March 21, 2023 Smooth Landing: Heavy Repair Makes Touchdown Seamless When a 130,000 pound aircraft touches down, it makes an impact. And no matter how good your surface is, over time, everything wears down. So when the 332d Air Expeditionary Wing starts to see cracks in the flight line, they call the 332d Expeditionary Civil Engineer heavy repair flight.
March 13, 2023 Arizona Guard, Oman Partner in State Partnership Program The Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs, Arizona National Guard, and the Sultanate of Oman’s Ministry of Defense signed a State Partnership Program agreement March 13, becoming partners in the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau program.
March 13, 2023 U.S. Air Forces Central conducts Bomber Task Force mission U.S. Air Forces Central conducted a Bomber Task Force mission, March 12.
March 10, 2023 AFCENT celebrates key partner FMS success The Royal Bahraini Air Force, the United States Air Force and Lockheed Martin celebrated the first F-16 Block 70 delivery to Bahrain during a ceremony at Lockheed Martin’s Greenville, South Carolina site at 11 a.m. today.
March 7, 2023 U.S. Air Force partners with French Army for MQ-9 interoperability U.S. Air Force Capt. Maheep Gill (left), 62nd Expeditionary Attack Squadron MQ-9 Reaper pilot, Dan Joseph (center), L-3 Harris contractor, and French Army Master Sgt. Nicolas Eon, Battalion 5 CAV Regiment, Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) watch a live feed from the U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper
March 2, 2023 Task Force 99 welcomes new commander Col. Robert G. Smoker assumed command of Task Force 99 from Lt. Col. Erin K. Brilla during a ceremony at Shaw Air Force Base Feb. 23.
Feb. 26, 2023 Legacies of Liberation After an extensive air campaign, it took less than four days to fully liberate the country of Kuwait. Less than four days, a meager amount of time in the grand history of the world, and yet the legacy of those days carries on 32 years later.
Feb. 24, 2023 U.S. Central Command supports humanitarian assistance, disaster relief efforts in Syria and Türkiye To support ongoing U.S. assistance led by the U.S. Agency for International Development, CENTCOM moved U.S. military tents from Bahrain to Incirlik Air Base in Türkiye for onward movement to affected areas in Syria and Türkiye.
Feb. 21, 2023 9 AF (AFCENT) hosts first Innovation Day Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) hosted its first Innovation Day at the Carolina Skies Club Feb. 15.
Feb. 8, 2023 U.S. Transportation Command’s Top Leader Visits U.S. 5th Fleet U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) hosted the top leader of U.S. Transportation Command at U.S. 5th Fleet headquarters in Bahrain, Feb. 7, during a trip to the Middle East.