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  • US, Qatar Emiri Air Forces build relations, fix aircraft

    The C-17 Globemaster III aircraft is crucial to Air Mobility Command’s airlift mission at Al Udeid, enabling the movement and supply of warfighters throughout the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. When two C-17’s were grounded here due to the need for extensive maintenance, Airmen with

  • Uniform disposal: Keeping one step ahead

    U.S. Airmen unload a van full of uniform items at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, March 10, 2017. The uniform items were gathered by volunteers from the uniform disposal bins located around the base, and then were sorted and shredded. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Miles Wilson)

  • Dirt Boyz break records, build up capabilities

    U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jeremy Majors, a heavy equipment and constructions apprentice with the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Pavements and Equipment Flight, “edges” fresh concrete at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 21, 2017. Putting an edge in concrete helps direct where the

  • Silent Sentry: Defending the final frontier

    AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar— Air, space and cyberspace - these are the three domains that the United States Air Force strives to defend. Of these domains, space has become one of the most crowded and competitive. At any given time, there are innumerable signals being transmitted to and from satellites,

  • Airmen pay tribute during Presidents Day

    An Al Udeid Air Base Honor Guard team folds the U.S. flag during a Presidents Day retreat ceremony at Al Udeid AB, Qatar, Feb. 20, 2017. The ceremony honored the lives and contributions of the Presidents of the United States, both past and present. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Miles

  • Sheet metal Airmen patch up the fleet

    U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Levi Amell, left, and Senior Airman Wolfgang Kimsey, aircraft structural maintenance journeymen with the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Sheet Metal Shop, take measurements for a replacement piece on an outbound flap for an aircraft at Al Udeid Air Base,

  • Engine health: Logistics Airmen ensure fuel quality

    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Mario Shanks, fuels laboratory NCO in charge with the 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, checks fuel density with a hydrometer at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 14, 2017. Shanks conducted an American Petroleum Institute specific gravity test on a sample of

  • More than meets the eye: Maintainers inspect below the surface

    AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar—Every day, equipment and aircraft are being worn down and degraded with every use. Often, the metal fatigue that occurs goes on with no visible signs, and can lead to a host of problems. In order to prevent malfunctions and breakages due to this invisible wear and tear, the

  • Metals technology shop: You need it, they build it

    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Walker, a fabrication flight metals technician with the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, welds components together at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 2, 2017. Walker was creating a spring tensioning tool that was commissioned by the U.S. Navy. (U.S. Air Force

  • Forging partnerships: AF, Royal Navy medical teams train onboard HMS Ocean

    HMS OCEAN, Persian Gulf — Over the course of five days, medical personnel from the 379th Expeditionary Medical Operations Squadron and Royal Navy worked together to test their capabilities during coalition exercise Azraq Serpent, Jan. 23 – 27.  In a joint effort between U.S. Central Command