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  • Photo essay: Tanker cousins support air refueling ops in Southwest Asia

    A KC-135R Stratotanker deployed from Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., and a KC-10 Extender deployed from Travis AFB, Calif., are seen on the flightline operations area for the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia on June 2, 2010. Both airframes support deployed air

  • KC-10 Extender: BIG parking space required

    A flight crew from the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron guides a KC-10 Extender, also from the 908th EARS, to a parking area at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia on June 2, 2010. According to statistics from Mr. Yancy Mailes, 380th AEW historian, KC-10s assigned to the 908th EARS and

  • Photo essay: Sentry maintenance Airmen repair E-3 in Southwest Asia

    Maintenance Airmen from the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron's Sentry aircraft maintenance unit work on an E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft on the flightline for the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia on June 2, 2010. The

  • New commander takes helm of 380th Air Expeditionary Wing

    Col. Mike Minahan took command of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing during a change of command ceremony June 14 at a non-disclosed base here. As the commander of the 380th AEW, Colonel Minahan is responsible for a wing comprised of five groups and 18 squadrons. He is responsible for the wing's air

  • One team, one fight!

    "The mission is and 18-year-old with a rifle. All else is support."This is a sentiment expressed throughout the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing which was further emphasized as the theme for the outgoing wing commander's change-of-command speech. Brig. Gen. Bryan Benson who commanded the wing for a year