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  • COMACC visits one of Air Force’s most diverse combat wings

    Gen. Hawk Carlisle, commander of Air Combat Command, took time to speak with more than 300 personnel from 380th Air Expeditionary Wing during an all-call, Oct. 19, 2015. The 380th AEW is comprised of four groups, 16 squadrons and approximately 3,000 personnel who support Operation Inherent Resolve

  • 380th Port Dawgs tearing into the mission

    380th Air Terminal Operations Center, or dually nick named Port Dawgs, convoyed sixteen large pieces of equipment to a C-5 Galaxy in the late afternoon to begin a process that would take them late into the evening. “Our mission is to move cargo and move passengers to make sure the mission gets done

  • New additions to combative course to turn out more effective warfighters

    A renewed and streamlined combatives course saw its first group of 380th Air Expeditionary Wing Force Protection personnel in attendance, here Oct. 15, 2015. The course was the first to be held after a number of changes were made to it recently, which included the mandatory attendance of all Force

  • UAV reaches new milestone in fight against Daesh

    As the morning sun beat down on its nearly 131-foot wingspan, the EQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft descended from its 60,000 foot perch for the 500th time, coming to rest at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Nov. 11, 2015.The Veterans Day landing marked the first time in the history the

  • Global Hawk maintainers deliver ISR capability to warfighters

    If you walked inside this massive hangar, your eyes would be drawn to the giant U.S. Flag displayed in the background. But beneath Old Glory, there is much else to focus on. A team of crew chiefs, avionics and ground communication specialists quietly work on a modern day weapon system. Their hard

  • NDI: it’s the little things that count

    As the old cliché goes, it’s the little things that count. Those small, intricate and often overlooked details can have the biggest impact on the mission. For Airmen in the 380th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, nondestructive inspection section, it’s in those minor details where they make that

  • Remembering 9/11: Airmen and Coalition partners stand together

    On Sept. 11, 2001 a series of devastating terrorist attacks on U.S. soil claimed 2,977 lives. It was a tragic day, which ultimately brought American’s closer together and its anniversary has served as a symbolic reminder of the world’s fight to prevail over terrorism.Here, in the wake of 9/11,

  • F-22 adapts to OIR conflict, ‘Cleared Hot’ in Iraq, Syria

    On June 23, a pair of F-22 Raptors flying over Syria received a 9-line request for short-notice airstrikes from a Joint Terminal Attack Controller. The JTAC’s target was two field artillery pieces operated by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, also known as Daesh, threatening friendly