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  • Space Force Guardians Serve at Al Dhafra

         Mixed in amongst the Air Force blue at Al Dhafra Air Base, a small handful of Space Force Guardians are supporting the mission of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, adding a little space power to the air power excellence of the Wing.     America’s newest military branch, the U.S. Space Force

  • Al Dhafra SFS Defends Against Potential UAS Threat

    Specialists with the 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron not only provide base defense at Al Dhafra Air Base from traditional ground-based threats, but are also on alert for threats posed by Unmanned Aerial Systems. Counter-UAS responsibilities is a growing part of the Security

  • ADAB Pro Volleyball Sand Slam

         The 380th Air Expeditionary Wing was the host for the Pro Volleyball Sand Slam tour, featuring pro volleyball players Jace Pardon, Kelly Reeves, Jennifer Snyder and Corinne Quiggle, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 29-30, 2021.     The Pro Volleyball Sand Slam tour is a

  • Al Dhafra Dental Team Keeps Focus on Mission

    Tucked away in the corner of the 380th Expeditionary Medical Group at Al Dhafra Air Base, the dental clinic quietly engaged with more than 100 Airmen and Soldiers in November 2021, keeping those warfighting professionals fit to fight.“We are dealing with trauma cases, where someone gets hit in the

  • Secretary Austin Visits Al Dhafra Air Base

         U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III visited Al Dahfra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates on Nov. 22, as part of a multi-day swing through the U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility in Southwest Asia.     In a meeting with Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines deployed to the

  • Med lab tech learns resilience, growth while deployed

    Staff Sgt. Aubrey J. Eckley, a medical laboratory technician assigned to the 380th Expeditionary Medical Group here, wasn’t expecting to spend time at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, when she originally deployed from Langley Air Force Base, Virginia to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, as

  • Veterans Day event pulls branches together

    Members of the U.S. Air Force’s 380th Air Expeditionary Wing and the U.S. Army’s 1st Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas, commemorated Veterans Day by participating in a friendly truck-pulling competition here, Nov. 11, 2021.The 380th AEW's Enduring 5/6 Group

  • ADAB’s Learning Resource Center propels education

    U.S. Service members who are working towards a degree or completing a professional certification program are in luck when they deploy to Al Dhafra Air Base thanks to the dynamic staff and vast resources provided by the base’s Learning Resource Center.The LRC at ADAB offers Professional Military

  • NEO challenges push ADAB to new heights

    The military withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, and ensuing takeover by the Taliban that necessitated the evacuation of 124,000 American citizens, Afghan special immigrant visa applicants and other at-risk individuals from Afghanistan, presented significant mission requirements to the Airmen at Al

  • Compass Call squadron inactivated after 20 years in theater

    The 41st Expeditionary Electronic Combat Squadron was officially inactivated September 28, 2021 after almost twenty years of providing continual airborne electronic combat support to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.The squadron initially deployed with the EC-130H Compass Call