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386th NEWS

  • 9 AETF-L: Kindsvater assumes command from Gersten

    The 386th Air Expeditionary Wing hosted a change of command ceremony for the 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force-Levant at an undisclosed location May 16, 2016, where Maj. Gen. Scott Kindsvater assumed command from Maj. Gen. Peter Gersten.Kindsvater is deployed from Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina,

  • 386th, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wings partner up for training

    Airmen from the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing partnered up with Airmen from the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing to put their skills to the test during a Hazardous Materials Technician Certification Course at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, April 15, 2016. Hosted by the 386th Expeditionary

  • 386th ELRS: The key to keeping the mission moving

    The 386th Air Expeditionary Wing is comprised of many moving pieces, and it is the 386th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron’s mission to ensure those pieces keep moving, literally.

  • 386th AEW Airman receives top AF weapons safety award

    Maj. Gen. Andrew Mueller, Air Force Chief of Safety and AF Safety Center commander, presented the 2015 Air Force Chief of Safety Outstanding Achievement Award for Weapons Safety to Tech. Sgt. Lucas Long at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, March 18, 2016. The purpose of this award is to

  • MWCs - the unsung guardians of The Rock

    It’s the break of dawn here at The Rock.  The sun is peering over the horizon as the smell of fresh coffee and dust fill the air.  The last remnants of a relatively cool evening breeze evaporate, giving way to what promises to be another routinely hot day.Below enemy radar, between an air

  • 5 EAMS conducts fall protection exercise

    Senior Airman Jerome Llanes, 5th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron C-17 communications navigation systems technician, raises a B-1 stand to support a mock casualty during a fall protection exercise on the flightline at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, March 14, 2016. A fall

  • 386th AEW gets physical (therapy clinic)

      Physical injuries can happen anywhere, at any time to anyone; but muscle sprains, strains, spasms, and a myriad of other maladies, are all too familiar to service members.  To help meet the needs of U.S. and coalition forces here, the 386th Expeditionary Medical Group recently opened a physical

  • CE paves the way

    Members of the 557th Expeditionary Civil Engineers Group, Red Horse, construct a 2 mile long access road at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, January 20, 2016. Red Horse personnel working this paving project are deployed from the 254th in Guam, Montana’s 219th, and the 210th out of New

  • Volunteer instructor helps keep deployed military fit to fight

    Staying fit to fight during a deployment can sometimes be a challenge.  However, thanks to volunteer instructors some otherwise unavailable sports activities are made possible.One such volunteer has turned her enthusiasm and dance ability into an opportunity for others to stay physically fit.  Tech.

  • Desert Shield, Desert Storm vet reflects 25 years later

    “Twenty-five years ago the country was a very different place. I remember watching the news coverage of the invasion back home. Before long, flying units were mobilized and out; we were pushing everything through.” In the summer of 1990, President George H.W. Bush deployed U.S. Armed Forces into