May 8, 2017 Care Under Fire: Nurses provide medical, emotional support for those in need A doctor’s office can induce feelings of uncertainty and anguish, but those emotions quickly fade away when a warmhearted nurse greets you.
May 6, 2017 Weather flight Airmen revamp procedures Many complex factors go into the planning of a mission and something as simple as the weather is no less important. At the 379th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron, Operations Weather Flight Airmen collected and analyzed weather data, predicted patterns and briefed aircrews before each
May 5, 2017 Anniversary of airpower: Famous fighter squadron celebrates centennial while deployed The 27th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron is slated to celebrate 100 years of airpower while deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, May 8, 2017.
May 3, 2017 386th airfield managers take runway to new heights Managing an airfield is never an easy task, especially when it’s one of the busiest in the U.S. Air Forces Central Command area of responsibility and owned and controlled by a host nation. Responsible for the overall continuity of the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing’s airfield, the airfield management
April 27, 2017 ‘Triple Nickel’ returns to Afghanistan, continues counterterrorism operations Airmen and F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 555th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, from Aviano Air Base, Italy, deployed to Afghanistan in support of the premiere counterterrorism wing.
April 21, 2017 Airmen help Iraqi air force maintain air dominance BAHGDAD – Instructor pilots from the 370th Expeditionary Air Squadron, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, have an important role working with the Iraqi Air Force to maintain air dominance in the fight in against ISIS. These Airmen train Iraqi pilots to fly
April 11, 2017 VCSAF, CMSAF visit 386th AEW Gen. Stephen W. Wilson, Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, and Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright visited the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, April 9, 2017.
March 11, 2017 US, Qatar Emiri Air Forces build relations, fix aircraft The C-17 Globemaster III aircraft is crucial to Air Mobility Command’s airlift mission at Al Udeid, enabling the movement and supply of warfighters throughout the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. When two C-17’s were grounded here due to the need for extensive maintenance, Airmen with