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  • 1-43 ADA and the Patriot missile system

    The 1st Battalion, 43rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment maintains the Patriot missile systems deployed to protect assets on Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. “[At home station] we do our gunnery certifications and then we do pre-deployment exercises and that culminates with us deploying,”

  • Exercise Desert Flag kicks off in Southwest Asia

    The Air Force Central Command Air Warfare Center kicked off the first exercise Desert Flag, three-week long joint-flying exercise, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, March 13. Desert Flag, also known as IRON FALCON 16-2, is a multilateral U.S. Air Forces Central Command-led exercise held