Aug. 8, 2017 386 AEW SARC stands in the gap, helps airmen overcome A recurring theme across the Air Force has consistently been “taking care of Airmen”. From your unit first sergeant, to your base mental health team, Airmen can take comfort in knowing that there is a team of trained and dedicated professionals looking after their well-being. In addition, they can
July 27, 2017 387th AEG adapts to support SecState AOR visit SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Preparation, training, agility and teamwork came together here recently when an inbound mission, transporting Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and other State Department staff, was received by the 387th Air Expeditionary Group during Tillerson’s recent visit to the AOR.Tillerson’s
July 26, 2017 386 AEW C-130 units change guard, maintain readiness in AOR SOUTHWEST ASIA – Air National Guardsmen and their aircraft, deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, execute daily airlift missions out of one of the busiest air bases in the U.S. Air Forces Central Command area of responsibility.With the operations tempo high
July 12, 2017 U.S. Air Force air advisors support coalition, Iraqi air ops in Mosul offensive U.S. Air Force air advisors work hand-in-hand with their Iraqi counterparts at Qayyarah West airfield to support coalition and Iraqi operations against ISIS in Mosul.Qayyarah West airfield, located in the northern region of Iraq near Mosul, serves as a logistical hub for the offensive to recapture
July 5, 2017 USAFA cadets train for future at 386 AEW SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Each summer, rising juniors at the U.S. Air Force Academy travel to military bases across the globe to get a first-hand look at how support and operational functions work together to accomplish a wing’s mission.This year, the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing hosted approximately twenty
Nov. 24, 2016 COMACC visits 386th AEW, praises Airmen’s contributions to the fight SOUTHWEST ASIA -- U.S. Air Force Gen. Hawk Carlisle, commander of Air Combat Command, his wife, Mrs. Gillian Carlisle, and Chief Master Sgt. Steve K. McDonald, command chief master sergeant of ACC, visited Airmen deployed with the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing at an undisclosed location in Southwest
Oct. 27, 2016 Rock Solid Warrior: Staff Sgt. Ryan Rathke I’m Staff Sgt. Ryan Rathke, a 386th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron deputy airfield manager. I am deployed from the 21st Operations Support Squadron at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. I joined the Air Force because I always had a deep desire to serve my country. I saw the Air Force as
Aug. 17, 2016 Scores of reservists join Total Force effort About 200 Air Force reservists from the 439th Airlift Wing are deployed to a pair of undisclosed locations here as well as in Baghdad. Capt. Kristin Montville and Tech Sgt. Jonathan Colwell are among these Airmen, whose home station is Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass., and they make up two-thirds of
Jan. 6, 2016 Vehicle maintenance keeps mission rolling in support of OIR Staff Sgt. Joseph Petrie, 386th Vehicle Management Flight, mission generation vehicular equipment maintenance journeyman, replaces a vehicle injection control pump at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Jan. 4, 2016 supporting Operation INHERENT RESOLVE. The 386th vehicle management flight
Jan. 6, 2016 Rock Solid Warrior: Staff Sgt. Steven Stein I am Staff Sgt. Steven Stein, a 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron electrical systems craftsman, deployed from the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona. My job as an electrical systems craftsman is to install, maintain and repair airfield lighting systems, and