Aug. 14, 2018 CE cements relationship with Airfield Ops After the wear and tear of thousands and thousands of landings and take offs, airfields eventually need to be repaired. Without a strong relationship and good coordination between airfield operations and civil engineering, the process could get messy.On Tuesday mornings, a group of company grade
Aug. 13, 2018 Iraqi C-130J maintainers move toward self-sufficiency with U.S. air advisor support In an effort to gain self-sufficiency, the Iraq Air Force certified their 5- and 7-level craftsman C-130J Super Hercules maintenance technicians during an upgrade ceremony, July 31, 2018, at Al Muthana Air Base, Iraq.The maintenance personnel accomplished all the milestones necessary for advancement
Aug. 5, 2018 Porters do more than move the mission in northern Iraq Having a place to get away from stress and relax has been an important part of the mission for a group of aerial port Airmen deployed to Qayyarah Airfield West, Iraq, a forward operating base that was recaptured from ISIS in Oct. 2016.The 11 Airman team relies on an ‘all hands on deck’ mentality to
Aug. 5, 2018 Combat boots and contracts – ECONS Airmen host ‘vendor day’ The United States Embassy and the 386th Expeditionary Contracting Squadron recently held ‘vendor day,’ an outreach symposium for prospective clients and local vendors doing business with the United States Air Force and coalition partners.As a joint-effort with the 407th ECONS, the U.S. Department of
Aug. 3, 2018 Airmen support Q-West airfield side-by-side with Iraqis The average day for air traffic controllers involves a lot of moving parts and those Airmen work constantly to ensure safe and secure air flow. For Qayyarah Airfield West, Iraq, this rests solely on the shoulders of just a few people.Not only do those Airmen at the airfield commonly called ‘Q-West’,
Aug. 2, 2018 Siblings reunite during redeployment change-over There is a period of time at the end of one’s deployment typically called a ’change-over,’ where service members exiting the deployed area of responsibility spend time to train their replacements on day-to-day operations. During this time, it is not uncommon to reunite with old friends, classmates,
July 26, 2018 5th EAMS teams up with 521st AMOW maintainers during C-17 engine swap The 5th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron recently teamed up with the 721st Air Mobility Operations Group from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to replace an engine on a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia.The engine swap, which took less than one day to complete,
July 23, 2018 Augmenting the AOR: EOD Airman provides critical skillset to Army forensics team This story is part of the JET/IA “Augmenting the AOR” series, covering the unique missions and skill sets Airmen provide to coalition and sister-service mission partners throughout the deployed area of responsibility.Visiting the Central Command Forensic Exploitation Laboratory, located at Camp