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  • Operation Outreach makes a difference in Kabul

    Afghan Air Force advisors assigned to the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing interact with Afghans every day, and during these exchanges, they often learn of people in the local community who need help supporting families and educating youths. A few members work to meet these needs through Operation

  • CSAF visits, thanks deployed Airmen

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III and his wife, Betty, visited an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia Dec. 16 to speak with Airmen, listen to their stories, update them on relevant Air Force issues and thank them for their service.“I am here to say hi, but seriously, the most

  • Practice makes perfect: CASF team hones lifesaving skills

    Medical Technicians assigned to the 455th ExpeditionaryMedical Group’s Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility participated in atraining scenario designed to refine skills and streamline critical transportprocesses here, Dec. 6.The training allowed CASF Airmen to get additional hands-ontraining

  • CSAF visits Team Al Udeid

    Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, visited here, Dec. 14, to meet with Airmen and answer their questions about current Air Force issues.During his visit, Welsh stopped by the Combined Air and Space Operations Center and attended a luncheon with Airmen before finishing the day with an

  • U.S. servicemembers enjoy Qatari hospitality

    U.S. servicemembers deployed to Al Udeid Air Base and Camp As Sayliyah, their families and Department of Defense civilians, enjoyed some fun in the sun during the Qatari Minister of Defense’s Beach House event near Al Khor, Qatar, Dec. 7 through 16.The beach house event, held annually, was hosted by

  • Coalition partnerships key in OIR

    At the forward headquarters of U.S. Air Forces Central Command here, U.S. Airmen work closely with their counterparts from 14 nations as they plan and carry out daily air operations against Da’esh, the group also known as the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. The organization that spearheads

  • BAF’s black-letter initial: 455 EAMXS ups the ante

    Airmen assigned to the 455th Expeditionary AircraftMaintenance Squadron’s Aircraft Maintenance Unit accomplished a rare feat Nov.12, when a C-130J was cleared for takeoff here in black-letter initial status.The expression black-letterinitial originates from the 781H form used to inspect C-130s

  • Al Udeid Blood Transshipment Center keeps blood flowing through AOR

    There is a small team of Airmen here responsible for providing the right blood product, to the right place, at the right time throughout the entire U.S. Central Command’s Area of Responsibility. The Airmen conduct their critical and far reaching mission from the 379th Expeditionary Medical Group

  • NEWS RELEASE: Pilot Killed In F-16 Crash In Middle East

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A U.S. Air Force pilot was killed when an F-16 Fighting Falcon crashed in a non-combat-related incident November 30 at approximately 11 p.m. Eastern. The aircraft was returning to its base in the Middle East shortly after take-off. The crash did not occur in Iraq or Syria.