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  • Happy birthday, National Guard

    The 380th Air Expeditionary Wing celebrated the National Guard’s birthday with a ceremony held at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, December 13, 2015.  The ceremony recognized deployed members from 30 states and territories, and included a cake cutting and remarks by the 380 AEW vice wing

  • Dancing with a Dragon: a maintainer’s tale

    In a distant portion of the ever darkening Southwest Asia sky a hidden figure approaches. A yellow gleam from its single eye, previously hidden amongst the billowing clouds, now subtly begins to give away its presence.  Lights flash from the rooftop of one of two vehicles on the ground, as if to

  • EOD Airmen host carnival like no other

    Explosive ordinance disposal Airmen with the 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron hosted an EOD Capabilities Carnival at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Nov. 27, 2015. The purpose of the carnival was to familiarize U.S. and coalition personnel with the various equipment utilized by

  • New Sentry completes first combat sortie

    The 380th Air Expeditionary Wing’s newest weapon system, the E-3G Sentry airborne warning and control system aircraft, completed its first active combat mission from an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Nov. 21, 2015. The AWACS is a platform that provides airborne, command and control,

  • 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