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  • Forging partnerships: AF, Royal Navy medical teams train onboard HMS Ocean

    Over the course of five days, medical personnel from the 379th Expeditionary Medical Operations Squadron and Royal Navy worked together to test their capabilities during coalition exercise Azraq Serpent, Jan. 23-27. In a joint effort between U.S. Central Command components, the United Kingdom

  • JSTARS Airmen achieve 1M hours of flight time

    The 7th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron flew the Air Force’s E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System, or JSTARS, worldwide fleet to its one millionth flight hour September, 6, 2016, following a combat mission in support of operations throughout the U.S. Air Forces

  • AFCENT commander gets first-hand look of 379th AEW mission

    Lt. Gen. Jeffrey L. Harrigian, U.S. Air Forces Central Command commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Joseph Montgomery, USAFCENT command chief, visit 379th Air Expeditionary Wing to get an inside look at what deployed service members do on a daily basis August 11, 2016. 379th AEW Airmen briefed Harrigian

  • Cryogenics helps pilots breathe easy across AOR

    The 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron cryogenics team inspected liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen tanks prior to aircraft shipment Aug. 5 here.  The cryogenics team provides quality aviation breathing oxygen, liquid oxygen, and liquid nitrogen in support of operations through the U.S.

  • 914th AW’s C-130s say final goodbye to AUAB

    After 11 years of deploying here supporting the U.S. Air Forces Central Command area of responsibility, Airmen from the 914th Airlift Wing out of Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y., will say their goodbyes as they end their rotation and fly out with their C-130 Hercules’ for the final time

  • Bridging the mission: GLO provides air-to-ground strike link

    Seeing a B-52 Stratofortress drop bombs is a breathtaking sight, but a lot happens behind the scenes before that first bomb is released on the enemy. One vital tool in ensuring the mission is successful is clear communication between the Ground Liaison Officer and the aircrews here. U.S. Army Capt.

  • ‘Mad Mules’ load P-19 ARFF vehicle onto ‘Herk’ to support OIR

    A C-130H Hercules was loaded with a 23,000 pound Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting vehicle in less than 20 minutes here today, under cargo lights on an otherwise pitch-black flightline, with dozens of Airmen making it happen. How, exactly?  Airmen from the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, 379th

  • CAPS does its part, keeps CENTCOM In the fight

    Quick accessto spare engines, batteries, C-130 wheels or just an O-ring on a gas gauge couldsave time, money, and maybe even lives downrange. The Consolidated AircraftPart Store is where more than 18 thousand sorties per year gain their support. Having morethan 390 thousand items in stock daily