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  • 44 EFS provides deterrence, support to region

    44 EFS provides deterrence, support to region

    F-15C Eagles from the 44th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron takeoff in support of Operation INHERENT RESOLVE at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aug. 25, 2020.
  • Brig. Gen. Mark Slocum, right, accepts command of the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing from Maj. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force-Levant commander, during a change of command ceremony in Southwest Asia, June 20, 2019.

    Red Tails welcome new 332nd AEW Commander

    U.S. Joint and Coalition service members gathered to welcome the new commander of the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing during a change of command June 20 in Southwest Asia.
  • 387 AES JET/IA Airmen Provide Contracting, E&I Support in Iraq

    387 AES JET/IA Airmen Provide Contracting, E&I Support in Iraq

    Some distance away from any Air Force installation, a group of forward-deployed Airmen sit at Erbil Air Base, Iraq, working diligently to provide contingency contracting support in the CENTCOM area of responsibility. These forward-deployed Airmen, better known as Joint Expeditionary Tasked and Individual Augmentees, or JET/IA Airmen for short, work
  • Camp Sparta is a secure and isolated compound where joint service logisticians from across all branches of service and support disciplines are attached to United States Special Operations Command Central’s Joint Special Operations Forces Support Detachment – K. The compound serves as a trans-regional, intermediate-level staging base and logistics hub for special operations personnel and cargo coming in and out of theater. The JSSD-K mission has been around since 2012, but in December 2016, a U.S. Central Command execution order solidified and expanded its mission.

    Air Force contributes to JSSD-K mission in AOR

    Camp Sparta is a secure and isolated compound where joint service logisticians from across all branches of service and support disciplines are attached to United States Special Operations Command Central’s Joint Special Operations Forces Support Detachment – K. The compound serves as a trans-regional, intermediate-level staging base and logistics hub for special operations personnel and cargo coming in and out of theater. The JSSD-K mission has been around since 2012, but in December 2016, a U.S. Central Command execution order solidified and expanded its mission.
  • Multiple base agencies conduct a joint chemical response exercise

    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.
  • Gen. Lengyel, Chief of National Guard Bureau, checks in with Guardsmen deployed to Qatar

    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.
  • U.S. Air Force Capt. Rafael Toro-Quinones, officer in charge assigned to the Air Force Central Command Band, Touch-n-Go, listens to the band during a recording session where the band recorded their punk rock rendition of the Air Force Song at Al Udeid, Air Force Base, Qatar, Sept. 21, 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.
  • U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. David Nahom, center, deputy commander, U.S. Air Forces Central Command, greets U.S. Army Gen. Joseph Votel, U.S. Central Command commander, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Sept. 8, 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.
  • Master Sgts. Scott Hose and Daniel Hose, twin brothers, are both deployed to Iraq in support of Combined Joint Task Force -Operation Inherent Resolve. CJTF-OIR is the global Coalition to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria.

    Twin brothers compete for rank as they serve, deploy to Iraq together

    Throughout the history of the military it has remained common for generations of men and women to follow in their family members’ footsteps and serve their country proudly. It’s also not unheard of for siblings to join together and serve together.
  • This week's Rock Solid Warrior is Airman 1st Class Jason Wainer, a cyber transport systems technician, deployed from Robins Air Force Base, Ga. The Rock Solid Warrior program is a way to recognize and spotlight the Airmen of the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing for their positive impact and commitment to the mission.

    Resiliency pays off for rock solid warrior, soldier of the month

    Working to stand up a forward operating base’s communications and network infrastructure from the ground up is not an easy task. Airmen assigned to the 386th Air Expeditionary Squadron accepted that challenge working around the clock in an austere environment, digging trenches and laying cables to supply communication services to joint service military members deployed to Syria.
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