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  • Exercise tests readiness of Team ADAB

    U.S. Air Force Central is committed to ensuring personnel have the force protection resources they need and deserve. In this article, leadership from the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing discuss what went into the planning and execution of this recent defense exercise, and how it ties into the big

  • AUAB receives first NPC, enhances medical mission

    Airmen prepare to off load a specialized medical container designed to transport individuals with infectious diseases at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Sept. 18, 2020. The Negatively Pressurized Conex, or NPC, is configured for the C-17 Globemaster III and C-5 Super Galaxy aircraft to safely transport up

  • 379th AEW conducts first KC-135 hot refueling in USAF

    To advance the agility of Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Airmen from the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing performed a validation and verification of the first hot refueling of a KC-135 Stratotanker in the U.S. Air Force on Sept. 21, 2020.

  • Medical care in the air

    AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar – On a typical mission with one crew, two flight nurses and three aeromedical technicians, the Airmen assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron have the ability to transform nearly any cargo aircraft into a flying hospital.

  • 378 ELRS increases mission capability with 50K RTCH

    Members of the 378th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron receive a 50K tractor with a rough terrain container handler attachment at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sept. 8, 2020.

  • From flip phone to smart phone: AWACS gets an upgrade

    The first fully qualified crew under the new crew design for the E-3 G Airborne Warning and Control System reached their deployment location in September 2020.The new crew design, introduced in 2016, was inspired by the Block 40/45 Modernization Program update to the E-3 AWACS weapons system. As the