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  • Stronger Together: French Air Force combines with CAOC to enhance airpower

    To conduct the synchronization of air assets across more than 4 million miles of U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility, a dynamic force comprised of men and women scattered throughout multiple divisions and cells is needed. It is within the Combined Air Operations Center walls, here, where

  • Wash rack innovation wins AFCENT Spark Tank competition

    For the first time, U.S. Air Forces Central Command opened its innovation doors to field ideas from Airmen through a competition that spanned across U.S. Central Command’s 20-nation theater with the theme of improving operations and navigating the new normal. With the deadline for submissions closed

  • U.S., coalition continue to work together to defeat ISIS

    The Coalition Intelligence Fusion Cell provided intelligence support that enabled a coalition airstrike against the Islamic State on May 10, 2020. The airstrike was executed by a French Dassault Rafale fighter jet partnered with U.S. Air Forces Central Command. The strike targeted an Islamic State

  • AFCENT recognizes Spark Tank winners

    U.S. Air Force Senior Airmen Ryan Disher, Fernando Jimenez, center, and U.S.Air Force Staff Sgt. Justin Grahn, pose for a portrait at Al Udeid Air Base,Qatar, June 9, 2020. Disher, Jimenez and Grahn were presented the first placeaward of the first ever U.S. Air Forces Central Command Spark

  • I AM THE MISSION: 386th MQ-9 Aircraft Maintenance Unit

    Airmen with the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron talk about the different career fields that work wit the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle and how they work together while deployed at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, June 10, 2020.

  • AUAB evolving to be air base of future

    When many people picture or reminisce on deployments, they visualize rugged conditions. While outposts in austere environments do still exist, many other locations such as Al Udeid Air Base have seen significant development in the past 20 years. The 379th Air Expeditionary Wing leads the way on

  • AFCENT leadership conducts virtual troop engagements

    U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Joseph Guastella, commander of U.S. Air Forces Central Command, and U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Shawn Drinkard, command chief master sergeant of AFCENT, conduct virtual troop engagements with Airmen across the U.S. Central Command region. Guastella and Drinkard used the