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  • Reserve first sergeants hit ground running, adapt to active duty tempo

    SOUTHWEST ASIA-- Every Airman serving has to meet the same training, education and proficiency standards of their career field, regardless of whether or not they are active duty, Air National Guard or Air Force Reserve. Here at the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, total force integration is exemplified

  • Time Tested; Airman, aircraft serve 21 years together

    Since entering active military service in 1956, the C-130 Hercules has earned its place in the storied history of air power, time and time again. From Vietnam all the way up through Operation Inherent Resolve, the C-130 has always made a name for itself.

  • Aircraft Parts Store feeds fight in OIR

    Over time, wear and tear of aircraft parts can cause planes to be down for days at a time. It’s the job of one shop, in coordination with aircraft maintainers, to try and prevent this from happening.

  • Matrons of the maintenance world

    Some may fear change, but it can encourage the impossible. In a career field typically dominated by males, these six women are breaking the mold and rising to the challenge.

  • HVAC keeps the Rock cool

    The motor whines nearly dying from suffocation as the sun beats down from the dusty sky above. Slowly but surely the air conditioning unit takes its last breath of cool air as the motor comes to a dying halt.Minutes later, the people inside stop feeling the refreshing cool air and realize what

  • Heartbeat of the Mission

    Service members are the mission’s heart, and just like the heart pumping oxygen and blood throughout the body to sustain life, they work diligently to keep the mission alive.  The clinic provides that heartbeat, ensuring the wing has a medically fit force.The 386th Expeditionary Medical Group’s