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  • Coalition, Afghan C-130 crews train over snow-capped mountains

    U.S. Air Force aircrew assigned to the Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air (TAAC-Air) and their Afghan counterparts conduct training on an Afghan Air Force C-130H Hercules at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 6-7, 2015. TAAC-Air advisors have grown the Afghan Air Force since

  • Reaper extends range in Afghanistan

    (Editor’s Note: The last names of certain Airmen are withheld in accordance with operational security requirements)The U.S. Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance enterprise is vital to the national security of the United States and its allies, providing an unrivaled capability;

  • POL fuels Operation INHERENT RESOLVE

    Senior Airman Nickolauss Guier, a 386th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels systems journeyman, looks through a refractometer while conducting a Fuel System Icing Inhibitor test at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Dec. 1, 2015. The POL flight is responsible for providing fuel

  • TAAC-Air Soldiers, Airmen set-up school supply donations for Kabul orphanage

    U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Amon’s perspective about his deployment to Kabul quickly changed after meeting Jameela, a vendor at the bazaar at Hamid Karzai International Airport, while shopping for family and friends. He walked into a store that had bright, decorative scarves hanging all around.

  • 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,