May 15, 2018 Back in the fight: C-17 resumes airdrops in AOR An Al Udeid-based C-17 completed the first combat-airdrop mission in 18 months over Southern Afghanistan, May 10-11.
Jan. 30, 2017 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron answers the call in the Middle East The 816th EAS, based at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, is vital to the Air Force’s efforts to combat terrorism in the Middle East. Those efforts range from Syria and Iraq to Afghanistan.