Story by Staff Sgt. Joseph Pick | United States Air Forces Central | 06.21.2020
For the first time, U.S. Air Forces Central Command opened its innovation doors to field ideas from Airmen through a competition that spanned across U.S. Central Command’s 20-nation theater with the theme of improving operations and navigating the new normal. With the deadline for submissions closed out, U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael Koscheski, the deputy commander of AFCENT and......
Story by Staff Sgt. Ashley Gardner | 379th Air Expeditionary Wing | 05.18.2019
The 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron provides a “home” for the Air Force Petroleum Office. The team of three provides quality assurance and control of fuels and gases for the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. “The fuels lab handles over 700 samples a year for not only AUAB, but for our sister services and coalition partners,” said Chief Master Sgt. Chad......
Story by Tech. Sgt. Nathaniel Allen | 379th Air Expeditionary Wing | 02.11.2019
The 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron recieved the “Daedalian” award during a ceremony Feb. 11, 2019, declaring them the best LRS unit in U.S. Air Forces Central Command and Air Combat Command. The Daedalian Maj. Gen. Warren R. Carter Logistics Effectiveness Award, first presented in 1962, is given to the base level unit with the best supply, effectiveness record, and......
Story by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal | 379th Air Expeditionary Wing | 11.29.2018
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Christen Curry, 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels distribution operator, set an aircraft refueling record for 2018, here....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal | 379th Air Expeditionary Wing | 11.01.2018
More than two decades ago, 6-year-old Dave Ranlet went on a trip to the United Kingdom with his family. The experience proved to have a positive, lasting effect on him. Today, Ranlet is a U.S. Air Force technical sergeant currently assigned to the 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron here. When he found out early in his deployment that the Royal Air Force ran a British pub on......
Story by Master Sgt. Philip Speck | 379th Air Expeditionary Wing | 12.16.2017
Al Udeid Air Base, QATAR - When Chief Master Sgt. Jayen Patel, vehicle management flight chief for the 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron here, arrived in January 2017, he started identifying processes that needed revision to effectively maintain the installation’s 2,200 vehicles. The challenge was going to be coming up with and implementing the new changes; because the......
Story by Tech. Sgt. Amy Lovgren | 379th Air Expeditionary Wing | 08.12.2017
The 379th Air Expeditionary Wing is the largest expeditionary wing in the world. At the heart of the Wing is a team of Airmen with the 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, Fuels Management Flight, who work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to make sure that aircraft are receiving the critical “life blood” of fuel that supports operations in the U.S. Air Forces Central command......
Story by Senior Airman Janelle Patiño | 379th Air Expeditionary Wing | 08.19.2016
The 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron cryogenics team inspected liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen tanks prior to aircraft shipment Aug. 5 here....
