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Kevin Watt, Wood Craft Center manger, teaches kids

Kevin Watt, Wood Craft Center manger, teaches kids

Kevin Watt, Wood Craft Center manger, teaches kids how to make a cutting board at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Aug. 11, 2017. The Fairchild Youth Center hosted a week-long wood working camp where kids ... More

In 1953, the 92nd Bombardment Wing's B-36 Peacemakers

In 1953, the 92nd Bombardment Wing's B-36 Peacemakers

In 1953, the 92nd Bombardment Wing's B-36 Peacemakers deployed overseas for Operation BIG STICK for the first of several deployments. Strategic Air Command initiated this operation to test its war plans and hel... More

Construction for building 2050 began on Jan. 19, 1942,

Construction for building 2050 began on Jan. 19, 1942,

Construction for building 2050 began on Jan. 19, 1942, after the citizens of Spokane raised approximately $125,000 to purchase 2,400 acres for the Northwest Air Depot. The construction took more than a year to ... More

A brand new KC-135 Stratotanker, Tail number 55-3127,

A brand new KC-135 Stratotanker, Tail number 55-3127,

A brand new KC-135 Stratotanker, Tail number 55-3127, takes off from Larson Air Force Base, Washington, June 28, 1957, on its way to Castle AFB, Washington. This was the first KC-135 delivered to the legacy Str... More

Capt. Karl Bolt, a native of Stockton, Calif. and stationed

Capt. Karl Bolt, a native of Stockton, Calif. and stationed

Capt. Karl Bolt, a native of Stockton, Calif. and stationed at Al Udeid Air Base, tosses the opening jump ball at an elementary girls’ basketball game at the American School of Doha. Bolt is currently serving a... More

Airman 1st Class Jillian Ward issues an M4 carbine

Airman 1st Class Jillian Ward issues an M4 carbine

Airman 1st Class Jillian Ward issues an M4 carbine assault rifle to Senior Airman Thomas Flowers at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Aug. 14, 2013. Ward is a 379th Expeditionary Security Forc... More

Maggie Rose and band performs for Grand Slam Wing service

Maggie Rose and band performs for Grand Slam Wing service

Maggie Rose and band performs for Grand Slam Wing service members at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Aug. 20, 2013. Rose said she’s extremely thankful for the sacrifices made every day by U.... More

Mobility airmen making a difference down range

Mobility airmen making a difference down range

In nearly 70 years, airlift operations have come a long way since the early days of the Military Airlift Transport Service and mobility pioneer, Lt. Gen. William Tunner, but one thing has remained the same -- M... More

Senior Airman Vikki Flores and Lt. Col. Sirena Morris

Senior Airman Vikki Flores and Lt. Col. Sirena Morris

Senior Airman Vikki Flores and Lt. Col. Sirena Morris select which sandwich to eat during the Women’s Equality Day celebration at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Aug. 26, 2013. Flores is a 3... More

Expeditionary battle management operators: Right info, right time

Expeditionary battle management operators: Right info, right time

During lightning-fast air combat, every decision makes an impact, and for 71st Expeditionary Air Control Squadron command and control battle management operators at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest... More

Members of the base honor guard lower the flag while

Members of the base honor guard lower the flag while

Members of the base honor guard lower the flag while retreat is played during a 9/11 retreat ceremony at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Sept. 11, 2013. The 379th AEW has been a constant in ... More

CFC kicks off at Grand Slam Wing

CFC kicks off at Grand Slam Wing

The 2013 Combined Federal Campaign-Overseas kicks off at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Sept. 16 and runs through Nov. 15, 2013. This year, the 379th AEW’s campaign goal is $155,000. This y... More

Air Force contracting negotiates way to mission realization

Air Force contracting negotiates way to mission realization

Air Force contracting must balance fulfilling the service’s mission with upholding statutory law, the Federal Acquisition Regulation, and other Air Force policy and guidance. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration/... More

Service members deployed to the 379th Air Expeditionary

Service members deployed to the 379th Air Expeditionary

Service members deployed to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia render salutes during the singing of the national anthem as part of the wing’s Air Force birthday celebration Sept. 18, 2013. This ... More

Royal Air Force service members bow their heads as

Royal Air Force service members bow their heads as

Royal Air Force service members bow their heads as Rev. Andrew Wakeham-Dawson, squadron leader, leads the group in prayer during the Battle of Britain Day parade ceremony at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in ... More

Service members deployed to the 379th Air Expeditionary

Service members deployed to the 379th Air Expeditionary

Service members deployed to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing participate in the 24-hour prisoners of war and missing in action vigil run at the 379th AEW in Southwest Asia, Sept. 21, 2013. The run began Sept. 2... More

Wingman culture key to suicide prevention, resiliency

Wingman culture key to suicide prevention, resiliency

Resiliency is a term describing skill sets for Airmen to bounce back and grow following adversity. The Wingman Culture strengthens airmen by providing them the tools and support to face the challenges of milita... More

Senior Airman Eugene Philipenko deletes member information

Senior Airman Eugene Philipenko deletes member information

Senior Airman Eugene Philipenko deletes member information from the personnel database at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Oct. 10, 2013. Personnel Support for Contingency Operations members ... More

Airman 1st Class Ryan Peterson volunteers to collect

Airman 1st Class Ryan Peterson volunteers to collect

Airman 1st Class Ryan Peterson volunteers to collect uniform items at one of 15 uniform drop boxes at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Oct. 15, 2013. Uniform drop boxes are placed around base... More

Chip Harris annotates as local government contractor

Chip Harris annotates as local government contractor

Chip Harris annotates as local government contractor Ramon Gonzales uses a stick to check for sediments inside a waste fuel drum at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Oct. 15, 2013. This proced... More

Senior Airman Jacob Lagodzinski uses a high pressure

Senior Airman Jacob Lagodzinski uses a high pressure

Senior Airman Jacob Lagodzinski uses a high pressure water spray to clean an air conditioning unit at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Oct. 22, 2013. As part of the Recurring Work Program, ai... More

Lt. Col. Sirena Morris conducts a walking tour of facilities

Lt. Col. Sirena Morris conducts a walking tour of facilities

Lt. Col. Sirena Morris conducts a walking tour of facilities at memorial plaza to military spouses during a command sponsorship program tour at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Oct. 23, 2013.... More

Volunteers assist marathon runners with registration

Volunteers assist marathon runners with registration

Volunteers assist marathon runners with registration documents during the Special Operations Command Central Forward Marine Corps Marathon at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Oct. 27, 2013. ... More

U.S. Air Forces Central Band the “Blue Yonders,” perform

U.S. Air Forces Central Band the “Blue Yonders,” perform

U.S. Air Forces Central Band the “Blue Yonders,” perform at a local school in Southwest Asia, Oct. 28, 2013. The AFCENT band’s mission is to positively promote troop morale, diplomacy and outreach to host natio... More

Airman 1st Class Matthew Gambal ties a knot to secure

Airman 1st Class Matthew Gambal ties a knot to secure

Airman 1st Class Matthew Gambal ties a knot to secure a tool to Senior Airman Wong Ly’s safety harness at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Oct. 30, 2013. Tools are secured to ensure they do n... More

Maj. Ryan Parker looks on as Master Sgt. Jose Cruz

Maj. Ryan Parker looks on as Master Sgt. Jose Cruz

Maj. Ryan Parker looks on as Master Sgt. Jose Cruz affixes the 31st Air Defense Artillery Brigade patch to Spc. Dacoda Worth’s right sleeve at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia Nov. 2, 2013. Th... More

Airman 1st Class Colin Turnbow replaces the front suspension

Airman 1st Class Colin Turnbow replaces the front suspension

Airman 1st Class Colin Turnbow replaces the front suspension of a Humvee in Southwest Asia, Nov. 7, 2013. Humvees come in for scheduled maintenance every three months due to amount of use they receive. Turnbow ... More

Brig. Gen. David Wheeler (left) Combined Air and Space

Brig. Gen. David Wheeler (left) Combined Air and Space

Brig. Gen. David Wheeler (left) Combined Air and Space Operations Center Director, Maj. Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., Air Forces Central Command deputy commander (center) and Brig. Gen. Roger H. Watkins (right) 37... More

Senior Airman Raychelle Goldsmith and Airman 1st Class

Senior Airman Raychelle Goldsmith and Airman 1st Class

Senior Airman Raychelle Goldsmith and Airman 1st Class Kenneth Caberto prepare to fold the U.S. flag during the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing Veterans Day retreat ceremony in Southwest Asia, Nov. 11, 2013. Golds... More

Senior Airman Terry Doane, a 379th Expeditionary Force

Senior Airman Terry Doane, a 379th Expeditionary Force

Senior Airman Terry Doane, a 379th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron rations team member, verifies the correct amount of beverages received at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Nov. 13, 201... More

Brenda Wells, 379th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron

Brenda Wells, 379th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron

Brenda Wells, 379th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron Airman & Family Readiness Center community readiness consultant, speaks to Patrick Henry, a logistics contracting officer representative, during a noncom... More

Volunteers from the First Four organization refurbish

Volunteers from the First Four organization refurbish

Volunteers from the First Four organization refurbish and stain worn benches outside the Blatchford-Preston Complex mall. With the support of 46 airmen and soldiers, 16 benches were refurbished over a three day... More

Tech Sgt. Jessica Wilbur provides a pretest briefing

Tech Sgt. Jessica Wilbur provides a pretest briefing

Tech Sgt. Jessica Wilbur provides a pretest briefing to service members taking College Level Examination Program tests at the education center, 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, Southwest Asia on Nov. 26, 2013. Wil... More

The U.S Air Forces Central Command band Systems Go

The U.S Air Forces Central Command band Systems Go

The U.S Air Forces Central Command band Systems Go performs for service members at the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron passenger terminal, 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, Southwest Asia on Nov. 27, 2013. ... More

A taste from home, US Air Force Photo

A taste from home, US Air Force Photo

Other country nationals team up with senior leadership to serve Thanksgiving Day meals to deployed members assigned to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing and coalition partners in Southwest Asia, on Nov. 28, 2013... More

Tech. Sgt. Ryan Oliver swims 500 meters in a local

Tech. Sgt. Ryan Oliver swims 500 meters in a local

Tech. Sgt. Ryan Oliver swims 500 meters in a local triathlon in Southwest Asia, Nov. 29, 2013. Oliver placed first in his division and second overall with a time of 1:04:33. Oliver is a 379th Expeditionary Civi... More

Chief Master Sgt. Roy Wicks, Brig. Gen. Roger H. Watkins

Chief Master Sgt. Roy Wicks, Brig. Gen. Roger H. Watkins

Chief Master Sgt. Roy Wicks, Brig. Gen. Roger H. Watkins and his wife Leslie cut a Thanksgiving Day cake at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Nov. 28, 2013. Senior leadership volunteered throu... More

Col. Jennifer Fullmer serves a plate of turkey to an

Col. Jennifer Fullmer serves a plate of turkey to an

Col. Jennifer Fullmer serves a plate of turkey to an airman during Thanksgiving Day meal at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Nov. 28, 2013. Senior leadership volunteered throughout the day to... More

A taste from home, US Air Force Photo

A taste from home, US Air Force Photo

Other country nationals team up with senior leadership to serve Thanksgiving Day meals to deployed members assigned to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing and coalition partners in Southwest Asia, on Nov. 28, 2013... More

Senior Airman Chase Blumberg analyzes the direction

Senior Airman Chase Blumberg analyzes the direction

Senior Airman Chase Blumberg analyzes the direction of the wind on a deployable weather sensor at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Dec. 2, 2013. To avoid harsh weather conditions and create t... More

Staff Sgt. Nickolas Hill cuts excess velcro from an

Staff Sgt. Nickolas Hill cuts excess velcro from an

Staff Sgt. Nickolas Hill cuts excess velcro from an air deflector at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, Southwest Asia, Dec. 3, 2013. Hill helped create 44 air deflectors which are used to on air conditioners th... More

Haltom alumni aim high - A group of men standing next to each other in front of a building

Haltom alumni aim high - A group of men standing next to each other in...

Haltom High School alumni, Brig. Gen. Roger H. Watkins (1981) and siblings Staff Sgt. Everett Myles (2004) and Senior Airman Bahja Jones (2008) pose for a group photo at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Sout... More

Master Sgt. Chad Malley 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer

Master Sgt. Chad Malley 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer

Master Sgt. Chad Malley 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer prepares for fire attack and search and rescue tactics at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Dec. 5, 2013. Training is conducted monthly to kee... More

Deployed airmen remember Pearl Harbor

Deployed airmen remember Pearl Harbor

Tech. Sgt. Jarvais Parker (right) and Senior Airman Khary Cook march with 35-pound assault rucks during a 24-hour memorial ruck march at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Dec. 6, 2013. Members... More

Senior Airman Michael Haig and Staff Sgt. Cornell Martin

Senior Airman Michael Haig and Staff Sgt. Cornell Martin

Senior Airman Michael Haig and Staff Sgt. Cornell Martin rewire a generator at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Dec. 9, 2013. Haig a Constableville, N.Y. native and Martin an El Paso, Texas, ... More

Tech. Sgt. Robert McNeal tests a portable oxygen tank

Tech. Sgt. Robert McNeal tests a portable oxygen tank

Tech. Sgt. Robert McNeal tests a portable oxygen tank before an aeromedical evacuation aboard a C-17 Globemaster III, at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Dec. 9, 2013. McNeal, a 379th Expedit... More

Staff Sgt. Danyette Washington, a contracting officer,

Staff Sgt. Danyette Washington, a contracting officer,

Staff Sgt. Danyette Washington, a contracting officer, and Technical Sgt. Justin Seals, a native of Vidalia, La. and deployed from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, pump gas as a random act of kindness during the 12... More

The Check Six staff pose for a group photo outside

The Check Six staff pose for a group photo outside

The Check Six staff pose for a group photo outside the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing wing operation center Dec. 13, 2013, at the 379th AEW, Southwest Asia. The Check Six program is designed to promote vigilance ... More

Brig. Gen. Roger H. Watkins invites children to light

Brig. Gen. Roger H. Watkins invites children to light

Brig. Gen. Roger H. Watkins invites children to light the Christmas tree at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Dec. 16, 2013. Deployed service members and those with families here were invited ... More

Tech. Sgt. Thomas Miller and Ahmed-Abdullah Al-Jarchi

Tech. Sgt. Thomas Miller and Ahmed-Abdullah Al-Jarchi

Tech. Sgt. Thomas Miller and Ahmed-Abdullah Al-Jarchi maintain surveillance in the air traffic control tower at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Dec. 18, 2013. Miller and Al-Jarchi are air tr... More

Alaina Blair, a country music artist, performs for

Alaina Blair, a country music artist, performs for

Alaina Blair, a country music artist, performs for service members at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Dec. 19, 2013. Blair, along with her band, performed 11 concerts in five countries acros... More

Brig. Gen. Roger H. Watkins and his wife, Leslie, serve

Brig. Gen. Roger H. Watkins and his wife, Leslie, serve

Brig. Gen. Roger H. Watkins and his wife, Leslie, serve Christmas Day meals to service members at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Dec. 25, 2013. Senior leadership volunteered throughout the ... More

Members of the Air Force Entertainment Group perform

Members of the Air Force Entertainment Group perform

Members of the Air Force Entertainment Group perform for deployed service members at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, Southwest Asia, Dec. 26, 2013. The AFEG is comprised of 29 former Tops in Blue members who ... More

Senior Airman Justin Henke removes a glove from the

Senior Airman Justin Henke removes a glove from the

Senior Airman Justin Henke removes a glove from the electrical tester after testing at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, Southwest Asia, Dec. 30, 2013. Henke has tested 62 pairs of gloves since Dec. 23. Testing... More

During a military working dog demonstration, Staff

During a military working dog demonstration, Staff

During a military working dog demonstration, Staff Sgt. Scott Emmick and Staff Sgt. Byran Bowermaster, 379th Expeditionary Security Force Squadron dog handlers, conduct muzzle training with Chrach, a MWD at the... More

Airman 1st Class Michael Galvan greases a wheel bearing

Airman 1st Class Michael Galvan greases a wheel bearing

Airman 1st Class Michael Galvan greases a wheel bearing of a C-130J Super Hercules at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, Dec. 31, 2013. Galvan is a 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron wheel and tire technic... More

DJ Babey Drew plays music during the New Year’s Eve

DJ Babey Drew plays music during the New Year’s Eve

DJ Babey Drew plays music during the New Year’s Eve performance at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, Southwest Asia, Dec. 31, 2013. DJ Babey Drew, Comedienne Eliza Sherzinger, winner of NBC's Last Comic Standin... More

Members of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing Honor Guard

Members of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing Honor Guard

Members of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing Honor Guard compete in a drill-off in Southwest Asia, Jan. 2, 2014. The Honor Guard holds drill-offs which consisted of rifle movements and commands to select who wil... More

Deployed airmen at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, prepare

Deployed airmen at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, prepare

Deployed airmen at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, prepare to ship packages back to the United States Jan. 8, 2014. The post office employs 16 airmen and processes nearly 280 packages of incoming mail and nearly 500 ... More

Participants of a Crossfit Undisclosed workout peform

Participants of a Crossfit Undisclosed workout peform

Participants of a Crossfit Undisclosed workout peform jumping jacks Jan. 8, 2014 at Al Udeid Air Base Qatar. Crossfit Undisclosed, which was started in May 2013, hosts four classes a day and provides service me... More

Staff Sgt. Xaviour Campbell, a 379th Expeditionary

Staff Sgt. Xaviour Campbell, a 379th Expeditionary

Staff Sgt. Xaviour Campbell, a 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron lease vehicle management journeyman, provides vehicle control officer training to newly appointed VCOs at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar... More

At Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Capt. Philip Bush inspects

At Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Capt. Philip Bush inspects

At Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Capt. Philip Bush inspects the landing gear of a C-17 Globemaster III before taking off on a mission to Kandahar, Afghanistan Jan. 9, 2014. The 816th EAS is responsible for providin... More

Clebe McClary, a former Marine first lieutenant who

Clebe McClary, a former Marine first lieutenant who

Clebe McClary, a former Marine first lieutenant who was wounded during the Vietnam War , shares his story with a group of airmen, sailors, Marines, soldiers and civilians at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Jan. 14, 2... More

Senior Airman Charles Thomas bags ice for a blood product

Senior Airman Charles Thomas bags ice for a blood product

Senior Airman Charles Thomas bags ice for a blood product shipment at the 379th Expeditionary Medical Group Blood Transshipment Center, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Jan. 17, 2014. The BTC serves as the central poi... More

Recently moved U.S. Army M939 5-Ton vehicles are lined

Recently moved U.S. Army M939 5-Ton vehicles are lined

Recently moved U.S. Army M939 5-Ton vehicles are lined up at a collection point at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Jan. 17, 2014. The 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron was tasked to move 51 vehicles an... More

Chief Master Sgt. Rory Wicks speaks at the Dr. Martin

Chief Master Sgt. Rory Wicks speaks at the Dr. Martin

Chief Master Sgt. Rory Wicks speaks at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. observance ceremony at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Jan. 20, 2014. The ceremony was attended by members of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing an... More

Airmen from the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer

Airmen from the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer

Airmen from the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron disassemble a tent during Operations Town Demobilization at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Jan. 21, 2014. The 379th ECES leads the way to accomplish the pr... More

9th EBS supports AOR Wounded Warriors

9th EBS supports AOR Wounded Warriors

Members of the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron pose for a group photo at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Jan. 22, 2014. The 9th EBS, deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, flew 2,179 flags during their deployment... More

Soldiers from the 3-43 Air Defense Artillery Battalion

Soldiers from the 3-43 Air Defense Artillery Battalion

Soldiers from the 3-43 Air Defense Artillery Battalion who are deployed from Fort Bliss, Texas. pose for a group photo in front of a Patriot Missile Weapon System at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Jan. 22, 2013. The... More

Senior Airman Joy Neuenschwander cleans a pair of night

Senior Airman Joy Neuenschwander cleans a pair of night

Senior Airman Joy Neuenschwander cleans a pair of night vision goggles at Al Udeid Air Base Qatar, Jan. 23, 2014. Neuenschwander is part of the six airmen who work in the C-130J Aircrew Flight Equipment shop wh... More

Senior Airman Adam Ranney conducts a daily inspection

Senior Airman Adam Ranney conducts a daily inspection

Senior Airman Adam Ranney conducts a daily inspection of a nozzle on the emergency aviation gasoline equipment at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Jan. 27, 2014. The 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron pe... More

J.R. Martinez, a soldier who was wounded in 2003 by

J.R. Martinez, a soldier who was wounded in 2003 by

J.R. Martinez, a soldier who was wounded in 2003 by an improvised explosive device in Iraq, gets attacked by a military working dog named Duck during a K-9 demonstration at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Jan. 29, 20... More

Master Sgt. Rosita Grubbs inventories Operation Enduring

Master Sgt. Rosita Grubbs inventories Operation Enduring

Master Sgt. Rosita Grubbs inventories Operation Enduring Freedom Camouflage Pattern uniforms at the 466th Air Expeditionary Group at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Jan. 30, 2014. The 466th AEG recently moved from th... More

Members of the 379th Expeditionary Medical Group participate

Members of the 379th Expeditionary Medical Group participate

Members of the 379th Expeditionary Medical Group participate in a mass casualty exercise at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar Jan. 31, 2014. The 379th EMDG responded to a simulated structure fire where they conducted tr... More

A total of 57 airmen and soldiers volunteer to spend

A total of 57 airmen and soldiers volunteer to spend

A total of 57 airmen and soldiers volunteer to spend the day with 977 students from the American School of Doha in Qatar, during Sports Day, Feb. 2, 2014. Established in 2011, the Qatar National Sports Day prom... More

AFSA supports education goals, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

AFSA supports education goals, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

Senior Master Sgt. Jeffrey Bise reviews a document with Senior Airman Mary Andom at the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 5, 2014. Andom received a $125 scholarship from t... More

EOD airman fulfills unique mission in Vietnam

EOD airman fulfills unique mission in Vietnam

EOD airman fulfills unique mission in Vietnam. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration/Airman 1st Class Janelle Patiño/Released)

Service members and Qatar Emiri air force members play

Service members and Qatar Emiri air force members play

Service members and Qatar Emiri air force members play a friendly game of soccer during Qatar National Sports Day at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 11, 2014. For the first time more than 100 airmen, sailors, so... More

Senior Airman Tim Bailey annotates a radio serial number

Senior Airman Tim Bailey annotates a radio serial number

Senior Airman Tim Bailey annotates a radio serial number as he sets up the heavy weapons window at the 379th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron armory, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 11, 2014. The items are... More

Tech. Sgt. Kevin Fossett prepares to inspect a classified

Tech. Sgt. Kevin Fossett prepares to inspect a classified

Tech. Sgt. Kevin Fossett prepares to inspect a classified phone at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 12, 2014. The 379th Expeditionary Communications Squadron's Viper Team is made up of six Airmen and on call 24/7... More

Airmen from the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron

Airmen from the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron

Airmen from the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Aero Repair shop prepare to complete a fin fold on a KC-135 Stratotanker at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 13, 2014. A fin fold process consists of foldi... More

Firefighters from the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer

Firefighters from the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer

Firefighters from the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron set up for a fire muster at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 15, 2014. Service members deployed to AUAB competed in a seven station obstacle cours... More

Airmen from the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Group

Airmen from the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Group

Airmen from the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Group salute the U.S. Flag during a Presidents Day retreat ceremony at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 17, 2014. In 1951, the desire for a more generalized recogni... More

Airman 1st Class Connor Howard removes a bomb fuze

Airman 1st Class Connor Howard removes a bomb fuze

Airman 1st Class Connor Howard removes a bomb fuze initiator (FZU-55) for inspection during a six-month Assembled Munitions Serviceability Inspection on a Joint Direct Attack Munition. AMSIs are conducted to en... More

Marines from the Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron

Marines from the Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron

Marines from the Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 3 (VMAQ-3) “Moondogs” wait for diagnostics during a preflight inspection on an EA-6B Prowler at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 18, 2014. The EA-6B Prowler i... More

Airmen from the 557th Expeditionary Rapid Engineer

Airmen from the 557th Expeditionary Rapid Engineer

Airmen from the 557th Expeditionary Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer Squadron prepares asphalt prior to building an access road for the new Contingency Aeromedical Staging Fa... More

Civil engineer airmen watch as weight is being applied

Civil engineer airmen watch as weight is being applied

Civil engineer airmen watch as weight is being applied to a model-sized bridge at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 22, 2014, during a bridge building competition to celebrate National Engineer Week. National Engi... More

Cong. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) poses for a photo with

Cong. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) poses for a photo with

Cong. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) poses for a photo with Master Sgt. Jeff Garner at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 18, 2014. Three other congressmen from the House of Appropriations Committee, Peter Visclosky (D-Ind... More

Airman 1st Class Justin Long connects an electrical

Airman 1st Class Justin Long connects an electrical

Airman 1st Class Justin Long connects an electrical outlet for a video wall at the 31st Air Defense Artillery Brigades Tactical Operations Center at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 24, 2014. The video wall will ... More

Staff Sgt. Eric Dasher uses a specialized ultraviolet

Staff Sgt. Eric Dasher uses a specialized ultraviolet

Staff Sgt. Eric Dasher uses a specialized ultraviolet lamp to test for hydrocarbons on an oxygen gauge at the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory, Al Udeid Air Ba... More

An F-15E Strike Eagle lines up with the refueling boom

An F-15E Strike Eagle lines up with the refueling boom

An F-15E Strike Eagle lines up with the refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Feb. 26, 2014. Airmen from the 3... More

Airmen from the Mobile Field Surgical Team work on

Airmen from the Mobile Field Surgical Team work on

Airmen from the Mobile Field Surgical Team work on a simulated patient during a medical exercise at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Feb. 27, 2014, to work on life-saving skills provided to wounded warriors. An MFST i... More

Staff Sgt. Allen Orr runs a confidence and diagnostic

Staff Sgt. Allen Orr runs a confidence and diagnostic

Staff Sgt. Allen Orr runs a confidence and diagnostic test on an interface test adapter at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, March. 4, 2014. The interface test adapter is used by avionics airmen to troubleshoot line re... More

379th AEW shows 8th graders how the Air force does business

379th AEW shows 8th graders how the Air force does business

Senior Airman Joel Williams (right) demonstrates the use of a Remotec ANDROS F6A heavy-duty robot during the American School of Doha’s third annual 8th grade field trip to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Mar. 10, 201... More

Senior Airman Gary Boston and Airman 1st Class Tony

Senior Airman Gary Boston and Airman 1st Class Tony

Senior Airman Gary Boston and Airman 1st Class Tony Martin lower a ladder into a manhole at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, March 10, 2014. Inside the manhole airmen from the 379th Expeditionary Communications Squadr... More

Big brother hands over mission to little brother

Big brother hands over mission to little brother

Staff Sgt. David Rippy and Senior Airman Mark Rippy, both reservists deployed from the 315th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., pose for a picture at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, March... More

‘We save lives’, US Air Force Photo

‘We save lives’, US Air Force Photo

Senior Airman Steven Conner inspects the equipment of an ambulance truck Mar. 13, 2014 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. The ambulance team made up of two first response airmen has seven minutes to arrive on scene a... More

Airmen deployed to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing

Airmen deployed to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing

Airmen deployed to the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing volunteer to re-certify Individual First Aid Kits at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, March 14, 2014. Service members who deploy are issued IFAKs for temporary medic... More

Airman wears two uniforms

Airman wears two uniforms

Tech. Sgt. Michael Kuehler holds his police officer badge at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, March 18, 2014. Kuehler is part of the Air Force Reserve and is deployed here working as a fuels operations supervisor prov... More

Tech. Sgt. Tawsha Bricker briefs 379th Air Expeditionary

Tech. Sgt. Tawsha Bricker briefs 379th Air Expeditionary

Tech. Sgt. Tawsha Bricker briefs 379th Air Expeditionary Wing senior leaders on a sound level meter at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, March 25, 2014. The sound level meter is used to instantly read noise levels whic... More

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