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  • JSTARS gives ground forces eyes

    Crew chiefs from the 7th Expeditionary Air Mobility Unit perform a foreign object damage walk prior to the aircraft taxiing in the runway June 8, 2016, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. FOD, or foreign object damage, is a hazard for aircraft and other precision equipment. Suction caused by the air intake

  • Grand Slam Wing commemorates Memorial Day

    Members of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing gather for a Memorial Day ceremony May 30, 2016, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in service of the United State of America. The day originated in the years

  • Serving family and country: EOD craftsman balances family, mission

    A young five-year-old boy stood in front of his kneeling father in a hotel room, the boy weighed down with 50 pounds of tactical body armor. The gear weighed more than the boy. Tech. Sgt. Kelly Badger, 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal craftsman, placed his hand

  • Base bosses build bombs with Airmen

    Airman First Class Tyler Anderson, 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Munitions Flight conventional maintenance crew member, teaches Chief Master Sgt. Thomas Good, 379th Air Expeditionary Wing command chief, about the fuze unit-63 initiator for a guided bomb unit May 10, 2016, at Al Udeid Air

  • Force protection Airmen halt flaming steam roller

    The night shift was almost over when Senior Airman Jacob Holtje and Senior Airman Israel Moore, both 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron force protection escorts, noticed  orange smoke in the sky coming from an area where contractors were working while conducting their last zone security of

  • AFCENT Diversity Day ‘Mudder’ dirties dozens

    Deployed members participated in a Diversity Day Mud Run that was put together by over 60 volunteers from around the installation September 20, 2015 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The mud run challenged 106 runners with a two mile course that contained several challenges from low crawling, a T-wall

  • 340th EARS boom operator supports OIR, refueling legacies

    After being re-activated in 2003 and now part of one of the largest air campaigns in world history, the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron and their fleet of KC-135 Stratotankers are relied upon by U.S. and coalition aircraft.  But planes can’t refuel themselves, can they?   A small percent

  • Fabrication flight forges the fight

    The 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron's fabrications flight is partitioned into the aircraft structural maintenance, metals technology and non-destructive inspection that inspect and repair aircraft deployed to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Most fabrications can be conducted on the flightline.

  • 379th B-1 AFE: Increasing performance and preserving lives

    The B-1 Bomber aircrews deployed to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar rely on the 379th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment airmen's proficiency to ensure proper function of helmets, life preservers, communication modules, weapons and parachutes used or carried during flights