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  • Airmen deliver bullets to Beirut to aid Lebanese military

    C-17 Globemaster III crews of the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron delivered bullets to Beirut as part of a short notice ammunition re-supply tasking in support of the Lebanese military. The 816th EAS, a tenant unit of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing based out of Southwest Asia, was given the

  • 746TH EAS supports OEF with leaflet drop

    Crewmembers with the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron here participated in a leaflet drop over Afghanistan Monday. The crew, from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, dropped 80,000 leaflets on four parts of the area of responsibility known to be inhabited by the Taliban in an effort to send specific

  • Total Force CRC controls skies over combat theater

    In the midst of the bustling air wing is a camp along a dirt road where a team of air battle managers are hard at work monitoring the air waves every second of every day -- keeping watch of the skies. Seventy Airmen, Soldiers and Guardsmen of the 71st Expeditionary Air Control Squadron operate a

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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