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  • New transient armory to service AOR

    Two newly acquired portable armories were hoisted on base streamlining weapons processes for Airmen in theater. The new portable armories will allow the 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron to roll up operations at one of their two armory locations and eventually combine their operations

  • Desert Eagle Team focuses on becoming better Airmen through wingman culture

    Airmen with the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing participated in Wingman Week here June 10 through 16. Wingman Week is meant to emphasize the importance of Airmen helping other Airmen make responsible choices. "The bedrock of what makes Airmen good wingmen is our core values. Imbedded in integrity,

  • Precision airdrops deliver on target and out of danger using JPADS

    Water, food and ammunition are only useful if they make it to the people who need them. Fortunately for battlefield Airmen, Soldiers and Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan these supplies are flown in using the Joint Precision Airdrop System. C-17 Globemaster IIIs at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing are

  • Expeditionary firefighters save B-1B Lancer

    The 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron fire and emergency services flight here proved they are ready for action at a moment's notice when they responded to a fire on the flight line May 31. A B-1B Lancer about to take off reported a hot-brake emergency on the flight line, which means its

  • Quenching the battle with JP-8

    Providing around the clock responsive, flexible, and dependable air refueling is their mission -- delivering JP-8 to combat aircraft in colossal amounts is what they do. The 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron here offloads more than 40 million pounds of fuel in a single month. This equates

  • General Lyon takes reigns as newest 379th AEW commander

    Brig. Gen. Charles Lyon assumed command of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in a ceremony June 5. Ninth Air Force and U.S. Central Command Air Forces commander Lt. Gen. Gary North ceremonially passed the guidon from outgoing commander Brig. Gen. Charles Shugg to General Lyon as dictated in upholding

  • Airmen fuel flight at record pace

    With the operations tempo and amount of aircraft sorties being flown a day, how do the flight crews stop for gas? The volume of fuel moved at this base between receiving it, transferring it and issuing it is more than any other base in the Air Force and the 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness

  • Security as important as ever in deployed environment

    Some people might say loose lips sink ships, and they'd be right. The phrase was created by the Navy during World War II to remind servicemembers and their families that releasing tidbits of information that might seem harmless can actually cause quite a bit of damage. The enemy can glean knowledge

  • Customs, courtesies display of respect

    As we go about our daily lives, we get busy and, at times, forget who we are dealing with on the receiving end of our conversations - people, leaders, Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines. We've all suffered bouts of selective amnesia, so I'd like to offer a quick thought ... common courtesies