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Jan. 20, 2021
379th ESFS and EOD team up for counter UAS training

The 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron and 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal team partnered for a counter-small unmanned aerial systems training event at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Dec. 11, 2020.
Nov. 30, 2020
U.S. Army and Air Force service members participate in readiness exercise at Al Udeid AB

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Koran Brillion, a firefighter with the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron fire and emergency services, repositions a hose outside of a simulated burning structure during a mass casualty exercise Nov. 18, 2020, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The joint service event
March 18, 2019
AUAB power projection: Aeromedical Evacuation

If any servicemember throughout U.S. Central Command needs medical care beyond what they are able to receive locally, they don’t need to worry. The 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron has them covered.
Feb. 13, 2019
379th ELRS earns first ‘Daedalian’ award

The 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron receiv ed the “Daedalian” award during a ceremony Feb. 11, 2019, declaring them the best LRS unit in U.S. Air Forces Central Command and Air Combat Command.
Sept. 20, 2018
B-1B weapons loaders conduct combat-capability training

Weapons load crews assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron conduct a training exercise on a B-1B Lancer assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron with inert munitions at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Sept. 13, 2018.
Nov. 29, 2017
Multiple base agencies conduct a joint chemical response exercise

U.S. Airmen from multiple agencies participate in a joint chemical response exercise at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Nov. 25, 2017.
Nov. 24, 2017
Gen. Lengyel checks in with Guardsmen deployed to AUAB

U.S. Air Force Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, Chief of the National Guard Bureau and member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher S. Kepner, senior enlisted advisor to the Chief, NGB, visited deployed Guardsmen at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Nov. 24, 2017.
Oct. 23, 2017
The AFCENT Band, Touch-n-Go, records their punk rock rendition of the Air Force Song

Members of the U.S. Air Force Central Command Band, Touch-n-Go, set up a temporary recording studio and cut their own punk rock rendition of the Air Force Song at Al Udeid, Air Force Base, Qatar, Sept. 21, 2017.
Sept. 25, 2017
Gen Votel visits the 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron

U.S. Army Gen. Joseph Votel, U.S. Central Command commander, flew on a combat mission aboard a B-52 Stratofortress, and spent time talking with deployed Airmen at the 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron here.
Aug. 25, 2017
Firefighters Strengthen Partnership and Build Camaraderie

Over the public address system, firefighters with the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron’s Fire and Emergency Services Flight and the Qatar Emiri Air Force Fire Department receive a message to respond to a simulated explosion on, Aug. 1.