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  • Lt. Gen. Gary North, U.S. Central Command Air Force commander (left), passes the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing guidon to incoming commander Brig. Gen. Charlie Lyon. General Lyon assumed command of the 379th AEW Tuesday.

    General Lyon takes reigns as newest 379th AEW commander

    Brig. Gen. Charles Lyon assumed command of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in a ceremony June 5. Ninth Air Force and U.S. Central Command Air Forces commander Lt. Gen. Gary North ceremonially passed the guidon from outgoing commander Brig. Gen. Charles Shugg to General Lyon as dictated in upholding military tradition. The wing is responsible for
  • Tech. Sgt. John Kiniry, 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, checks to make sure a fuel bladder is properly fastened. Fuel bladders hold about 200,000 gallons each and there are 38 bladders here. About 15 million gallons of fuel are stored on base and 1 million gallons are delivered by day.

    Airmen fuel flight at record pace

    With the operations tempo and amount of aircraft sorties being flown a day, how do the flight crews stop for gas? The volume of fuel moved at this base between receiving it, transferring it and issuing it is more than any other base in the Air Force and the 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron is doing it with innovation in an

  • Security as important as ever in deployed environment

    Some people might say loose lips sink ships, and they'd be right. The phrase was created by the Navy during World War II to remind servicemembers and their families that releasing tidbits of information that might seem harmless can actually cause quite a bit of damage. The enemy can glean knowledge from information many people might consider of

  • Customs, courtesies display of respect

    As we go about our daily lives, we get busy and, at times, forget who we are dealing with on the receiving end of our conversations - people, leaders, Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines. We've all suffered bouts of selective amnesia, so I'd like to offer a quick thought ... common courtesies start with me. It's people, who care a great deal
  • Royal Australian Air Force Squadron Leader Buzz Lawson, Task Group 633.4 A3-A5 C-130 air operations and planning, works out flying schedules using a map of the area of responsibility.

    Australian military fills role vital to GWOT

    Most tasks wouldn't happen without teamwork, and the same holds true for the Global War on Terrorism. Many countries comprise the coalition forces that augment the U.S. military's presence in Southwest Asia, including the Australian military. Here, the Royal Australian Air Force contributes planes and personnel, which are used to support other RAAF
  • Tech. Sgt. Steve Neith, 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron search pit flight chief, demonstrates how a handprint scanner will work once the new Defense Biometric Identification Database System is complete.

    High-tech search pit operations keep American, Coalition forces secure

    To ensure the safety and security of personnel on base, Airmen search about 900 personnel and 500 vehicles on a daily basis using high-tech equipment and canine assistance. The 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron ensures all vehicles entering the base are secure. They also ensure the third country nationals coming onto base are free of
  • Maintenance repair teams from Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan and the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing change the engine of a C-130 under harsh conditions in an abandoned airstrip just outside of Shindand, Afghanistan. Security forces Airmen stood watch for about 50 hours to ensure the aircraft and crew were safe from harm while on the ground.

    Airmen put C-130 back in the fight

    When a 379th Air Expeditionary Wing C-130 team went out on a transport mission recently, they never thought they'd end up changing an engine on a deserted strip of land outside Shindand, Afghanistan. The C-130 was en route to Shindand on a combat mission when they began having engine trouble. The crew decided the safe thing to do would be to land
  • Two Lebanese soldiers unload ammunition delivered by the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. The C-17 Globemaster III is capable of rapid delivery of troops and cargo to any location worldwide. It’s the newest and most flexible airlift asset in the Air Force inventory. The 816th maintained operations in Iraq and Afghanistan while supporting the effort to re-supply the Lebanon Armed Forces from their strategic location in Southwest Asia. The squadron has flown about 850 sorties in May, to include the ammunition re-supply mission, cargo and passenger movement and Joint Precision Guided Air Drops. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Teresa Sullivan)

    Airmen deliver bullets to Beirut to aid Lebanese military

    C-17 Globemaster III crews of the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron delivered bullets to Beirut as part of a short notice ammunition re-supply tasking in support of the Lebanese military. The 816th EAS, a tenant unit of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing based out of Southwest Asia, was given the order to deliver ammunition to the Rafic Harari
  • Airman 1st Class David Cardenas, 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, positions a box of leaflets. Airman Cardenas dropped more than 80,000 leaflets over Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

    746TH EAS supports OEF with leaflet drop

    Crewmembers with the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron here participated in a leaflet drop over Afghanistan Monday. The crew, from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, dropped 80,000 leaflets on four parts of the area of responsibility known to be inhabited by the Taliban in an effort to send specific messages to the enemy. "We dropped
  • Staff Sgt. John Anderson and Senior Airman Solomon Ruiz, both with the 71st Expeditionary Air Control Squadron, fix the air conditioning levels at the Control and Reporting Center on “dirt road.” There are eight CRC’s in the total force. They are currently participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom and in the United States. Considered to be a high density, low-demand asset, these units can take their systems and equipment and set up in a bare-base location anywhere in the world within 24 hours.

    Total Force CRC controls skies over combat theater

    In the midst of the bustling air wing is a camp along a dirt road where a team of air battle managers are hard at work monitoring the air waves every second of every day -- keeping watch of the skies. Seventy Airmen, Soldiers and Guardsmen of the 71st Expeditionary Air Control Squadron operate a Control and Reporting Center, or CRC, watching for
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