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  • Deployed service members celebrate Christmas

    Deployed service members at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, celebrated Christmas with several events including Breakfast with Santa, a holiday concert, a movie marathon and a holiday meal served by base leadership on Christmas day.One Airman even received a call from Secretary of the Air Force, Deborah

  • Deployed Defenders: FAST keeps airlift lifeline alive

    Editor’s Note: This is the third article that is part of the Deployed Defenders series that takes a closer look at the function of Air Force Security Forces in Afghanistan.On a lonely, dirt runway in the “Middle of Nowhere, Afghanistan,” a C-130 Hercules’s engines whine while it waits to be

  • AF, Marine and Army EOD train, learn from each other

    Air Force, Marine and Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians from throughout the area of responsibility came together for the first time to train at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia Dec. 14-18. The five-day training exercise included more than 40 staged improvised explosive device

  • DoD Identifies Air Force Casualties

    The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of six airmen who were supporting Operation Freedom's Sentinel. They died Dec. 21 of wounds suffered when their patrol was attacked by a suicide bomber on a motorcycle near Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan.

  • Battle of the Badges

    Deployed service members participated in the Battle of the Badges, a four-day competition from Dec. 18 – Dec. 21, 2015 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The competition consisted of numerous events including firefighter, medical and security forces career field challenges. The fitness challenge closed

  • Airborne gas stations

    Military members of the 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, man Aerial Bulk Fuel Delivery Systems that supply fuel to forward operating bases across the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. “ABFDS is designed to be installed as part of the aircraft

  • Refueling bases

    U.S. Air Force Airmen prepare to deliver fuel to Coalition bases in Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, Dec. 16, 2015. OIR is the coalition intervention against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Nathan Lipscomb)

  • Munitions airmen build bombs at record pace

    The 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Munitions Flight at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar is setting a new record with each bomb they build.The team of nearly 60 airmen has assembled almost 4,000 bombs since July 2015, surpassing the previous record by more than 1,600.  The weapons the Munitions

  • Airman helps troubled youth “Focus” with non-profit mentorship program

    Even while deployed to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing in support of Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, Tech. Sgt. Tyron Fields is making a difference for the youth in his hometown of Charleston, South Carolina through a non-profit mentorship program called “Focus.” The program aims to help direct kids