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  • Coalition efforts continue to reduce ISIL’s freedom of movement

    Coalition-enabled anti-ISIL ground operations have continued to reduce ISIL’s freedom of movement in several key areas of Iraq and Syria.“Increased pressure from simultaneous Coalition operations, from the New Syrian Forces and Syrian Democratic Forces in Syria, to the Peshmerga forces in Northern

  • 455th EAMXS provides combat-ready aircraft

    Tech. Sgt. Carlo Patalinghug, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, deployed Hill Air Force Base, Utah, examines an F-16 Fighting Falcon to isolate and repair a hydraulic leak at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 30, 2015. The squadron provides combat-ready aircraft to the

  • ROBE Marches Past 50,000 Operational Hours

    The Roll On Beyond Line of Sight Enhancement communication system reached a milestone in November at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar; 50,000 operational hours. The ROBE system is a tactical data link designed to increase situational awareness for coalition aircraft by enabling global connectivity on

  • 340th EARS performs night refuel

    U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 421st Fighter Squadron are refueled from a KC-135T Stratotanker, assigned to the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, over Southwest Asia, Nov. 23, 2015. Coalition forces fly daily missions in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.

  • Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work Spent Thanksgiving at AUAB with Troops

    Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work visited service members on Thanksgiving at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Work showed off his carving skills Thanksgiving Day as he carved turkey and served turkey to members of the Armed Forces in the Blatchford-Preston Complex dining facility. After serving the

  • New Sentry completes first combat sortie

    The 380th Air Expeditionary Wing’s newest weapon system, the E-3G Sentry airborne warning and control system aircraft, completed its first active combat mission from an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Nov. 21, 2015.The AWACS is a platform that provides airborne, command and control,

  • New Tool Helps Users Reduce PII Breaches

    Changes to your e-mails are coming to make us all more secure.The Digital Signature Enforcement Tool, which currently prompts users to provide a digital signature when an e-mail contains an active hyperlink or attachment, has been reconfigured to scan e-mails and attachments for personally

  • Service members tour B-1 Lancer, learn aircraft’s capabilities

    Forty service members received a B-1 Lancer tour as part of a new incentive program Nov. 24 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The B-1 Lancer is a highly versatile, multi-mission weapon system. The bomber carries the largest payload of both guided and unguided weapons of any aircraft in the Air Force

  • USCENTCOM Commander brings holiday greetings to members of the 386 AEW

    The United States Central Command Commander, General Lloyd J. Austin III, made a special trip to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing Tuesday, Nov. 24, to visit with troops stationed here. General Austin personally delivered words of admiration and gratitude to the Airmen of the 386th and their

  • 386th EOD flight conducts safety down day

    The 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight conducted their annual safety down day here Nov. 23, 2015 with a four-mile ruck march to start the day.The EOD safety down day is held annually across the Air Force in November.  During these down days safety as well