Feb. 14, 2022 1st Fighter Wing deploys to United Arab Emirates Under the direction of the Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, the mission will be to assist the UAE, one of the United States’ long-standing strategic partners, amid a series of recent attacks.
March 18, 2020 Projecting Airpower: JSTARS join aircraft utilizing PSAB to modernize employment for future Members of the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System assigned to the 7th Expeditionary Airborne Command and Control Squadron at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, forward deployed to Prince Sultan AB in order to improve its employment capability in the region.
Nov. 8, 2019 Open for business: Airmen discuss contract opportunities with Kuwaitis The event, sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait, is a joint effort among the U.S. Department of Commerce, the American Business Council – Kuwait, the U.S. Army’s 408th Contracting Support Brigade from Camp Arifjan and the U.S. Air Force’s 386th Expeditionary Contracting Squadron.
Sept. 20, 2019 AMC commander talks readiness, transformation at Air, Space and Cyber Conference Addressing a room of Airmen, reporters and defense researchers, Gen. Maryanne Miller, Air Mobility Command commander, explained how her command is adapting to meet the demands outlined by the strategy.
Jan. 18, 2019 PERSCO keeps the base accountable Before you arrive to a deployment at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, there is a team already tracking and processing your movement into the Area of Responsibility. This is the Personnel Support for Contingency Operations team whose mission is total force accountability, casualty reporting
Jan. 6, 2019 REDHORSE and Prime BEEF building up ADAB The 1st Expeditionary Civil Engineer Group provides theater-wide engineering technical services, light and heavy troop labor construction and repairs within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in order to engineer combat power and establish and sustain combat platforms for USCENTCOM and
July 20, 2018 June airpower highlights: Afghan ceasefire, op roundup in Iraq and Syria U.S. Air Forces Central Command published its monthly Airpower Summary today, highlighting U.S. and coalition airpower operations in June 2018 in the USCENTCOM area of responsibility.
May 14, 2018 Air Force transitions to a single combat uniform Air Force leaders announced the service will move to a single combat utility uniform, adopting the Operational Camouflage Pattern, or OCP, already in use by the Army and Airmen in combat zones and in certain jobs across the Air Force.
March 9, 2018 Coalition live-fire exercise enhances Iraqi combat capabilities The first coalition live-fire exercise for the Iraqi Forward Air Controller course took place at Besmaya Range, Iraq, March 4-8, 2018.
Aug. 8, 2017 American, coalition airmen mark 3 years of lethal airpower against ISIS In early 2014, people across the globe were horrified by images of a menacing force sweeping across the Middle East, overwhelming superior armies and brutalizing those unfortunate enough to fall beneath its black shadow of terror. Nearly a month after the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria announced
June 19, 2017 386 AEW mental health team builds bonds, shatters stigmas It can start with a simple conversation. “How are you?” “Yeah, I bet you see some crazy stuff at your job.” “That must have been really hard for you to process.” What at first seems like a run-of-the-mill conversation, stemming from a friendly visit, is more than meets the eye. It is a check-in. It
Dec. 29, 2014 CSAF visits Bagram, connects with Airmen Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, spent a portion of his visit to the Air Forces Central Command area of responsibility engaging with Airmen, NCOs and officers during an Airman’s Call here Dec. 15