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  • Exercise: Firefighters save aircrew member

    Firefighters assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron participated in a training exercise at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar Nov. 20. During the exercise, firefighters put out a simulated fire on a KC-135 Stratotanker and rescued an inured aircrew member from the cockpit. Training

  • Record-setting flight engineer plans to retire

    Everyone waits for his approval before the plane takes off.He is Master Sgt. Curtis Stark, 7th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron superintendent. In nearly three decades of service Stark has flown more than 400 combat missions in the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar

  • Walking Together Provides More than Exercise

     “Families that walk together, talk together.”  November is the month of the military family and the Airman and Family Readiness Center at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar held its second annual family walk Nov. 14.“Families can’t really talk if they are running at different paces, but if they walk they can

  • USAF, Qatar Emiri Air Force conduct joint exercise

    Members of the Qatar Emiri Air Force joined U.S. airmen at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar Nov. 12 for an anti-hijacking and force protection exercise.The training exercise featured an attempted hijacking of a KC-135 Stratotanker by a mentally unstable individual and required airmen from a myriad of

  • Policy Revision for AUAB

    The 379th Air Expeditionary Wing is revising the Al Udeid Air Base Instruction 31-204, Motor Vehicle Traffic Supervision’s policy. The changes are scheduled to go into effect Nov. 20.Under the old policy service members were able to drive in Coalition Compound and Blatchford-Preston Complex as long

  • Honoring the Past

    French and coalition service members commemorate Armistice Day Nov. 11 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Armistice Day, an annual holiday to commemorate the end of World War I, was established in 1918. Col. Pascal Sotty, senior ranking French officer, read the order of the day #5961 originally read by

  • AUAB honors veterans past, present

    Hundreds of service members from Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar gathered Nov. 11 to honor veterans past and present with a retreat ceremony at the base.The ceremony featured the lowering and ceremonious folding of the U.S. flag, the playing of the Star Spangled Banner and a military formation.Brig. Gen.

  • AUAB's first multi-use hangar opens

    The 379th Air Expeditionary Wing gets their first multi-use hangar at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The Nov. 6 ribbon cutting ceremony marked the opening day for the hangar which service members and contractors came out to commemorate. During the ceremony Brig. Gen. Darren James, 379th Air Expeditionary

  • Exercise ensures medical readiness

    An explosion tears through a small town near a deployed military base resulting in mass casualties.Within a matter of minutes, several victims arrive at the military medical facility to be treated. Several have marred faces, burns and open wounds. Many scream for help while others lay motionless

  • First Lady Shows Her Love for the Troops

    The first lady of the United States visited service members of Al-Udeid Air Base, Qatar as part of her Joining Forces Initiative Nov. 3. Mrs. Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden launched the Joining Forces Initiative, encouraging Americans to rally around service members, veterans, and their families