• For the musicians who brought me home

    If you were to ask any wayward stranger from across the world to describe their culture, I would bet music would be mentioned within the first 10 minutes of your conversation. Music is deeply rooted in our memories of home, a fact made crystal clear to me as I watch and listen to the AFCENT band

  • A simple innovation makes a mighty difference in the fight

    In the grand scheme of things Senior Airman Owen Monaghan, a flying crew chief with the 378th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, only read a 101 word paragraph buried in a 48,527 word, 106 page Air Force technical manual. From those words however, the simple metal box he designed, both

  • Giving wings to the hard-working Airmen

    Award winners, superior performers and leadership assigned to the 378th AEW took to the skies on April 27, in a KC-10 Extender aircraft, assigned to the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron. Climbing high and far away from Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, the mission was a simple one, to

  • Airmen fly final McGuire AFB KC-10 deployment sortie

    U.S. Air Force Capt. Gavin Owens 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron aircraft commander, Capt. Kevin Cabusora, 908th EARS aircraft commander, Airman 1st Class Lauren Hotaling, 908th EARS in-flight refueling specialist, and Tech. Sgt. Justin Lassiter, 908th EARS instructor flight engineer,

  • U.S. Marines, F/A-18s redeploy from PSAB

    The “Silver Eagles” of the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 redeployed from here, March 23, 2022.During their three month stint, the VMFA-115 deployed a squadron of F/A-18 Hornets and support personnel to improve the ability of forces to move fluidly across the theater and show U.S. and coalition

  • 378th ECS makes repairs alongside Saudi partners

    Airman 1st Class Keith Miller and Staff Sgt. Norbert Dudzic, 378th Expeditionary Communications Squadron cable and antenna systems technicians, don their safety harnesses prior to a fiber optic repair at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, March 17, 2022. The 378th ECS performed the

  • 557th ERHS completes 300 acre munitions storage area expansion

    Airmen from the 557th Expeditionary Red Horse Squadron formally celebrated a munitions storage area expansion during a ribbon cutting ceremony here, March 16, 2022.The 300 acre project broke ground in September of 2021 and was executed by a team of 45 total force Airmen, according to Capt. Ericka

  • New KC-10 asset completes first combat mission at PSAB

    A U.S. Air Force KC-10 Extender assigned to the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron taxis on the flight line at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, March 3, 2022. The KC-10 is an advanced tanker and cargo aircraft that delivers Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central)’s global reach