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  • Dedicated Airmen carry KC-10 Extender to combat success

    It takes a concentrated team effort to complete the cycle of a successful combat air refueling mission is support of overseas contingency operations and Airmen in the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 380th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron and the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling

  • Photo essay: KC-10 Extender -- combat mission start to finish

    It takes a concentrated team effort to complete the cycle of a successful combat air refueling mission is support of overseas contingency operations and Airmen in the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 380th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron and the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling

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

    Thirty-three years after the Air Force received its first E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft, maintenance Airmen continue to keep the aircraft ready for combat missions at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia on March 23, 2010.The first of the Air Force's E-3s were sent to the

  • Thirty-three years later, E-3 Sentry still going strong

    On March 23, 1977, the first E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft was delivered to 55nd Air Control Wing at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. Most likely, maintenance Airmen were on hand to receive and recover the planes as they arrived. Thirty-three years later, much of the same

  • Construction begins on new fuel pipeline at Southwest Asia base

    Construction began on a new 2.7-mile pipeline March 17 to bolster ground refueling operations for the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing at a non-disclosed base here.The $5.7 million project calls for the construction of an above-ground 8-inch carbon steel pipeline from the existing tanker truck offload

  • Spring in Southwest Asia

    With temperatures rising upwards to 100 degrees the first day of spring, this row of tents, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, comes with air conditioning and a sunset view at the low price of a six-month deployment. These tents are the new home away from home for civil engineering Airmen

  • Wireless wingmen

    Deployed Airmen at an undisclosed base in Southwest Asia, Tech. Sgt. Aliza Adanza (left) and Staff Sgt. Gautambhai Patel, both of the 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, use their laptops March 18 outdoors to communicate with their friends and families back home using wireless internet

  • Photo essay: 908th EARS photo illustration

    This photo essay highlights a pair of photo essay of the KC-10 Extender and the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing. The 908th EARS, as part of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, supports operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom and the Combined Joint