379th Air Expeditionary Wing News

May 5, 2021
Shared Experiences | 379th Fire Emergency Services | Edward Gregory

Shared Experiences is a series of stories about first-time and last-time deployers with the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing. Their stories highlight the missions they support at an individual level, as well as chronicle the experiences of their Air Force career.
March 15, 2021
379th ECES performs rapid airfield damage repair during AFCENT capstone event

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron perform rapid airfield damage repair during a training event March 3, 2021, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The training allows the 379th ECES to implement improved processes to enhance RADR capabilities, ensuring airfield repair
Nov. 30, 2020
U.S. Army and Air Force service members participate in readiness exercise at Al Udeid AB

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Koran Brillion, a firefighter with the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron fire and emergency services, repositions a hose outside of a simulated burning structure during a mass casualty exercise Nov. 18, 2020, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The joint service event
Nov. 21, 2020
379th Civil Engineers focus on efficiency

The 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron facility management team was created to address an increasing amount of “enhancement” work to dormitory facilities at Al Udeid Air Base. These are fixes that do not pose a risk to safety, security or significant mission impact.
Nov. 29, 2017
Multiple base agencies conduct a joint chemical response exercise

U.S. Airmen from multiple agencies participate in a joint chemical response exercise at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Nov. 25, 2017.
Oct. 27, 2017
EOD technicians conduct C-IED training at night

U.S. Air Force explosive ordnance disposal technicians, assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, conduct nighttime counter improves explosive device training.
Oct. 15, 2016
379th ECES and ECS renovate radio tower

Airmen from the 379th Expeditionary Communications Squadron and 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron work together to take down several inactive microwave dish transmitters from a radio tower Oct. 8, here.The transmitters were used to provide internet and phone communication to both the base
Oct. 11, 2015
Educational trailblazers for Qatar children: Fire Prevention Week extended to local schools

The Great Chicago Fire left more than 100 thousand people homeless and claimed more than 200 lives in 1871, which sparked an initiative of fire safety that would later be dubbed “Fire Prevention Week” in 1920. Who knew that several decades later American Airmen would have the chance to teach