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
Dec. 24, 2015 AF, Marine and Army EOD train, learn from each other Air Force, Marine and Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians from throughout the area of responsibility came together for the first time to train at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia Dec. 14-18. The five-day training exercise included more than 40 staged improvised explosive device
Dec. 18, 2015 Airman helps troubled youth “Focus” with non-profit mentorship program Even while deployed to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing in support of Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, Tech. Sgt. Tyron Fields is making a difference for the youth in his hometown of Charleston, South Carolina through a non-profit mentorship program called “Focus.” The program aims to help direct kids
Dec. 17, 2015 Tops in Blue rocks The Rock Tops in Blue vocalist Senior Airman Jordan Whitehead performs during a recent visit to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Dec. 16, 2015. Comprised of 40 active-duty Airmen, the expeditionary entertainment group travels worldwide to entertain military
Dec. 15, 2015 CSAF, CMSAF visit Airmen deployed to 332nd AEW Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A Welsh III and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody address questions from Airmen currently deployed to the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Dec. 10, 2015. Welsh and Cody visited the base to express their