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  • COMACC visits one of Air Force’s most diverse combat wings

    Gen. Hawk Carlisle, commander of Air Combat Command, took time to speak with more than 300 personnel from 380th Air Expeditionary Wing during an all-call, Oct. 19, 2015. The 380th AEW is comprised of four groups, 16 squadrons and approximately 3,000 personnel who support Operation Inherent Resolve

  • Bagram AMMO troops build the ‘BOOM’ for combat airpower

    In a far corner of the base, behind fences, checkpoints and armed guards, rests one of the most explosive places on Bagram.  Filled with tons of bombs, missiles and ammunition, the Airmen of the Munitions Storage Area, or “bomb dump,” provides all the necessary weapons required to project combat

  • Exercise: Firefighters save aircrew member

    Firefighters assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron participated in a training exercise at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar Nov. 20. During the exercise, firefighters put out a simulated fire on a KC-135 Stratotanker and rescued an inured aircrew member from the cockpit. Training

  • UAV reaches new milestone in fight against Daesh

    U.S. Airmen assigned to the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, recover an EQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Nov. 11, 2015. The EQ-4 Global Hawk nicknamed the ‘Workhorse’ by local maintainers, completed its 500th sortie on Veterans Day.

  • Air Force shows leadership, commitment in Dubai

    American Airmen are at the 2015 Dubai Airshow this week showcasing the capability of airpower through senior leader engagements, Airmen interactions with a global audience, and aircraft on the ground and thundering through the skies.The Airmen are a part of a large U.S. presence as every service

  • Care in the air: 455th EAES get injured to higher-level treatment

    Capt. Steven Woods, 455th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flight nurse, deployed from the 43rd AES at Pope Army Airfield, N.C., gathers his gear before loading on to a C-130 Hercules for a medevac mission at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 6, 2015. The 455th EAES is tasked with

  • Flight, maintenance crews work together to ensure mission success

    Senior Airman Aaron Hayes, 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron loadmaster, conducts pre-flight checks at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Oct. 29, 2015. The 737th EAS mission is to provide airlift support throughout the area of responsibility for Operation INHERENT RESOLVE. (U.S. Air

  • Playing in Conan’s house

    The U.S. Air Forces Central Command band finished their deployment on a high note when they played as the house band for Conan O’Brien and his guests Nov. 3, 2015.O’Brien was invited to Al Udeid and introduced to the stage by First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama who was in the region as a

  • SECAF, COMUSAFCENT to hold press conference Nov. 10 at Dubai Air Show

    SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C.  – Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James and the commander of U.S. Air Forces Central Command, Lt. Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., will hold a joint press conference at the Dubai Airshow at 10 a.m. Nov. 10, 2015. The press conference will be held in Conference Room 1 at the DWC,