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  • Cryogenics helps pilots breathe easy across AOR

    The 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron cryogenics team inspected liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen tanks prior to aircraft shipment Aug. 5 here.  The cryogenics team provides quality aviation breathing oxygen, liquid oxygen, and liquid nitrogen in support of operations through the U.S.

  • 914th AW’s C-130s say final goodbye to AUAB

    After 11 years of deploying here supporting the U.S. Air Forces Central Command area of responsibility, Airmen from the 914th Airlift Wing out of Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y., will say their goodbyes as they end their rotation and fly out with their C-130 Hercules’ for the final time

  • Scores of reservists join Total Force effort

    About 200 Air Force reservists from the 439th Airlift Wing are deployed to a pair of undisclosed locations here as well as in Baghdad. Capt. Kristin Montville and Tech Sgt. Jonathan Colwell are among these Airmen, whose home station is Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass., and they make up two-thirds of

  • CSAF talks Air Coalition Ops during CENTCOM region visit

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein visited the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility recently to get a sense of not only how the campaign is going as a member of the joint chiefs, but to also get an understanding of how he can better support Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and

  • Arming the air war

    Supporting Operation Inherent Resolve and the 20-nation air coalition working diligently to rid the Middle East, Central Asia and Northern Africa of extremist violence, the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing has employed over 2,000 weapons since the beginning of 2016. A flight of roughly 100 munitions

  • Teamwork powers mission success

    The 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron, also known as Kingpin, experienced a commercial power outage at an undisclosed location, July 22, 2016.Kingpin is responsible for monitoring airspace and managing aircraft within an Air Forces Central Command area of responsibility, and without

  • Airpower from the ground up

    Placing a bomb on an adversary takes much more than the members operating the aircraft; it takes the integrated efforts of several agencies to ensure every aspect of the mission is planned for and coordinated before, during and after a strike. Airpower is ultimately dependent on the ability of the