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  • Storytellers come to Al Udeid

    Every Airman has a story and it may be a story that someoneneeds to hear to overcome life’s difficulties. Recently, a Storytellers eventmade its way to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Oct. 4.Storytellers is comprised of individuals wanting and able toshare their life stories with other Service members.

  • Geared up, ready to go

    U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Rodney Ignacio, 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron armory noncommissioned officer in-charge, issues Service members their weapons Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Oct. 7, 2014. The armory will process more than 7,000 weapons over a month and a half time period. (U.S.

  • Al Udeid recognizes Fire Prevention Week

    Members from the Al Udeid Air Force Base Fire Department demonstrate the use of a smoke detector during Fire Prevention Week at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Oct. 9, 2014. According to the National Fire Protection Association website, the week commemorates the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The fire killed

  • 934th Reserve joins 386th in Southwest Asia

    Airmen from the 934th Airlift Wing, Minneapolis-St Paul Air Reserve Station, Minnesota arrive in Southwest Asia Sept. 12, 2014. The unit will be stationed here for the next four months in support of Operation Enduring Freedom replacing the 910th Airlift Wing from Youngstown Air Reserve Station,

  • 41 EECS Scorpions execute theater electronic warfare

    With more than 6,600 sorties and 38,000 flying hours in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, the 41st Expeditionary Electronic Combat Squadron provides premier counter-communications electronic attack capabilities here.The unit flies the EC-130H Compass Call aircraft which is configured to execute

  • Airmen showcase AUAB mission to Congressman Fitzpatrick

    Congressman Michael Fitzpatrick, from Pennsylvania’s 8th District greets Lt. Col. Van Thai, 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron commander at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Oct. 3, 2014. Fitzpatrick received a tour of the base and spoke with Airmen from his home state of Pennsylvania. (U.S. Air

  • The eyes of the Air Force

    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Richard Erler, and Senior Airman Marcus Jenkins, 379th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron air traffic controlllers, talk on the radio at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Sept. 24, 2014. Erler is deployed from the 55th Operations Support Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base,

  • AUAB En-Route Patient Staging Facility

    The 379th Medical Group opened a new En-route Patient Staging Facility at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Sept. 30, 2014. The new facility will increase capabilities by more than 160 percent, by expanding capacity from 13 beds to 21. The facility will help return Service members to the fight sooner, while

  • A place to belong

    Staff Sgt. Ruta Shibeshi is an Airman in the United States Air Force. What sounds like a job title to most, to Shibeshi has meant family, friends and a place to belong.

  • Next Stop: Home

    Baggage tags are available for service members in transit back to their home station at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Oct. 1, 2014. The 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron’s passenger terminal averages more than 85,000 passengers with 3,200 tons of accompanying baggage and nearly 1,000 distinguished