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  • An F-16 approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron for refueling. The 340th EARS transfers significant amounts of fuel to a variety of Coalition aircraft throughout the entire AOR with an aircraft that is oftentimes double the age of the Airmen who fly and maintain it. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    340th EARS keeps aircraft in the fight 24-7

    Despite the age of the KC-135 - the Air Force's top recapitalization priority - the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron Stratotanker's role in delivering air power has proven itself critical to the wing mission and to U.S. Central Command.  As enablers, the refuelers make every other air mission possible by providing the capability to
  • Airman 1st Class Mark Hedge, 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron air transportation specialist, unloads baggage from a commercial aircraft. Airmen from the squadron processed approximately 257,000 servicemembers, Coalition partners and federal contractors for travel in 2006. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Miller)

    Squadron facilitates transport of servicemembers, supplies

    Tech. Sgt. Lee Fletcher wipes the sweat off his brow halfway through his shift at the wing's Aerial Port. His radio crackles with notification that a shipment of blood is on its way for a critically injured servicemember in Iraq. Sergeant Fletcher gives out the word and a flurry of activity quickly ensues around a C-17 Globemaster, not wasting a
  • Army Staff Sgt. Tim Harris, 128th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron Airborne Target Surveillance supervisor (center), reviews a JSTARS track with fellow aircrew members Maj. Jon Pindle (left) and Capt. Dan Willems during a recent mission. Together, the Air Force and Army aircrew provide a comprehensive look at the “ground picture” of radar targets in Iraq, and report the information to multiple locations throughout the theater using several advanced datalinks. Developing a common understanding of the situation helps JSTARS ensure the best possible radar top cover to coalition forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    Joint STARS: Soldiers team with combat aircrews to engage enemy

    Joint combat environments don't just exist on the ground - but also in the skies above Iraq. U.S. Army soldiers serve as crewmembers on the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System aircraft. An Army Deputy Mission Crew Commander and two enlisted personnel form a team of three soldiers on the 21-person JSTARS crew to assist in finding,
  • Tech. Sgt. Shandon Domenici, 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Aerospace Fuels Laboratory technician, performs a specification test on a sample of jet fuel. The lone Aerospace Fuels Laboratory is the only lab in the AOR that provides quality surveillance and field technical assistance on various kinds of aviation fuels, aviator’s breathing oxygen and compressed breathing air used by fire and emergency services personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Miller)

    Wing serves theater-wide mission needs

    The 379th Air Expeditionary Wing directly supports the Global War on Terrorism on many different levels. Combat sorties are flown daily, and multitudes of U.S. servicemembers and Coalition partners, equipment and supplies are transported in and out of theater. Other missions are not quite as visible. Many Airmen directly support servicemembers
  • Staff Sgt. Scott Crim, 1st ERHG vehicle maintenance craftsman, cuts off old brackets with an acetylene torch in the back of a M-35 A2 truck. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Erik Hofmeyer)

    RED HORSE logistical hub supports Airmen uprange

    United States military operations worldwide have reaped the benefits from a highly mobile, self-sufficient civil engineer mobile force known as the "Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadrons Engineer," or simply RED HORSE. However, all of the accolades received and infrastructure laid to support contingency and special operations

  • C-17s, KC-135s train to airlift wounded to U.S.

    When transporting wounded military members out of the combat zone, every second counts. Stopping to refuel during medical air evacuations takes time that some patients don't have. In response, the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron and the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron worked together to create a plan to keep all C-17 aircraft
  • Senior Airman Ryan VanArtsdalen (left) and Airman 1st Class Jaime Carranza (right), 379th EMXS aircraft structural maintenance journeymen, repair a No. 2 spoiler off of a KC-135 Stratotanker. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Erik Hofmeyer)

    Unavailable parts not a problem for metals shop

    Aircraft maintenance success in a deployed environment often depends on the availability of the parts and equipment needed to get aircraft back into the fight. Oftentimes, crew chiefs look no further than 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron backshops for support when aircraft parts or other machine components are not available or are no longer
  • Tech. Sgt. Joel Brown, 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Fuels Flight, pulls a 30 foot hydrant hose from the new Hydrant Servicing Vehicle. The hose connects to the hydrant outlet in the ground. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jasmine Reif)

    New hydrant vehicle increases POL capability

    The 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Fuels Flight recently received three R-12 Hydrant Servicing Vehicles that will significantly increase refueling capabilities. In conjunction with the recently commissioned hydrant fueling system and arrival of the HSVs, the hydrant fueling capability has become considerably more efficient, said
  • Staff Sgt. Spencer Duclos, 379th ESFS military working dog handler and element leader, conducts vehicle searches with his dog, Boo, at the vehicle search pit. (Photo by Tech. Sgt. Frank Hatcher)

    Working dog teams search, patrol together

    Ensuring the safety of everyone at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing rests heavily upon the skills of a group of Airmen and their highly trained four-legged partners. The 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Military Working Dog Section, has several certified teams made up of handlers and their explosive detecting dogs, who inspect every

  • 379th AEW, CAOC support ISAF mission

    Coalition forces have supported operations in Afghanistan for a little more than five years now. What some people might not understand is the range of support and the wide variety of missions the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing flies in support of those operations. Afghanistan operations are broken up into five regions that operate under the
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