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  • Australian military fills role vital to GWOT

    Most tasks wouldn't happen without teamwork, and the same holds true for the Global War on Terrorism. Many countries comprise the coalition forces that augment the U.S. military's presence in Southwest Asia, including the Australian military. Here, the Royal Australian Air Force contributes planes

  • High-tech search pit operations keep American, Coalition forces secure

    To ensure the safety and security of personnel on base, Airmen search about 900 personnel and 500 vehicles on a daily basis using high-tech equipment and canine assistance. The 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron ensures all vehicles entering the base are secure. They also ensure the third

  • Airmen put C-130 back in the fight

    When a 379th Air Expeditionary Wing C-130 team went out on a transport mission recently, they never thought they'd end up changing an engine on a deserted strip of land outside Shindand, Afghanistan. The C-130 was en route to Shindand on a combat mission when they began having engine trouble. The

  • 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