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  • Fueling the fight

    They say change is good, but when the battle situation changes it means integrated air operations must be able to change as well. That means staying in the air longer and being able to go as far as necessary to accomplish the mission. U.S and coalition bombers, fighters, and other aircraft take off

  • Command and control unit keeps watch over the skies

    Airmen who sleep in their beds at night don't have worry about who's watching the skies here because of one unit that patrols the sky 24/7. Using an Airborne Warning and Control system, 70 Airmen in the 71st Expeditionary Air Control Squadron in Southwest Asia, along with Army missile battery here,

  • SECAF tours base, discusses current issues

    The Secretary of the Air Force visited Southwest Asia Feb. 5 to meet with Airmen here, discuss current issues, and view the progress of the base and its assets. While here, the Honorable Michael W. Wynne toured the Combined Air and Space Operations Center and had breakfast with Airmen there, cut the

  • First active duty C-130J deploys to AOR

    The 379th Air Expeditionary Wing welcomed the newest member of its fleet today as the first active duty C-130J deployed to the area of responsibility landed in Southwest Asia. "We're not only the first active duty, C-130J deployment, it's also a record-setting event," said Lt. Col. Dan Tulley, 41st

  • 379th ELRS Defense Reutilization Marketing Office

    As a customer scavenges through discarded generators, vehicles and unserviceable government property, hoping to find the part he needs, two 'Junkyard dogs,' Staff Sgt. Alain Diaz, and Airman 1st Class Frank Nitti, deployed here from Eglin Air Force Base, Fl., catalog, sort and process items destined

  • SECAF declares new complex officially open

    Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne visited Southwest Asia Feb. 5 for the grand opening of the Blatchford-Preston Complex, a $106.9 million construction project including improved recreational facilities and the bases' first permanent dormitories. Opening the Blatchford-Preston complex,

  • Fight night boosts morale on base

    Punch for punch and jab for jab, servicemembers at a Southwest Asia base Jan. 25 slugged it out for three one-minute rounds to the delight of more than 1,000 cheering fans. The brainchild of the Desert 5 Airmen morale team, the purpose of the event was to raise esprit de corps and unite our sister