Practice makes perfect.

Airmen compete in U.S. Air Force Marathon from deployed location

Deployed security forces Airmen keep skills honed

Thirty-nine Airmen from the 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron employed training tactics Friday to clear a "hostile" area of "enemy forces" at the compound here. Members of the 380th ESFS practiced clearing enemy personnel from urban areas during fire-team training in and around buildings

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Airmen, Sailors share historic moment in UAS launch

An Air Combat Command RQ-4A Global Hawk made history on several fronts when it arrived at the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing here after a 19-hour flight Sept. 20. Sailors from Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., launched the unmanned aircraft out of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale Air Force

3 deployed Airmen, 200-plus weapons: 1 secure wing

Three members of the 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron here swapped out the last of 235 hand guards on the unit's cache of M-4 carbines Wednesday. The modification will provide critical upgrades to the current capabilities of the weapon. "This upgrade benefits the mission by providing our

Deployed members reaffirm commitment at 9/11 commemoration

More than 200 people gathered at the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing's Circle of Honor memorial for the Sept. 11 commemoration ceremony here Thursday.The ceremony began at 9:43 a.m. Eastern Standard Time - 5:43 p.m. Local - a poignant reminder of the moment a Boeing 757 crashed into the Pentagon seven

AFCENT commander presents 380th AEW Airman with combat action medal

A 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron noncommissioned officer received the Air Force Combat Action Medal in a ceremony here Aug. 31. Lt. Gen. Gary North, commander of 9th Air Force and U.S. Air Forces Central, presented the medal to Staff Sgt. Virginia Ganus, a tactical automated security

Air component commander leads by walking around

Lt. Gen. Gary North visited the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing Aug. 31 and Sept. 1 to see what the Airmen here are up to first-hand. General North, 9th Air Force and U.S. Air Forces Central commander, who also serves as the United States Central Command's Combined Force Air Component Commander, said

Deputy CFACC reminisces at 380th AEW

Maj. Gen. Douglas L. Raaberg, the Deputy Combined Force Air Component Commander for United States Central Command, visited the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing here Aug. 28. The general and the wing are old acquaintances. He served as a FB-111A pilot, instructor pilot and an evaluator pilot for the