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380AEW Article

Photo essay: Sunset mobility in Southwest Asia

  • Published
  • By Master Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol
  • 380th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs
SOUTHWEST ASIA --  Aircraft and Airmen from the mobility air forces of U.S. Central Command's Air Forces Central have a busy evening at AFCENT's 380th Air Expeditionary Wing at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia on Feb. 12, 2010.  KC-10 Extender aircraft, the Air Force's largest air refueling plane, and the maintenance and mobility Airmen who care for the plane were busy sending off KC-10s and receiving them from combat missions.

The 380th AEW is comprised of four groups and 12 squadrons and the wing's deployed mission includes air refueling, surveillance and reconnaissance in support of overseas contingency operations in Southwest Asia. The wing supports operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom and the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.