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  • AFCENT band brings 'Full Spectrum' of morale

    Exploding onto the stage with enough energy to tune up base-wide morale, the newly arrived AFCENT band, “Full Spectrum” from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, started their first tour in Southwest Asia on a high note with seven performances.The AFCENT band is made up of professional Airmen

  • Remembering 9/11: Airmen and Coalition partners stand together

    On Sept. 11, 2001 a series of devastating terrorist attacks on U.S. soil claimed 2,977 lives. It was a tragic day, which ultimately brought American’s closer together and its anniversary has served as a symbolic reminder of the world’s fight to prevail over terrorism.Here, in the wake of 9/11,

  • Reserve Airmen maintain C-130’s keeping AFCENT air operations steady

    Airmen from the 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 746th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit follow technical orders to ensure that the C-130 Hercules is in flying condition after their inspection and maintenance September 9, 2015 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The 746th AMU airmen

  • 41st EECS Scorpions defend the force with Compass Call

    On the combat frontier in Afghanistan, the ability to disrupt or exploit enemy command and control communication is vital to protecting the lives of U.S. and Coalition tactical air, surface and special operations forces. A big part of that mission is entrusted to the Airmen of the 41st Expeditionary

  • F-22 adapts to OIR conflict, ‘Cleared Hot’ in Iraq, Syria

    On June 23, a pair of F-22 Raptors flying over Syria received a 9-line request for short-notice airstrikes from a Joint Terminal Attack Controller. The JTAC’s target was two field artillery pieces operated by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as Daesh, threatening friendly

  • AFE Airmen share knowledge, experience to better Afghan Air Force

    Airmen assigned to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing recently traveled to Hamid Karzai International Airport to assist Train, Advise, Assist Command-Air with training and validating the Afghan air force’s aircrew flight equipment section.The three day trip gave the 455th AEW Airmen the opportunity to

  • C-130J loadmasters help deliver goods in Afghanistan

    When mission essential goods need to be delivered to bases around Afghanistan, C-130J Super Hercules loadmasters provide the help needed to ensure cargo is placed in the right hands in support of NATO’s Resolute Support mission. The loadmasters here are deployed from Little Rock Air Force Base,

  • Airmen learn all the right moves in 'Check Six'

    Random acts of violence have unfortunately become a scary reality in today’s world.These acts can unfold sporadically, and many times they occur inside work environments.According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics website, from 2006 to 2010, work-related homicides killed an average of 551 workers