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  • 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

  • AFCENT delivers Jordanian humanitarian aid to Gaza

    U.S. Air Force service members load bundles of Jordanian 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 16, 2024. The U.S. has conducted 12 combined airdrop missions since March

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

    U.S. Air Force Airmen load humanitarian aid, bound for airdrop over Gaza, aboard a C-130J Super Hercules at an undisclosed location within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility March 15, 2024. This is the eleventh U.S. airdrop since March 2 to support civilian populations on the ground in

  • Combined Forces Complete 10th Humanitarian Airdrop into Gaza

    U.S. Air Force loadmasters prepare humanitarian aid destined for Gaza by a U.S. Air Forces Central HC-130J Combat King II at an undisclosed location in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, March 14, 2024. This is the tenth U.S. airdrop since March 2 to support civilian populations

  • AFCENT deploys AMC C-17s to enhance humanitarian airdrops into Gaza

    Humanitarian aid pallets destined for Gaza are prepared for airdrop aboard a C-17 Globemaster III assigned to Air Mobility Command at an undisclosed location within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, March 13, 2024. Joint Base Charleston deployed C-17s to further enhance airdrop