hosts Innovation Oasis III Roadshow

U.S. Air Force Capt. Chance Prichard, left, Task Force 99 forward deployed deputy director, discusses unmanned aerial system capabilities with joint force leadership during the Innovation Oasis III Roadshow within the U.S. Central command area of responsibility, Feb. 6, 2025. The roadshow highlighted the innovative progress accomplished by personnel in the USCENTCOM AOR. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Violette Hosack)
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379th AEW hosts Innovation Oasis III Roadshow

U.S. Air Force Capt. Chance Prichard, Task Force 99 forward deployed deputy director, left, briefs joint force leadership during the Innovation Oasis III Roadshow within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Feb. 6, 2025. The roadshow highlighted the innovative progress accomplished by personnel in the USCENTCOM AOR. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Violette Hosack)
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379th AEW hosts Innovation Oasis III Roadshow

U.S. Air Force Capt. Chance Prichard, Task Force 99 forward deployed deputy director, left, briefs joint force leadership during the Innovation Oasis III Roadshow within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Feb. 6, 2025. The roadshow consisted of tours with members from the Combined Air Operations Center, 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron, TF99, and the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron to gain a deeper understanding of their missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Violette Hosack)
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379th AEW hosts Innovation Oasis III Roadshow

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Michelle Dryden, U.S. Central Command Office of the Chief Technology officer, center, and U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Justin King, 513th Intelligence Brigade senior data engineer, receive a brief during the Innovation Oasis III Roadshow within the USCENTCOM area of responsibility, Feb. 6, 2025. During their visit, Dryden and King met with members from the Combined Air Operations Center, 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron, Task Force 99, and the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron to gain a deeper understanding of their missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Violette Hosack)
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Task Force-99 leads change in drone development, employment

The CEO of Titan Dynamics remotely flies a newly developed unmanned aerial system with U.S. Air Forces Central’s Task Force-99 at an undisclosed location within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, March 15, 2024. The goal of the flight assessment was to prove that a software-generated UAS concept can become flight ready in under 24 hours while maintaining structural integrity and meeting mission requirements. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Task Force-99 leads change in drone development, employment

An Airman assigned to U.S. Air Forces Central’s Task Force-99 asseses a newly developed unmanned aerial system at an undisclosed location within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, March 15, 2024. This is the first time that Task Force-99 has flown a UAS that was conceptually generated by computer software and able to fly in under 24 hours. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Task Force-99 leads change in drone development, employment

U.S. Air Forces Central Task Force-99 Airmen, Air Force Blue Horizons fellows and members of industry pose with an unmanned aerial system at an undisclosed location within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, March 15, 2024. Task-Force-99 utilized software created by Titan Dynamics to 3D print, assemble, then fly this UAS in under 24 hours. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Task Force-99 leads change in drone development, employment

A Fellow with the Air Force’s Blue Horizons program poses with a mock medical payload designed to be deployed by an unmanned aerial system at an undisclosed location within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, March 15, 2024. The Blue Horizon Fellows and Task Force-99 assessed software which enables quick rendering and 3D printing of aircraft concepts, precisely designed around deployable payloads, potentially offering a new way to deliver aid on the battlefield. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Task Force-99 leads change in drone development, employment

The Chief Technology Officer of Titan Dynamics and Fellow with the U.S. Air Force’s Blue Horizons program put the final touches to a new unmanned aerial system developed by U.S. Air Forces Central’s Task Force-99 at an undisclosed location with the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, March 15, 2024. The team inputted flight requirements into a specially-designed computer program that developed the UAS based on those requirements. The computer program took minutes to develop the plan for the UAS. Previously, it would take a single engineer up to a week to produce the same plan. (U.S. Air Force photo.)
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A friend and a foe

A 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal technician trains with 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Airmen in counter unmanned aerial system training at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Feb. 26, 2021. During the training they strengthened and refined anti-drone tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kaitlyn J. Ergish)
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A friend and a foe

An Airman assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron trains with 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance technicians in counter unmanned aerial system training at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Feb. 26, 2021. During the training they strengthened and refined anti-drone tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kaitlyn J. Ergish)
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A friend and a foe

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Dashawn Davis, 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Counter Small Unmanned Aerial System (C-sUAS) noncommissioned officer in charge, flies a sUAS at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Feb. 26, 2021. 386th ESFS Airmen trained with 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance technicians in C-sUAS training to strengthen and refine anti-drone tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kaitlyn J. Ergish)
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A friend and a foe

An Airman assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron trains with 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance technicians in a counter unmanned aerial system training at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Feb. 26, 2021. During the training they strengthened and refined anti-drone tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kaitlyn J. Ergish)
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A friend and a foe

Airmen assigned to the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron train with 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance technicians in a counter unmanned aerial system training at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Feb. 26, 2021. During the training they strengthened and refined anti-drone tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kaitlyn J. Ergish)
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A friend and a foe

A U.S. Air Force high mobility multipurpose vehicle drives across the explosive ordnance disposal range at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Feb. 26, 2021. 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Airmen and Civil Engineer Squadron EOD technicians operated this vehicle during a counter unmanned aerial system training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kaitlyn J. Ergish)
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Drone program advances defensive capabilities at Al Udeid AB

Staff Sgt. Michael Brunner, noncommissioned officer in charge of the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron (379th ESFS) counter-small unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) program, repacks a drone Nov. 5, 2020, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The 379th ESFS Defenders have established one of the most robust C-UAS programs in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility to detect and defend against adversarial drones that pose a potential threat to the safety and security of AUAB. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Brigette Waltermire)
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Drone program advances defensive capabilities at Al Udeid AB

Staff Sgt. Michael Brunner, noncommissioned officer in charge of the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron (379th ESFS) counter-small unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) program, turns off a drone Nov. 5, 2020, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The 379th ESFS Defenders have established one of the most robust C-UAS programs the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility to detect and defend against adversarial drones that pose a potential threat to the safety and security of AUAB. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Brigette Waltermire)
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