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  • General Grynkewich completes final flight as AFCENT commander

    Lt. Gen. Alex Grynkewich, Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) commander, completes his final flight as the AFCENT commander, April 9, 2024, at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. The fini-flight is an Air Force tradition marking pilots’ departure from a unit, or the last time they fly an aircraft. As the

  • Special Operations Joint Task Force Central Establishes Space Force Team

    Special Operations Joint Task Force Central established Space Force-Team Sentinel, Feb. 16, 2024.Team Sentinel is SOJTF-C’s designated space support element operating throughout Central and South Asia and the Arabian Peninsula. It provides integrated full spectrum space-based capabilities across

  • Task Force-99 leads change in drone development, employment

    Shots ring out, a unit is pinned down in a firefight. The mountainous terrain and enemy fire make it difficult for personnel to exit the hot zone. Multiple casualties are in desperate need of medical attention. Broken radio chatter fills the air throughout the chaos.MRAPs can’t make it through the

  • Airmen load AFCENT C-130s with humanitarian aid bound for Gaza

    Bundles of humanitarian aid destined for Gaza are prepped for loading onto a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules at an undisclosed location within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, April 2, 2024. The U.S. Air Force’s rapid global mobility capability is enabling the expedited movement

  • Airmen load AFCENT C-130s with humanitarian aid bound for Gaza

    Bundles of humanitarian aid destined for Gaza are prepped for loading onto a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules at an undisclosed location within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, April 1, 2024. The U.S. Air Force’s rapid global mobility capability is enabling the expedited movement

  • SPACECENT stands up new combat detachment

    U.S. Space Force Lt. Col. Deane L. Lake assumed command of U.S. Space Forces Central Combat Detachment 3-1 during an activation and assumption of command ceremony at an undisclosed location within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, March 12, 2024.

  • US Airmen, Soldiers airdrop humanitarian aid into Gaza

    U.S. Air Forces Central and U.S. Army Central conduct joint and combined airdrop operations with two C-17 Globemaster IIIs from an undisclosed location in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, March 25, 2024. Air Mobility Command deployed C-17 aircraft and personnel with expertise in

  • Airmen load Jordanian humanitarian aid onto AFCENT C-130s for Gaza

    U.S. Air Force loadmasters load Jordanian-provided humanitarian aid destined for Gaza onto a U.S. Air Forces Central HC-130J Combat King II at an undisclosed location within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, March 24, 2024. The U.S. has prioritized the delivery of humanitarian aid to

  • AMC C-17s bolster AFCENT humanitarian aid airdrops to Gaza

    U.S. Air Forces Central Airmen and U.S. Army Central Soldiers prepare humanitarian aid destined for airdrop over Gaza on an Air Mobility Command C-17 Globemaster III at an undisclosed location in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, March 21, 2024. Joint Base Charleston deployed C-17s to

  • AFCENT Airmen load Jordanian humanitarian aid for Gaza

    U.S. Air Force loadmasters load bundles of humanitarian aid destined for an airdrop over Gaza onto a HC-130J Combat King II at an undisclosed location within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, March 20, 2024. The U.S. has conducted 14 combined airdrop missions since March 2 to support