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4-3 ADA Changes Commanders at ADAB

Lt. Col. Craig Cotner, the previous commander of the 4th Battalion 3rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, looks over the 4-3 formation during a change of command ceremony June 17, 2022, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The 4-3 ADA is the oldest Air Defense Battalion in the active U.S. Army and was originally constituted on May 9, 1794.
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4-3 ADA Changes Commanders at ADAB

Lt. Col. Paul Mendoza, the new commander of the 4th Battalion 3rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, looks over the 4-3 formation during a change of command ceremony June 17, 2022, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The 4-3 ADA is the oldest Air Defense Battalion in the active U.S. Army and was originally constituted on May 9, 1794.
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4-3 ADA Changes Commanders at ADAB

U.S. Soldiers with the 4th Battalion 3rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment honor guard present the colors during a change of command ceremony June 17, 2022, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Command of the 4-3 ADA changed hands from Lt. Col. Craig Cotner to Lt. Col. Paul Mendoza.
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BAMS-D Global Hawks return home after 13-year mission

The last U.S. Navy RQ-4 Global Hawk, attached to the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstrator mission, leaves Hangar 5 a final time, June 16, 2022, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. BAMS-D utilized the Global Hawk to identify intelligence gathering capabilities to be used in future U.S. Navy maritime operations with Triton Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
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BAMS-D Global Hawks return home after 13-year mission

A Northrup Grumman contractor escorts the last U.S. Navy RQ-4 Global Hawk, attached to the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstrator mission, onto the flight line June 16, 2022, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The Global Hawk training mission at ADAB was originally scheduled to last 6 months but mission effectiveness and reliability led to an extension of the mission, lasting approximately 13 years.
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BAMS-D Global Hawks return home after 13-year mission

The last U.S. Navy RQ-4 Global Hawk, attached to the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstrator mission, undergoes preflight checks June 16, 2022, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. BAMS-D utilized the Global Hawk to identify intelligence gathering capabilities to be used in future U.S. Navy maritime operations with Triton unmanned aerial vehicles.
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BAMS-D Global Hawks return home after 13-year mission

Northrup Grumman contractors perform preflight checks on the last U.S. Navy RQ-4 Global Hawk, attached to the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstrator mission, June 16, 2022, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The Global Hawk training mission at ADAB was originally scheduled to last six months but mission effectiveness and reliability led to an extension of the mission lasting approximately 13 years.
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380 AEW Leadership

380 AEW Leadership
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9th Air Force ARC Advisors assist 380th Airmen

Airmen attached to the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing receive a briefing from Col. Amy Boehle, the senior Air Reserve Component Advisor with the Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central), June 10, 2022 at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The intent of the briefing was to provide Guard and Reserve members with information about benefits and programs that are available to them during and after deployments.
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9th Air Force ARC Advisors assist 380th Airmen

Col. Amy Boehle, the senior Air Reserve Component Advisor assigned to the Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central), briefs Airmen assigned to the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, June 10, 2022 at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The intent of the briefing was to provide Guard and Reserve members with information about benefits and programs that are available to them during and after deployments.
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9th Air Force ARC Advisors assist 380th Airmen

Lt. Col. W. Sterling Anderson, the deputy Air Reserve Component Advisor assigned to Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central), provides a brief to Airmen assigned to the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, June 10, 2022 at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The intent of the briefing was to provide Guard and Reserve members with information about benefits and programs that are available to them during and after deployments.
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380 AEW Leadership

380 AEW Leadership
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380 AEW Leadership

380 AEW Leadership
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Brig. Gen. Lopez takes command of the 380th AEW

Brig. Gen. Andy “Spoo” Clark, the previous commander of the 380 Air Expeditionary Wing, addresses Al Dhafra Air Base leadership and wing members a final time during the 380th AEW’s change of command ceremony June 7, ADAB, United Arab Emirates. With the command of the 380th officially in the hands of Lopez, Clark is now slated to become the commander of the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Force.
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Brig. Gen. Lopez takes command of the 380th AEW

Brig. Gen. Andy “Spoo” Clark (left), the previous commander of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, relinquishes command to Brig. Gen. David “Shotgun” Lopez June 7, Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Assuming this role, Lopez will be responsible for the Airmen and assets of 10 unique squadrons as well as the wing’s ground attack, intelligence, theatre security cooperation and in-transit airlift mission support.
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Brig. Gen. Lopez takes command of the 380th AEW

Col. Matt F. Coleman the deputy wing commander of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, applauds the final comments of Brig. Gen. David “Shotgun” Lopez during the 380th AEW’s change of command ceremony June 7, Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Lopez assumed command from Brig. Gen. Andy “Spoo” Clark, the previous commander of the 380th AEW.
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Brig. Gen. Lopez takes command of the 380th AEW

Maj. Scott Allen, the Chief of Public Affairs with the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, delivers a baritone narration during the wing’s change of command ceremony June 7, Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Brig. Gen. David “Shotgun” Lopez assumed command from Brig. Gen. Andy “Spoo” Clark, the previous commander of the 380th AEW.
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Brig. Gen. David “Shotgun” Lopez assumed command from Brig. Gen. Andy “Spoo” Clark, the previous commander of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, June 7, Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates.

Al Dhafra Air Base’s Honor Guard performs a color guard during the wing change of command ceremony June 7, Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Brig. Gen. David “Shotgun” Lopez assumed command from Brig. Gen. Andy “Spoo” Clark, the previous commander of the 380 Air Expeditionary Wing.
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Changes in Leadership a cause for ceremony at ADAB

(From left) Brig. Gen. Andy Clark, the commander of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, and Col. Michael J. Lake, the previous commander of the 380th Expeditionary Operations Group, furl the colors of the 380th EOG during an inactivation ceremony June 3, Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The inactivation of the 380th EOG is part of the Department of Defense's strategic realignment, removing an echelon of leadership between the wing and squadron commanders.
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Lt. Gen. Guillot recognizes 380th AEW's top performers

Lt. Gen. Gregory M. Guillot, the Ninth Air Force (Air Forces Central) commander, meets with Airmen from the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing June 3, 2022 at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Guillot is responsible for conducting air operations and developing contingency plans in a 21-nation area of responsibility, covering Central and Southwest Asia.
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