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  • Safe practices ensure mission success

    In a job where that mission is inherently dangerous, mitigating the risk can seem like a close second in mission priority. Safe practices and risk management, both on and off duty, are a part of ensuring that the mission is accomplished as safely and efficiently as possible.

  • B-52 upgrade arrives in the Middle East

    The B-52 Stratofortress’ assigned to the 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron operating out of Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar became the first B-52’s in the U.S. Air Force to employ the conventional rotary launcher upgrade in combat operations on Nov. 18.

  • Gen. Lengyel checks in with Guardsmen deployed to AUAB

    U.S. Air Force Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel, Chief of the National Guard Bureau and member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher S. Kepner, senior enlisted advisor to the Chief, NGB, visited deployed Guardsmen at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Nov. 24, 2017.

  • Magic Makers: Making communications happen

    Approximately 225 U.S. Air Force Airmen from active-duty, guard and reserve, along with contractors, create the foundation for the 379th Expeditionary Communications Squadron also known as the “Magic Makers.”

  • POL: Pumping the “life blood” of fuel to Air Operations

    The 379th Air Expeditionary Wing is the largest expeditionary wing in the world. At the heart of the Wing is a team of Airmen with the 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, Fuels Management Flight, who work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to make sure that the aircraft assigned here are

  • Wing Commander's last flight at Al Udeid Air Base

    Fire engines with the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department give U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Darren James, wing commander of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, a water salute after completing his fini-flight at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, May 29, 2017. The fini-flight is a time