380th Air Expeditionary Wing News

Nov. 29, 2017
Total Force Integration gets the job done in a deployed location

Some things in life you can do alone; such as play golf, read a book, binge watch your favorite streaming television series.
Nov. 28, 2017
AFCENT Command Chief Provides Timely Visit

Chief Master Sgt. Joseph A. Montgomery, Air Forces Central Command, command chief, visited Airmen from the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing Nov. 27-28, 2017.
Nov. 10, 2017
Veterans Day while deployed

Legacy, Honor, Freedom, Valor, and Patriotism. These are some of the underlying tones speaking to us on what we know as Veterans Day.Unfailingly for 98 years, America has remembered the uniformed members serving our country on November 11, first as Armistice Day, later renamed Veterans Day in 1954.
Oct. 18, 2017
KC-10 support USS Nimitz (CVN 68)

As part of Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve 908th EARS-assigned KC-10s routinely refuel coalition and sister service aircraft, including F/A-18C Super Hornets from the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the skies over Iraq and Syria. The 908 EARS, part of the 380 Air Expeditionary Wing, is hosted
Feb. 16, 2017
Deployed US Marines, Air Force sustain joint relationship while boosting EOD tactics

Deployed explosive ordnance disposal and military working dog teams with the U.S. Marines and U.S. Air Force completed various improvised explosive ordinance training scenarios at an undisclosed location, Feb. 9, 2017.
Jan. 2, 2017
(Part 5) In their words: Deployed Airmen enduring the holidays

The following is a transcription of an interview with Staff Sgt. Juan, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing chaplain assistant, which was recorded Nov. 28, 2016. This series of Questions and Answers is based on how deployed members stay resilient while away from home during the holidays.
Dec. 30, 2016
After 40 years of service legacy mission system for high-altitude U-2 is replaced

Dec. 15th marked the last time one of the mission systems used on the U-2 will every fly. The final sortie for this system was flown by the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron – one of two high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft flying missions in support of defending the region.
Dec. 27, 2016
(Part 4) In their words: Deployed Airmen enduring the holidays

The following is a transcription of an interview with Senior Airman Marisa, 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron weapons director, which was recorded Nov. 28, 2016. We continue a series of Questions and Answers based on how deployed members stay resilient while away from home during the
Dec. 21, 2016
Expeditionary Airmen collaborate to repair active runway, continue fight to defeat Da’esh

Over the span of 15 days 380th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron members successfully coordinated the removal of accumulated rubber build-up off of 560,000 square feet of an active runway at an undisclosed location, Dec. 19, 2016.
Nov. 30, 2016
(Part 1) In their words: Deployed Airmen enduring the holidays

The following is a transcription of an interview with Capt. Alex, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing Sexual Assault Response Coordinator, which was recorded Nov. 23, 2016. As the holiday season opens, we are starting a series of Questions and Answers based on how deployed members stay resilient while away