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  • Dentist puts the bite in the fight in Southwest Asia

    Chills run down your spine as you sink into the cold leather chair, bright light flashing in your eyes, you are overwhelmed with fear as a stranger approaches with sharp objects. This might sound like a horror movie, but it's actually your visit to the dentist. For those deployed personnel in

  • Enemy threats averted with good intel

    When it comes to flying missions, the most visible components - pilots, crew chiefs and boom operators, often overshadow important behind-the-scenes functions which ensure mission success. KC-10 Extender intelligence operations collect and share important information with flight crews prior to their

  • Airman has a family reunion at 23,000 feet

    There are many predictable things about deployments, but for one Airman, the unpredictable happened. He didn't expect a family reunion, but got one - at 23,000 feet in the air two days before Christmas. The day started like any other for 1st Lt. Michael Ellsworth, 963rd Expeditionary Airborne Air

  • SecAF, CMSAF visit Southwest Asia

    Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Roy visited the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing Dec. 29 and 30, as part of an overall trip to U.S. Air Forces Central Command's area of responsibility to thank Airmen for their service during the holidays."It's been

  • Solar power lights up Southwest Asia

    The Air Force continually looks for means to do things leaner and cleaner, even in deployed locations.It probably goes unnoticed by the majority of personnel at the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, but solar-powered light carts are paving the road to an environmentally friendlier future in Southwest

  • Honor Guardsmen display honor, kinship

    He gets off work, lets out a heavy sigh and walks to the bus stop. It's his sixth day of working 12 hours, and they're catching up to him. He desires to go to his dorm to get some rest, but something deeper in him drives him to go to practice instead. He is a member of the 380th Air Expeditionary

  • Send holiday cheer home

    Airmen, Soldiers and civilians have an opportunity to spread some cheer to their friends and families this holiday season.With the availability of the internet, it is simple to email friends and family a picture, and now the chapel has provided the perfect backdrop, what they call a diorama.Located