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  • Staff Sgt. Jonathon Keck, with the 379th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 34th Aircraft Maintenance Unit here, prepares to fuel a B-1B Lancer by hooking up the gas hose to the ground. Sergeant Keck is deployed from the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. and is from San Antonio.

    379th Maintainers keep B-1 Thunderbirds at tip of spear

    Expeditionary Airmen are critical to the fight in the Global War on Terrorism, and the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing proved just how crucial it is to be trained and work efficiently during a B-1 combat mission where pilots and maintainers responded successfully to a "catastrophic" hydraulic system failure. The aircrew had to perform an emergency
  • A Navy P-3, with the Patrol Squadron EIGHT, takes off from Southwest Asia. Orignally designed for anti-submarine warfare, the Commander, Task Group 57.2 uses the plane in the area of responsibility for ground surveillance.

    Navy’s P-3 Orions provide overwatch for servicemembers in AOR

    When a unit's primary mission is anti-submarine warfare, flying over the Middle East performing missions for convoys and ground troops can be both a challenge and an exciting change. Commander, Task Group 57.2 is composed primarily of members of Patrol Squadron EIGHT (VP-8) "Fighting Tigers" who perform battle-group support and intelligence,
  • Airman 1st Class David Wonsitler, 34th Aircraft Maintenance Unit electro-environment maintainer, preps a heat exchanger for installation. The heat exhanger cools the coolant oil in the avionics bay to keep all electronic parts from overheating. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Erik Hofmeyer)

    Turnin' wrenches

  • Staff Sgt. Abram Norwood (right) and Senior Airman Christopher Graham, 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Expeditionary Theater Distribution Center mobility specialists, build up individual body armor vests Tuesday. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Erik Hofmeyer)

    Gearing up: Desert Eagle Team helps process, move servicemembers here, to forward locations

    Almost everyone in the Air Force deploys to one place or another at some point in their career. Getting people to the right place at the right time can take a huge amount of coordination and teamwork on everyone's part. Many units and missions come together to help ensure the smoothest transition possible into a deployed location. Here, such units
  • Lt. Gen. David Deptula (left), deputy chief of staff for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, met with Brig. Gen. Charles Shugg (right), 379th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, during his visit here. The general discussed how a combined arms campaign with integrated airpower is the only way to build success in both theaters.

    AF intelligence officer visits 379th AEW

    The deputy chief of staff for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance recently visited the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing to talk to wing intelligence and ISR squadrons about the importance of their mission and learn about new processes in the area of responsibility. Capt. Lisa Corley and Maj. Todd Geohagan, 379th Expeditionary Operations

  • Base uses new AFSO 21 office to focus on improving processes

    Budget cuts have energized the Air Force to look at the way Airmen do business. With fewer people and less money, the search for lean ideas has swept across the service and Airmen at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing have responded. The 379th AEW Plans and Programs office is now the central point for funneling ideas from wing personnel for Air Force
  • Senior Airman Dustin Storm, 379th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron air traffic control journeyman, watches as a British Royal Air Force VC10 Air Tanker taxis after landing at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Erik Hofmeyer)

    ATC Airmen manage safe, efficient operation

    A team of Airmen observe the diversity of air power used in the Global War on Terrorism from the highest vantage point on base - the air traffic control tower. Forward deployed U.S. Armed Forces and Coalition partners depend on every flight that takes off from and lands at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, which among other missions, serves as a
  • First Lt. Ryan Brewer, 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron pilot, displays one of the Atlanta Braves baseballs that is making a trip around the world. A Georgia native, Lieutenant Brewer recorded a shout out that could be played at the game on Sept. 18 as part of the 60th Anniversary “Heritage to Horizons” celebration. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Wes Ticer)

    60th Anniversary Heritage to Horizons event gives wing Airmen a spotlight opportunity

    The 379th Air Expeditionary Wing received a special package from Georgia last week that might help put a couple base Airmen in the spotlight later this year. A briefcase containing Atlanta Braves-logo baseballs is making its way around the CENTCOM area of responsibility as part of Air Force 60th Anniversary "Heritage to Horizons" events throughout
  • Capt. Todd Patterson, 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron pilot, chats with Infantrymen from the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Wednesday. The “Thunderbirds” were called upon daily to provide close air support for the Fusiliers through bombing and shows of force and presence. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Erik Hofmeyer)

    Fusilier Company gets ‘royal treatment’

    A group of redeploying British infantrymen passed through the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing Tuesday and introduced themselves to Airmen who helped them out during some tough days of contact with Taliban forces near Sangin, Afghanistan. C Company Group, 2nd Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers were treated to a B-1B Lancer tour by the 34th
  • Staff Sgt. Matt Shields, 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron loadmaster (center), works with 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron personnel to configure the floorplan on a C-17 Globemaster for a mission Tuesday. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Erik Hofmeyer)

    816th EAS brings 'bombs, beans and bullets' to the fight

    "Bringing the bombs, beans and bullets to the warfighter" is how Capt. Aaron Oelrich described the mission of the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron while on his way to fly an airlift mission into Iraq. And "bring it" they do, to the tune of about one million pounds of cargo daily. The 816th EAS, a 379th Air Expeditionary Wing tenant unit, is
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