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  • 380th AEW welcomes Vice President and Dr. Biden

    U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, met with more than 1,000 service members assigned to the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing and their coalition partners from five nations at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, March 7, 2016.   Brig. Gen. Daniel Orcutt, 380th AEW

  • Providing critical support to the AOR

    A team of nearly 40 Airmen at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, loads and off-loads thousands of pounds of cargo into aircraft almost daily. The Airmen assigned to the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron’s Ramp Services section are responsible for loading and unloading a wide variety of cargo including

  • Behind the Scenes: the Command Religious Support Team at Work

    From Afghanistan to the Arabian Peninsula to Egypt, the U.S. Air Forces Central Command monitors activities and deploys their Airmen accordingly. Every time AFCENT makes the decision to deploy Service members, the responsibility for their religious and spiritual welfare falls upon the shoulders of

  • Desert Shield, Desert Storm vet reflects 25 years later

    “Twenty-five years ago the country was a very different place. I remember watching the news coverage of the invasion back home. Before long, flying units were mobilized and out; we were pushing everything through.” In the summer of 1990, President George H.W. Bush deployed U.S. Armed Forces into

  • 8th EAMS: Keeping the C-17 in the fight

    The C-17 Globemaster III is a versatile aircraft in high demand across the globe.  The airframe is used to haul cargo, transport passengers and medically evacuate wounded service members. The 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron maintenance team at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar helps keep the base’s

  • Precision strikes keeping enemy on target

    Lessons learned in past conflicts have now made it possible to bomb enemy targets within just a few feet to reduce collateral damage, a top Air Force commander said Feb. 25 at the Air Force Association’s Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Florida.

  • 25th anniversary of the liberation of Kuwait

    February 25, 2016, marks the 25th anniversary of the liberation of Kuwait from Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi forces.  This occasion provides us the opportunity to reflect on the strong and enduring partnership resulting from that seminal event in our two nations’ shared history.Over 700,000 U.S.

  • 386th AEW and coalition forces first responders build skills, partnerships

    Airmen from the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing partnered up with coalition forces for a mass casualty exercise at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Feb. 18.The purpose of the exercise was to test the medical group and Canadian Forces field medical response capability.  “We staged a scenario

  • MQ-9 crashes in Afghanistan

    A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 assigned to the 451st Air Expeditionary Group, part of the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, crashed Feb. 20 at about 9 p.m. Kabul time, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.

  • 379th EMXS operates most productive Air Force wheel, tire repair facility

    (This article is the final article in a three-part series on the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron)The 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron operates the only wheel and tire repair facility in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility and the most productive facility in the Air