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  • Airlift squadron delivers crucial supplies to warfighters

    The aircraft commander plants her C-17 down firmly, reversing the four turbine engines and applying the brakes hard to compensate for the short runway. A cloud of red clay dirt and pebbles kicks up into a rooster tail and trails the jet down the austere air strip of a forward operating base in

  • Deployed Mentors Help Airmen Find Ideal Career Fields

    Airmen here often find themselves needing to make major career decisions while deployed, and, far away from career advisors and other personnel specifically trained to help, the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing Top IV has stepped in to fill the need. The Mentor/Shadow Program, currently managed by

  • FAST ensures aircraft remain safe in austere conditions

    Traveling with aircraft to places where there are no local U.S. military personnel, special security members protect the planes until they return to home station. The Fly Away Security Team, a group of eight security forces members from the wing here, were selected from squadrons at their home

  • Clinicians help clear the smoke

    While there are many reasons people choose to smoke, the mental health clinic here can help those who chose to stop. The clinic offers individual and group sessions and/or medication for members looking to wean off their nicotine habits. "The group session is [best]," said Master Sgt. John Steege,

  • Aircrew flight equipment members inspect, ensure flyer survivability

    The life support and survival equipment shops merged to give aircrews a single point of contact for all of their Aircrew Flight Equipment needs. An Air Force-wide move, but a first in the U.S. Air Forces Central area of responsibility, the merge reflects the base's move from expeditionary to