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Viper Communications Team Keeps VIP's Connected

Even in the air, military leaders and heads of state must always have the ability to communicate.

Financial Stewards Ensure Mission Success

When service members need foreign currency to purchase gifts and souvenirs from the local area, they visit the 379th Expeditionary Comptroller Squadron where they find ready and willing experts to assist service members.

B1-B Lancers Play Many Roles in AOR

When it's fourth and one on the goal line and Coalition forces need help fast, they often look to the "roving linebacker" of the area of responsibility.

Mobility Airmen Speed Delivery of Vital Vaccine

Here in Southwest Asia, the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron handles nearly every passenger and piece of cargo that travels through the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.

CE 'Dirt Boyz' Build With Big Toys

With this team the old cliché rings true – 'it's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it.'

Remotely Fixing Eyes, Ears of F-15E Strike Eagles

In the early days of aviation, it was up to the pilots to watch for enemy aircraft and identify enemy ground forces. These days, electronic and communication systems, or avionics, assist pilots in identifying enemy targets and ground forces.

Optometry Helps Airmen See Eye to Eye

From basic training, military servicemembers are taught the importance of attention to detail. When cleaning and inspecting weapons, servicemembers ensure they are free from carbon and in good working order. If the optics on a weapon is dirty, scratched or otherwise in disrepair, the problem is immediately corrected to ensure the weapon can be zeroed in on target. It is often said that the body is also a weapon system and keeping it clean and in good working order is essential in keeping servicemembers in the fight.

Colonel Remembers Unique Assignment

Before he was deployed to Southwest Asia as the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing Director of Staff, Col. Timothy Nelson received an assignment, and opportunity, few Airmen are provided.

Airmen Prepare Discarded Items for Reuse

In Southwest Asia, a high operations tempo means that equipment will inevitably wear out, break down or be rendered obsolete.

Army Riggers Pack Mission Sustaining Materials for Air Drop to Remote Areas

The fight can be tough on the ground, especially for servicemembers located at remote forward operating bases where needed supplies are not readily available.

Command Chief Shares Vision for Way Ahead

When 379th Air Expeditionary Wing Command Chief Master Sgt. David Green first arrived in Southwest Asia in June, his first goal was to learn as much as he could about the wing's mission.

379 Expeditionary Medical Group First to Validate New System

The 379th Expeditionary Medical Group has acquired a new tool in its never ending quest to keep base residents healthy.

Flash Point: Fuels Lab Answers Burning Need

Although the team is small and their job narrow in scope, the 379th Expeditionary Logistics and Readiness Squadron fuels lab holds the lives of servicemembers and the safety of aircraft in their hands. Fuel is a single point failure commodity, said Staff Sgt. Michael Brady, 379 ELRS fuels lab NCO in charge, deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. "You don't want anything going wrong with the fuel when an aircraft is taking off and flying."

Keeping AF Equipment Running Challenge for Today's AGE

Servicemembers go to technical school to learn the basic skills of their military job and they receive hands on experience when they go to their first duty assignment. However, with the high operational tempo and numerous tasks required of them day in and day out, the servicemembers of the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron aerospace ground equipment flight, here, have an opportunity to perfect and enhance their maturing skills.

Aircraft Need Security? Get It FAST

The majority of Airmen deployed to the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron can be found patrolling the base or manning checkpoints, their boots firmly on the ground.


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