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  • Al Udeid Airman Dies

    An Airman assigned to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar was found dead at approximately 5 p.m., Jan. 16.The identity of the Airman is being withheld pending notification of next-of-kin.The incident is under investigation. More information will be released as it becomes available. For more information,

  • Desert Storm: 2nd Bomb Wing leads the air war

    In the early morning of January 16, 1991, the 2nd Bomb Wing deployed seven B-52G Stratofortresses crews to Iraq in a single, secret mission that would mark the beginning of Operation Desert Storm.

  • Shipping blood, saving lives

    The Blood Transshipment Center at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, provides blood to more than 30 forward operating locations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.In 2015, the center shipped nearly 23,000 units of blood to nine countries, including Iraq and Afghanistan. The blood was used in

  • Bagram Airmen assist first responders following IED blast in Kabul

    Four Bagram Airmen from the 455th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron sprang into action following a terrorist attack on a compound in Kabul, Afghanistan Jan. 4.The Airmen were in Kabul as part of U.S. Central Command’s materiel recovery element, inspecting equipment for air transport out of

  • Medical Transport

    U.S. Air Force Capt. Jose Martinez, 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron nurse, talks to team members as they bring in an injured Airman at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, Jan. 6, 2016. OIR is the coalition intervention against the

  • RPA CRASHES IN CENTRAL IRAQ

    An Air Force MQ-1 Predator remotely piloted aircraft crashed in central Iraq at approximately 12:50 p.m. local time, Jan 7, 2016.The aircraft was flying a combat mission when positive control of the aircraft was lost. The remotely piloted aircraft crash was not due to enemy fire. There are no

  • KC-135s surpass 100,000 combat hours

    The KC-135 Stratotanker fleet at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, flew more than 14,700 sorties in 2015 accumulating 103,419 combat hours in support of Operations Inherent Resolve and Freedoms Sentinel. “We provide refueling to every flying unit in the area of responsibility which is Syria, Yemen, Iraq,

  • 379th AEW seeks continued success in 2016

    The 379th Air Expeditionary Wing at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, the largest and most diverse expeditionary wing in the U.S. Air Force, enters 2016 committed to achieving greater results than the wing experienced in 2015. Over the past 12 months, the 379 AEW has supported Operation Inherent Resolve and