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  • Ammo builds the boom

    F-15E Strike Eagle pilots and weapon systems officers assigned to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing fly sorties around the clock conducting air-to-air and deep interdiction missions to combat ISIS and bring stability to the region.

  • Air advisor teamwork enhances expeditionary AF compound

    Over the past four months, a small team of air advisors, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve to Qayyarah West Airfield, Iraq, combined its efforts to enhance and improve the U.S. Air Force’s compound, changing the working conditions for the Airmen assigned

  • Colonel promotes wife, performs last official duty in AF before retiring

    For Col. Kristine B. Smith, 710th Combat Operations Squadron deputy director at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, her promotion meant a little more this time. Col. Dustin P. Smith, Headquarters U.S. Air Forces Central Command chief of staff at Shaw AFB, South Carolina, and Kristine’s husband,

  • Cleared Hot: Red Tails A-10 pilot spits fire in the fight against ISIS

    INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey - The darkness of a desert night surrounds his aircraft. The wind rushes past his cockpit. As the target approaches, nervousness builds deep within the core and the heart races at extraordinary speeds.Locking in on the tasks at hand, the pilot’s eyes glow as he focuses

  • Close air support: Thunderbolt IIs coming in hot

    INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey -- An A-10 Thunderbolt II taxis on the runway July 15, 2017, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. A-10s are specially designed for close air support of ground forces, and can also be used against ground targets including tanks and other armored vehicles.For more stories and photos

  • 386th AEW leadership mantle changes hands, welcomes new commander

    SOUTHWEST ASIA -- The 386th Air Expeditionary Wing reins of control shifted during a change of command ceremony July 12, in Southwest Asia.Col. Charles D. Bolton, the outgoing 386th AEW commander, relinquished his command to Col. Stephen L. Hodge, who previously held position as the commander of the