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  • Bioenvironmental engineers provide peace of mind

    You use it every day and you can’t live without it. You drink with it, shower with it and brush your teeth with it. Water plays a critical role is everyone’s lives, but is even more important in the desert areas throughout the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.If the water isn’t safe, then

  • In pursuit of knowledge

    What does an internship at the NASA Langley Research Center, the vice president of a Google Cloud Premier Partner company, and a researcher at the WorldPop Project, all have in common? The answer is Airman 1st Class Nirav Nikunj Patel, 801st Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron guidance and control

  • AFCENT Works to Improve Safety across the Coalition

    U.S. Air Forces Central Command’s Safety Directorate hosted a Chiefs of Safety Conference Sept. 6-7, 2018, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Among the 41 attendees who shared lessons learned to improve safety, were two Royal Air Force Airmen. This was the first time coalition members were invited to

  • Not Forgotten

    When you walk into many dining facilities in the Air Force, you see it in the corner or off to the side: the lone chair and place setting. In the hurries of our day, we become numb to the sight of it: the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action table with a setting for someone who has never returned.

  • B-1B weapons loaders conduct combat-capability training

    Weapons load crews assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron conduct a training exercise on a B-1B Lancer assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron with inert munitions at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Sept. 13, 2018.

  • Vipers start your engines

    Maintenance members assigned to the 157th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron perform an afterburner run on an F-16 Fighting Falcon at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Sept. 18, 2018. The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a compact, multi-role fighter aircraft. It is highly maneuverable and has proven

  • AFCENT command and control operations weather the storm

    As a violent force approached, the Airmen dug in to repel the force. It was just like an attack, but this one came from nature.Hundreds of miles wide, the force posed a devastating threat. Undeterred, the Airmen assessed the situation, developed and refined their plan and prepared to continue

  • Combat Agility

    Maintainers from the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing catch F-22 Raptors at a forward deployed location in Southwest Asia, Sept. 12, 2018. The maintainers left Al Dhafra Air Base on the KC-10 Extender that refueled the F-22s throughout the day. This highlighted the 380th’s ability to execute combat

  • Guastella assumes command of AFCENT in historic ceremony

    Lt. Gen. Joseph T. Guastella Jr. assumed command of U.S. Air Forces Central Command from Lt. Gen. Jeffrey L. Harrigian during a ceremony here Aug. 30, 2018. U.S. Army Gen. Joseph L. Votel, commander of U.S. Central Command, presided over the ceremony, which was held at AFCENT’s forward headquarters