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386th NEWS

  • EOD: Take a walk on the wild side

    Tech. Sgt. Matthew Bingaman, 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal technician, prepares to manually approach an improvised explosive device during a training scenario at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, June 25, 2015. Bingaman has been in the Air Force for

  • Rock Solid Warrior: Senior Airman Dylan Goodwin

    Editor’s note: TheRock Solid Warrior program is a way to recognize and spotlight the Airmen ofthe 386th Air Expeditionary Wing for their positive impact and commitment to themission.I’m Senior Airman Dylan Goodwin, a 386th Expeditionary CivilEngineer Squadron Force Protection member. My home unit is

  • Father and son spend Father’s Day in deployed location

     Deployed accommodations havechanged drastically in the last 30 years. In the 80’s and 90’s handwrittenletters and rooms filled with payphones were the only ways to communicate withloved ones from home.  “When I went to Desert Storm the first time, we gotour phone call home and we were in country

  • 386th Air Expeditionary Wing welcomes new commander

    The change of command ceremony dates back to the18th century during the reign of Fredrick the Great of Prussia. During thistime, organizational flags unique to each unit were created. The leader whopossessed the flag held the soldier’s allegiance, which is a symbolic traditionthat continues today. 

  • Living the American Dream

    On Christmas day in 1991, the Soviet flag flew over the Kremlin in Moscow forthe last time. People across the country took what jobs they could find, gettingpaid a fraction of what they made before as the local currency became nearlyworthless. The burden of the country’s uncertain direction weighed

  • 386th AEW relays roles in OIR to ABC

    Martha Raddatz, ABC News chief global affairs correspondent, films a news story about Remotely Piloted Aircraft and their role in Operation Inherent Resolve during a visit to an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, June 6, 2015. The 386th Air Expeditionary Wing conducts precision strikes and

  • Rock Solid Warrior: Staff Sgt. Katherine Platt

    Editor’s note: TheRock Solid Warrior program is a way to recognize and spotlight the Airmen ofthe 386th Air Expeditionary Wing for their positive impact and commitment tothe mission.I’m Staff Sgt. Katherine Platt, a 386th ExpeditionaryMaintenance Squadron plans scheduling and documentation

  • When it's hotter than Hades, leave it to Hercules

    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jordan Hale, 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron C-130H Hercules aerospace maintainer craftsman,, deployed from the 911th Airlift Wing out of Pittsburgh, Pa., assists with baggage in the back of the aircraft, June 1, 2015, at an undisclosed location in

  • Rock Solid Warrior: Staff Sgt. Michelle Morin

    Southwest Asia --This week’s Rock Solid Warrior is Staff Sgt. Michelle Morin from the 386thExpeditionary Force Support Squadron. Morin supports the Rock community as aspecial event, bazaar and spa day coordinator and the NCOIC for the Drop Zone. TheKilleen, Texas native is deployed from the 325th

  • Memorial Day: More than one day, it is every day

    Flanders poppies, also known as American Legion poppies, are long-associatedsymbols of  the sacrifices made in pastwars, because they grow naturally in conditions of disturbed earth.Memorial Day, once named Decoration Day, is observed the lastMonday in May in honor of the men and women who died in