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  • Airman 1st Class Darien Samson, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron avionics technician, reads a technical order at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, Mar. 6, 2019. The U-2 has served in every American War since the Cold War. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)

    The Flight Line at ADAB

    Airmen from the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing execute the mission from the flight line at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, Mar. 5-6, 2019.
  • Staff Sgt. Eugene Eudy, 380th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron munitions craftsman, secures guidance sections for joint direct attack munitions at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 15, 2019. Munitions systems specialists perform and manage munitions production and material tasks and activities; identify munitions and equipment requirements; operate and maintain automated data processing equipment (ADPE) to perform munitions accounting, computations, and research; stores, maintains, assembles, issues, and delivers assembled nonnuclear munitions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)

    Ammo Flight: more than building bombs

    Aircraft have a multitude of capabilities. One of the most vital is dropping bombs and other munitions. Whether it’s for joint-force training or in combat, there are Airmen on the ground responsible for getting those munitions where they need to be.
  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Mike Kealty, 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight EOD member, dons a bomb suit helmet during proficiency training at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 12, 2019. EOD Airmen serve as a member of base emergency response team and provide the ability to detect, monitor, evaluate, and decontaminate explosive, radioactive, chemical, or biological ordnance hazards. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)

    EOD sticking together to protect others

    The Airmen in the 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron EOD flight execute precision by using constant training to keep up their skills and protect personnel at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates.
  • 380th Expeditionary Maintenance Group Crash Damaged or Disabled Aircraft Recovery team members participate in familiarization training on a KC-10 Extender at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 21, 2018. The CDDAR team is not only responsible for responding to the aircraft assigned to ADAB, but all aircraft in the U.S. Air Forces Central Command area of responsibility. The AFCENT AOR ranges from the top of Uzbekistan near the Aral Sea, all the way to the southern tip of Yemen – spanning across 20 Central and Southwest Asian countries. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)

    CDDAR: ADAB, AFCENT's Team Executes Training

    AL DHAFRA AIR BASE, United Arab Emirates -- Aircraft maintainers assigned to the 380th Expeditionary Maintenance Group joined together and conducted aircraft familiarization training at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 14-21. If an accident were to transpire, be it a fatal crash or an aircraft running off the flight line, the Crash Damaged or Disabled Aircraft Recovery team, composed of Airmen throughout the 380th EMXG, would be called into place immediately.
  • The brand new RQ-4 Global Hawk aircraft 2019 sits on the flightline at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. A2019 was the first block 20 and first RQ-4B model to arrive in the area of responsibility here on Oct. 16, 2010 and is the first Global Hawk to reach the 10,000 hour flying milestone. (Courtesy photo)

    Hawk soars past 10,000 flying-hour milestone

    Shortly before dawn Mar. 7, an RQ-4 Global Hawk embarked on an Operation Inherent Resolve mission that sent the aircraft soaring past the 10,000 flying hour milestone at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia.RQ-4 Global Hawk aircraft 2019, or “A2019”, was the first block 20 and first RQ-4B model to arrive here on Oct. 16, 2010. It’s the first
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