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  • Munitions airmen build bombs at record pace

    The 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Munitions Flight at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar is setting a new record with each bomb they build.The team of nearly 60 airmen has assembled almost 4,000 bombs since July 2015, surpassing the previous record by more than 1,600.  The weapons the Munitions

  • Firefighters, medics hone skills with exercise

    A car is driving down the road when suddenly disaster strikes. In an instant, the driver loses control and crashes.Eight people are badly injured in the accident and several suffer life-threatening injuries. The driver and passenger are trapped inside.This was the scene as 379th Expeditionary Civil

  • Apache delivery

    A team of airmen use a C-17 Globemaster III to deliver two 3-6 Heavy Cavalry Regiment Apache helicopters from Fort Bliss, Texas to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar Dec. 13. The helicopters are scheduled to take part in the annual Qatar National Day Parade set for Dec. 18. Qatar National Day is a holiday to

  • CSAF, CMSAF bring message of thanks to Airmen

    Gen. Mark Welsh III, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Cody visited Airmen in Jordan, Kuwait, Iraq and Qatar Dec 8 through Dec. 11. The Air Force’s top officer and enlisted leader made the trip to meet with deployed Airmen and thank them for all they do to

  • 379th AEW closes out CFC-O with pie

    Deployed service members at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar gathered at Memorial Plaza December 9 to close out the 2015 Combined Federal Campaign Overseas with a Pie-in-the-Face event.The event allowed people to bid on the right to throw a pie in the face of a member of AUAB leadership. Several

  • Armory Provides Weapons to Protect Base

    The 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron armory at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar is the largest Air Force armory in U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility.The facility maintains more than $5 Million in weapons and equipment including pistols, rifles, machine guns and approximately 100,000

  • Remembering Pearl Harbor

    Just before 8 a.m. on December 7, 1941 320 Japanese war planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The attack destroyed nearly 20 naval vessels, 200 airplanes and killed more than 2,000 service members. The Japanese hoped to cripple the U.S. naval fleet and

  • Nations Come Together to Support Injured Teenager

    Deployed service members at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, joined representatives from the Qatar Emiri Air Force to send a care package to a teenager recovering from a C-1 vertebrae fracture. Gregory is a high school junior, an Eagle Scout and a Civil Air Patrol cadet. He likes hunting, diesel trucks,

  • ROBE Marches Past 50,000 Operational Hours

    The Roll On Beyond Line of Sight Enhancement communication system reached a milestone in November at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar; 50,000 operational hours. The ROBE system is a tactical data link designed to increase situational awareness for coalition aircraft by enabling global connectivity on

  • Supplying the Fight

    The Desert Depot at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar is the largest supply hub in U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility. The facility supports more than 10,000 people, six combatant commands and maintains more than 2,000 line items valued at $35 Million.Since July 2015 the Desert Depot has issued