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  • 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

  • Coping with deployment

    "What should I do after work today?"... "I don't know anyone here, and I don't have anyone to hang out with"... "Man, I miss my family"..."Well, I guess I will just hang out in my room again." These are the common thought patterns among deployed members. "Deployment to any location is stressful to

  • ARC offers servicemembers resources for deployment, redeployment

    Looking for a quiet place to use a phone or computer? Wishing you had more resources on reintegration? Hoping home is as good when you go back as it was when you left it? The Airman Readiness Center can help! Here in Southwest Asia, it is Air Combat Command's only deployed ARC and is a test-template

  • 379 AEW selects 'Hard Chargers' for December

    Airman CategorySenior Airman Kendra M. Krepp is a Unit Support Intelligence Threat-to-Air Operations analyst assigned to the Combined Air Operations Center, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance Division for 365 days. Her home station is Langley Air Force Base, Va. and her hometown is Cedar

  • 379 AEW monthly and quarterly award winners announced

    In a ceremony at the base theater Jan. 31, the award winners for the month of Jan. and the fourth quarter of 2007 were announced. The winners are: Honor Guard Airman of the Month Airman 1st Class Gilbert N. Combs Honor Guard NCO of the Month Staff Sgt. Daniel Mulford 379 AEW's Airman of the Month

  • Feb. promotees announced

    In a ceremony at the base theater Jan. 31, the promotees from the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing and associate units were announced. The promotees for the month of Feb. are: To Airman 1st Class Ryan A. Niemiec Josueli A. Aviles Brandon L. Owens To Senior Airman Byron Ragland Ian O. Marion Shawn E.