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  • 379th ESFS entry controllers help maintain ‘eternal vigilance’

    You come in contact with them every day. While you sleep, they help keep you safe. While you work, they're your base defenders. The 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron gate guards are responsible for deterring threats and keeping the base, its assets and personnel safe. They guard the entry

  • ARC provides reintegration assistance

    Most people look forward to the reintegration process of deployments. Reintegration means it's time to prepare to return back to your homestation. It's a time to reconnect with families and friends. Airmen should be aware that while they've been gone, their family back home has learned to

  • Muslims celebrate Ramadan in Sept.

    September marks the beginning of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting for many of the host-nation's citizens. Ramadan runs from about Sept. 12 to Oct. 13. It is during this month in A.D. 683 that Muslims believe Allah called on Muhammad to serve as his prophet, passing down writings that would become

  • Chief of chaplains visits 379th AEW

    The Air Force Chief of Chaplains visited the base this week. Ch. (Maj. Gen.) Charles Baldwin came to the Desert Eagle Team in the latest stop on a tour that took him throughout the combat theater to visit Airmen and chaplains ensuring their spiritual needs are taken care of. As the chief of

  • CENTAF commander visits 379th Air Expeditionary Wing

    Lt. Gen. Gary North, U.S. Central Command Air Forces and 9th Air Force commander, visited the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing Wednesday, kicking off a tour that will take him to expeditionary bases throughout the area of responsibility. General North discussed issues surrounding the Air Force's

  • 212 Senior Airmen Promoted

    Congratulations to the following 212 senior airmen who were promoted to the rank of staff sergeant Wednesday: 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron Eugene Dingle Jason Hitchcock Michael Johnson Joshua Maschmeyer Phillip Pall Gatlin Rowland 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron Marigold Villa 82nd Combat

  • Millennium Village Transition Team looks to the future

    The 379th Air Expeditionary Wing's Millennium Village Transition Team is working toward their objective of moving as many people as soon as possible into to the state-of-the-art complex here, establishing a more permanent presence at the wing. The MVTT includes five Airmen from a variety of

  • 8th EAMS moves passengers, freight throughout AOR

    Almost everyone deployed here has been touched by the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron. The squadron runs the aerial port here, which is comprised of several flights: passenger services, air freight, load planning, fleet services and the Air Terminal Operations Center. The passenger services

  • Bringing the heat: Expeditionary Airmen build bombs for the 379th

    From an isolated compound eight miles from the main part of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, in 125 degree heat, munitions systems specialists have been churning out bombs to the tune of nearly 400 over the past two weeks. "The minute we hit the ground we started building bombs for combat ... about

  • CT II enables secure e-mails across thousands of miles

    C-130 aircraft with the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron here are conducting operations with secure, near real-time command and control communications through new technology. Combat Track II is installed in the aircraft and in offices on the ground, improving how C-130 aircrews communicate with