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  • HVAC Airmen winning on deployed frontier: one a/c unit at a time

    No matter the job, each Airman provides a vital service – engaging issues on their own battlefront to ensure the mission goes as smoothly as possible, from the Soldiers who oversee the Patriot missile batteries to the services Airmen who ensure personnel have meals to eat and a place to sleep.

  • Maintainers brave halon, fire to save F-15 aircrew

    Four Airmen assigned to the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron were awarded Air Force Commendation Medals during a ceremony here, Feb. 16.  Air Force Commendation Medals are awarded to armed services personnel who distinguish themselves by meritorious achievement and service while

  • CFACC pays visit to 380th AEW

    The U.S. Air Forces Central Command Commander, Lt. Gen. Charles Brown Jr. made a brief visit here to see U.S. and coalition forces, Feb. 11, 2016. Brown oversees contingency plans and air operations for the AFCENT area of responsibility covering Central and Southwest Asia. As part of AFCENT, the

  • 380th AEW conducts major accident response exercise

    Airmen assigned to the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing participated in a major accident response exercise, simulating an on-base aircraft mishap Jan. 5, 2016, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. A major accident response exercise or MARE is designed to test a wing’s ability to respond to a

  • 380th firefighters honor departed, former AF Fire Chief

    Firefighters from the 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department paid their final respects for departed former Air Force Fire Chief Donald Warner, during a Firefighter Last Call Ceremony an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Dec. 30, 2015. Warner, who passed away Dec. 22, 2015,

  • Dancing with a Dragon: a physiologist’s tale

    The following article is part two of a three-part series about the men and women behind the operation of the U-2 Dragon Lady reconnaissance aircraft. Several attendants gather in a corner office before dawn to begin the process of testing a suit, designed with both functionality and comfort in mind,

  • Disney awakens the force at an undisclosed location

    More than thirteen hundred Airmen, Soldiers, and coalition partners had their inner force awoken during a free screening of Disney’s new film, ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Dec. 21, 2015.   Ken Caldwell, Disney Senior Vice President and General Sales

  • The Farm brings the house down on the Thirsty Camel

    Two thirds of The Farm, a music trio from Nashville Tenn., performed for U.S. and coalition partners during the Thanksgiving weekend at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia.  Nick Hoffman and Damien Horne, the two original members, were joined by up and coming country star Natalie Murphy for