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Airman Ty Roberts, 22nd Maintenance Squadron crew chief,

Airman Ty Roberts, 22nd Maintenance Squadron crew chief,

Airman Ty Roberts, 22nd Maintenance Squadron crew chief, removes a screw on a KC-46A Pegasus wing panel, while Staff Sgt. Benjamin Daley, 22nd MXS crew chief, holds the panel in place March 20, 2019, at McConne... More

An F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 4th Expeditionary

An F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 4th Expeditionary

An F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron flies overhead prior to their first landing at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, April 15, 2019. The F-35A Lightning II is deploy... More

An AV-8B Harrier II, assigned to the 22nd Marine

An AV-8B Harrier II, assigned to the 22nd Marine

An AV-8B Harrier II, assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, lands after a mission at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, April 16, 2019. The composite squadron is making use of the base while the... More

Staff Sgt. Garrett Weston, 380th Expeditionary Medical

Staff Sgt. Garrett Weston, 380th Expeditionary Medical

Staff Sgt. Garrett Weston, 380th Expeditionary Medical Group dental element noncommissioned officer-in-charge, x-rays a client’s teeth, April 23, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Garrett is de... More

Staff Sgt. Karl Tesch, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft

Staff Sgt. Karl Tesch, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft

Staff Sgt. Karl Tesch, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons load crew chief, performs an inspection prior to launch check on an F-35A Lightning II April 26, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, Uni... More

Senior Airman Cassidy Bybee, 380th Expeditionary Medical

Senior Airman Cassidy Bybee, 380th Expeditionary Medical

Senior Airman Cassidy Bybee, 380th Expeditionary Medical Group radiology technician, prepares an x-ray May 2, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Radiology technicians use low doses of radiation ... More

Tech. Sgt. Daniel Becker, 380th Expeditionary Security

Tech. Sgt. Daniel Becker, 380th Expeditionary Security

Tech. Sgt. Daniel Becker, 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron defender, brings a car to a halt before inspection May 14, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Other Country Nationals and t... More

AWACS sunset

AWACS sunset

Maintainers of the 380th Expeditionary Maintenance Group begin working on a E-3 Sentry May 16, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. E-3s are known as Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS), w... More

Maj. Adam Frost, 380th Expeditionary Medical Group

Maj. Adam Frost, 380th Expeditionary Medical Group

Maj. Adam Frost, 380th Expeditionary Medical Group physical therapist, listens to a patient about his back pain May 17, 2019 at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The base physical therapy team went to t... More

A formation of 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron members

A formation of 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron members

A formation of 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron members salutes Lt. Col. Joshua Arki during a change of command ceremony May 30, 2019 at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Arki took command of the F-35... More

A 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron F-35A Lightning

A 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron F-35A Lightning

A 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron F-35A Lightning II pilot, holds a 48-star U.S. flag June 6, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The flag is a three-generation family heirloom of Tech. Sgt. K... More

Four F-15E Strike Eagles from the 336th Fighter Squadron,

Four F-15E Strike Eagles from the 336th Fighter Squadron,

Four F-15E Strike Eagles from the 336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Wing at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina prepare to land at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, June 13, 2019. The F-15E... More

Staff Sgt. Steven Chamble, 380th Expeditionary Civil

Staff Sgt. Steven Chamble, 380th Expeditionary Civil

Staff Sgt. Steven Chamble, 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron emergency management plans sergeant, speaks into a radio during training June 13, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Chambl... More

Senior Airman Renato Avalos, 380th Expeditionary Operations

Senior Airman Renato Avalos, 380th Expeditionary Operations

Senior Airman Renato Avalos, 380th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron KC-10 Extender aircrew flight equipment technician, tests the communication function on an oxygen mask June 19, 2019, at Al Dhafra Ai... More

Lt. Gen. Joseph T. Guastella, U.S. Air Force Central

Lt. Gen. Joseph T. Guastella, U.S. Air Force Central

Lt. Gen. Joseph T. Guastella, U.S. Air Force Central Command commander, speaks to Col. Jason Hokaj and Col. Thomas Wolfe during the Air Warfare Center change of command ceremony June 19, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air ... More

Staff Sgt. Kyle Poston, 380th Expeditionary Maintenance

Staff Sgt. Kyle Poston, 380th Expeditionary Maintenance

Staff Sgt. Kyle Poston, 380th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron conventional maintenance crew chief, secures a strake to the front of a GBU-38 June 21, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The st... More

An F-35A Lightning II pilot from the 4th Expeditionary

An F-35A Lightning II pilot from the 4th Expeditionary

An F-35A Lightning II pilot from the 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron dons his aircrew flight equipment June 25, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The pilot is part of the U.S. Air Force F-35... More

Airman 1st Class Ryan Joplin, 380th Expeditionary Operations

Airman 1st Class Ryan Joplin, 380th Expeditionary Operations

Airman 1st Class Ryan Joplin, 380th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment technician, inspects an F-35A Lightning pilot life preserve unit June 26, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, Unit... More

The 380th Air Expeditionary Wing Honor Guard presents

The 380th Air Expeditionary Wing Honor Guard presents

The 380th Air Expeditionary Wing Honor Guard presents the colors during the change of command ceremony July 1, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The ceremony played both national anthems for th... More

Staff Sgt. Aaron Oakley, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft

Staff Sgt. Aaron Oakley, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft

Staff Sgt. Aaron Oakley, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, walks across a U-2 Dragon Lady July 9, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Crew chiefs make sure the aircraf... More

Tech. Sgt. Trevis Hightower, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft

Tech. Sgt. Trevis Hightower, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft

Tech. Sgt. Trevis Hightower, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron lead avionics technician, removes a power cart after a U-2 Dragon Ladies engine fired up July 9, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, Unite... More

An F-15E Strike Eagle weapons load crew team prepares

An F-15E Strike Eagle weapons load crew team prepares

An F-15E Strike Eagle weapons load crew team prepares munitions July 15, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The various munitions provide the F-15E with diverse response options while conducting... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kiefer May, 380th Expeditionary

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kiefer May, 380th Expeditionary

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kiefer May, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons load crew team chief, straps munitions to a lift July 15, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Weapo... More

A convoy of civil engineers assigned to the 380th

A convoy of civil engineers assigned to the 380th

A convoy of civil engineers assigned to the 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron arrive on site during a rapid airfield damage repair exercise July 26, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. ... More

Staff Sgt. Adan Nunez, 380th Expeditionary Maintenance

Staff Sgt. Adan Nunez, 380th Expeditionary Maintenance

Staff Sgt. Adan Nunez, 380th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron aerospace ground equipment craftsman, attaches an alternator to a four-cylinder diesel engine July 30, 3019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Em... More

Members of the 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron,

Members of the 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron,

Members of the 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, assigned to Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, board a C-17 Globemaster III to forward deploy to an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia in support of... More

A KC-10 Extender crew from the 908th Expeditionary

A KC-10 Extender crew from the 908th Expeditionary

A KC-10 Extender crew from the 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron takes off from Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates Aug. 6, 2019. The crew supported F-35A Lightning II’s participating in exercise ... More

Tech. Sgt. Joshua Baugh, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft

Tech. Sgt. Joshua Baugh, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft

Tech. Sgt. Joshua Baugh, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, prepares to place an engine cover on an F-15C Eagle during Exercise Hype Eagle Aug. 18, 2019, at Prince Sultan Air Base, Sa... More

380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-15E

380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-15E

380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-15E Strike Eagle weapons load crew members attach a munition September 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The F-15E is a dual-role fighter des... More

An F-15E Strike Eagle pilot, assigned to the 336th

An F-15E Strike Eagle pilot, assigned to the 336th

An F-15E Strike Eagle pilot, assigned to the 336th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, completes his pre-flight checklist in the cockpit prior to takeoff Sept. 10, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates.... More

Airman 1st Class Lauren Ashe, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft

Airman 1st Class Lauren Ashe, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft

Airman 1st Class Lauren Ashe, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron electrical and environmental specialist, pumps hydraulic fluid into an F-15E Strike Eagle September 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, U... More

Capt. “Nuke” Messmore, 336th Expeditionary Fighter

Capt. “Nuke” Messmore, 336th Expeditionary Fighter

Capt. “Nuke” Messmore, 336th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron combat weapons system officer, prepares for flight for Agile Strike Sept. 18, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The 336th EFS sent tw... More

Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen Wilson speaks

Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen Wilson speaks

Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen Wilson speaks with F-35A Lightning II aircrew and maintainers Sept. 27, 2019 at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Wilson discussed the strategic role of the F-... More

Col. Mark Baran, 22nd Air Refueling Wing vice commander,

Col. Mark Baran, 22nd Air Refueling Wing vice commander,

Col. Mark Baran, 22nd Air Refueling Wing vice commander, pins a commander badge on Kathy Bond, 22nd ARW honorary commander, at the honorary commander assumption of command Dec. 4, 2019, at McConnell Air Force B... More

McConnell welcomes its newest Honorary Commanders

McConnell welcomes its newest Honorary Commanders

The Honorary Commander assumption of command was held Dec. 4, 2019, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Team McConnell welcomed 11 new honorary commanders making a total of 31 for units across the installation wh... More

Tech. Sgt. Matt Leake, 22nd Security Forces Squadron

Tech. Sgt. Matt Leake, 22nd Security Forces Squadron

Tech. Sgt. Matt Leake, 22nd Security Forces Squadron combat arms training and maintenance instructor, aims an M18 pistol down range Jan. 10, 2019, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Security Forces recently a... More

22nd Operations Group leadership present awards to

22nd Operations Group leadership present awards to

22nd Operations Group leadership present awards to the 2019 4th Quarter Award Winners Jan. 24, 2019, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chris Thornbury)

The Carlton family paints their windows to have fun

The Carlton family paints their windows to have fun

The Carlton family paints their windows to have fun while staying indoors to practice physical distancing because of the coronavirus April 6, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. April is the Month of the... More

A KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 22nd Air Refueling

A KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 22nd Air Refueling

A KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 22nd Air Refueling Wing, McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, flies over Ascension Via Christi St. Francis Hospital, May 6, 2020, over Wichita, Kansas. Four aircraft, three as... More

The base Honor Guard presents the colors during the

The base Honor Guard presents the colors during the

The base Honor Guard presents the colors during the 344th Air Refueling Squadron change of command ceremony May 27, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The 344th ARS is first unit in the Air Force to ope... More

One KC-135 Stratotanker and seven KC-46A Pegasus perform

One KC-135 Stratotanker and seven KC-46A Pegasus perform

One KC-135 Stratotanker and seven KC-46A Pegasus perform an elephant walk July 1, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. McConnell’s tanker aircrews and maintenance personnel were tested on their ability to... More

Twenty-Second Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chiefs

Twenty-Second Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chiefs

Twenty-Second Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chiefs perform an A-check on a KC-46A Pegasus March 20, 2019, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. A typical A-check is a 60-day maintenance inspection that focuses... More

A 380th Air Expeditionary Maintenance Group crew chief

A 380th Air Expeditionary Maintenance Group crew chief

A 380th Air Expeditionary Maintenance Group crew chief meets an F-35A Lightning IIs pilot at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, April 15, 2019. The F-35A Lightning II is deployed to the U.S. Air Forces C... More

Maintainers from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit

Maintainers from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit

Maintainers from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit run from wing to wing to de-arm ordnance from the AV-8B Harrier II after landing April 16, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The Marines vess... More

Staff Sgt. Cameron Weston, left, 380th Expeditionary

Staff Sgt. Cameron Weston, left, 380th Expeditionary

Staff Sgt. Cameron Weston, left, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-35 Lightning II Egress technician, and Staff Sgt. Garrett Weston, 380th Expeditionary Medical Group dental element noncommiss... More

A 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron pilot steps to

A 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron pilot steps to

A 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron pilot steps to an F-35A Lightning II April 26, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The pilots were able to perform the first combat operation with the fifth-g... More

The image of an x-ray test is displayed May 2, 2019,

The image of an x-ray test is displayed May 2, 2019,

The image of an x-ray test is displayed May 2, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Radiology technicians use low dose radiation to see any issues within the human body. (U.S. Air Force photo by S... More

Tech. Sgt. Daniel Becker, 380th Expeditionary Security

Tech. Sgt. Daniel Becker, 380th Expeditionary Security

Tech. Sgt. Daniel Becker, 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron defender, inspects a car May 14, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Other Country Nationals and their vehicles must be vett... More

Maj. Adam Frost, 380th Expeditionary Medical Group

Maj. Adam Frost, 380th Expeditionary Medical Group

Maj. Adam Frost, 380th Expeditionary Medical Group physical therapist, uses joint manipulation on a patient at the beginning of a treatment May 17, 2019 at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Fry involves... More

Lt. Col. Joshua Arki, right, takes command of the 4th

Lt. Col. Joshua Arki, right, takes command of the 4th

Lt. Col. Joshua Arki, right, takes command of the 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron May 30, 2019 at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Arki will serve as the commander for the remainder of the F-35A Lig... More

Tech. Sgt. Kenneth Peterson, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft

Tech. Sgt. Kenneth Peterson, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft

Tech. Sgt. Kenneth Peterson, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-35A Lightning II crew chief, speaks to a 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron F-35 pilot, after handing him a flag June 6, 2019, at... More

An F-15E Strike Eagle deployed from the 4th Fighter

An F-15E Strike Eagle deployed from the 4th Fighter

An F-15E Strike Eagle deployed from the 4th Fighter Wing at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, lands at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, June 13, 2019. F-15E’s are designed to perform in a... More

A 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron emergency

A 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron emergency

A 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron emergency management technician waits before decontaminating at a contamination control area during training June 13, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emira... More

Col. Jason Hokaj, right, and Col. Thomas Wolfe shake

Col. Jason Hokaj, right, and Col. Thomas Wolfe shake

Col. Jason Hokaj, right, and Col. Thomas Wolfe shake hands during the Air Warfare Center change of command ceremony June 19, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Hokaj relinquished command and Wol... More

Aircrew flight equipment technicians leave an E-3 Sentry

Aircrew flight equipment technicians leave an E-3 Sentry

Aircrew flight equipment technicians leave an E-3 Sentry after replacing old life preservation units with new and better designed units June 19, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. In the event o... More

Airman 1st Class Giovanni Escutia, 380th Expeditionary

Airman 1st Class Giovanni Escutia, 380th Expeditionary

Airman 1st Class Giovanni Escutia, 380th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron conventional maintenance technician, pulls a fuse to the middle of a GBU-38 June 21, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates... More

An F-35A Lightning II from the 4th Expeditionary Fighter

An F-35A Lightning II from the 4th Expeditionary Fighter

An F-35A Lightning II from the 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron taxis the runway at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates before exercise Tri-Lightning June 25, 2019. The U.S. Air Force F-35A’s assigned to... More

Airman 1st Class Ryan Joplin, 380th Expeditionary Operations

Airman 1st Class Ryan Joplin, 380th Expeditionary Operations

Airman 1st Class Ryan Joplin, 380th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment technician, cleans a G-suit port connector June 26, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The ... More

Maj. Gen. Chance Saltzman, U.S. Air Forces Central

Maj. Gen. Chance Saltzman, U.S. Air Forces Central

Maj. Gen. Chance Saltzman, U.S. Air Forces Central Command deputy commander, speaks during the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing change of command ceremony July 1, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. ... More

A U-2 Dragon Lady sits in a hangar prepared for flight

A U-2 Dragon Lady sits in a hangar prepared for flight

A U-2 Dragon Lady sits in a hangar prepared for flight July 9, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The U-2 flies to heights greater than 70,000 feet using sensors and cameras to gather intelligen... More

Maj. “Burner” Conforti, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing

Maj. “Burner” Conforti, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing

Maj. “Burner” Conforti, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing Detachment One U-2 Dragon Lady pilot, goes through a pre-flight checklist, July 9, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The U-2 flies to height... More

An F-15E Strike Eagle weapons load crew team lifts

An F-15E Strike Eagle weapons load crew team lifts

An F-15E Strike Eagle weapons load crew team lifts an AIM-9X Sidewinder missile to attach to a pylon July 15, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The AIM-9X is an advanced infrared missile and th... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Sean Logan, 380th Expeditionary

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Sean Logan, 380th Expeditionary

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Sean Logan, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons load crew team member, adjusts a pylon before attaching a munition to an F-15E Strike Eagle July 15, 2019, at A... More

Two 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron water

Two 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron water

Two 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron water and fuels technicians cut concrete during a rapid airfield damage repair exercise July 26, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. By cutting the... More

Staff Sgt. Adan Nunez and Senior Airman Maeson Bella,

Staff Sgt. Adan Nunez and Senior Airman Maeson Bella,

Staff Sgt. Adan Nunez and Senior Airman Maeson Bella, 380th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron aerospace ground equipment technicians, work on a diesel engine July 30, 3019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab E... More

Capt. “Diggs” Graves, 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron

Capt. “Diggs” Graves, 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron

Capt. “Diggs” Graves, 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron F-35A Lightning II pilot, prepares for a mission Aug. 5, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The exercise demonstrated the adaptive basing... More

A 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-10

A 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-10

A 908th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron KC-10 Extender receives fuel from another KC-10 Aug. 6, 2019. The KC-10 is able to offload and receive fuel to remain airborne longer to support operations throughou... More

Staff Sgt. Bryce Paulson, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft

Staff Sgt. Bryce Paulson, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft

Staff Sgt. Bryce Paulson, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, rests on an F-15C Eagle awaiting his next task during Exercise Hype Eagle Aug. 18, 2019, at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi ... More

380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-15E

380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-15E

380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-15E Strike Eagle weapons load crew members attach a munition September 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The F-15E is a dual-role fighter des... More

Airman 1st Class Darby Bacchetti, 380th Expeditionary

Airman 1st Class Darby Bacchetti, 380th Expeditionary

Airman 1st Class Darby Bacchetti, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-15E Strike Eagle crew chief fastens a panel September 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Before takeoff main... More

An F-15E Strike Eagles prepares to taxi the runway

An F-15E Strike Eagles prepares to taxi the runway

An F-15E Strike Eagles prepares to taxi the runway for takeoff from Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 10, 2019. The F-15E conducted a Coalition and Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service air strike in th... More

Capt. “Spear” Del Ponte, 336th Expeditionary Fighter

Capt. “Spear” Del Ponte, 336th Expeditionary Fighter

Capt. “Spear” Del Ponte, 336th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron pilot, prepares for flight for Agile Strike Sept. 18, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The 336th EFS sent two aircraft and personn... More

Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen Wilson receives

Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen Wilson receives

Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen Wilson receives a briefing from Lt. Col. Ferdinand Maldonado, 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron commander, at Radar Alpha Sept. 27, 2019 at Al Dhafra Air Bas... More

An M18 pistol’s slide locks to the rear after the last

An M18 pistol’s slide locks to the rear after the last

An M18 pistol’s slide locks to the rear after the last round of the magazine is fired Jan. 10, 2019, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. The sidearm features interchangeable grips to best fit the user’s hand. ... More

22nd Operations Group leadership present awards to

22nd Operations Group leadership present awards to

22nd Operations Group leadership present awards to the 2019 4th Quarter Award Winners Jan. 24, 2019, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Chris Thornbury)

Valorie, 8, and Gracie 10, children of Tech. Sgt. Patrick

Valorie, 8, and Gracie 10, children of Tech. Sgt. Patrick

Valorie, 8, and Gracie 10, children of Tech. Sgt. Patrick Carlton, 22nd Logistics Readiness Squadron non-commissioned officer-in-change of customer service liaison, paints a window in their home April 6, 2020, ... More

Doc, a restored B-29 Superfortress, flies over Ascension

Doc, a restored B-29 Superfortress, flies over Ascension

Doc, a restored B-29 Superfortress, flies over Ascension Via Christi St. Francis Hospital, May 6, 2020, at Wichita, Kansas. The flyover was in support of Operation America Strong to salute the medical professio... More

Lt. Col. Wesley Spurlock, 344th Air Refueling Squadron

Lt. Col. Wesley Spurlock, 344th Air Refueling Squadron

Lt. Col. Wesley Spurlock, 344th Air Refueling Squadron outgoing commander, center, is recognized during a change of command ceremony, May 27, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Spurlock served as the co... More

One KC-135 Stratotanker and seven KC-46A Pegasus perform

One KC-135 Stratotanker and seven KC-46A Pegasus perform

One KC-135 Stratotanker and seven KC-46A Pegasus perform an elephant walk July 1, 2020, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. McConnell’s tanker aircrews and maintenance personnel were tested on their ability to... More

Airman Ty Roberts, 22nd Maintenance Squadron crew chief,

Airman Ty Roberts, 22nd Maintenance Squadron crew chief,

Airman Ty Roberts, 22nd Maintenance Squadron crew chief, removes a screw on a KC-46 Pegasus wing panel March 20, 2019 at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The panel was removed to access points to inspect and lubr... More

An F-35A Lightning II pilot assigned to the 4th

An F-35A Lightning II pilot assigned to the 4th

An F-35A Lightning II pilot assigned to the 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadronmeets with members of Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, April 15, 2019. The F-35A Lightning II is deployed to the U.S. Air F... More

Three F-35A Lightning IIs assigned to the 4th Expeditionary

Three F-35A Lightning IIs assigned to the 4th Expeditionary

Three F-35A Lightning IIs assigned to the 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron taxi after landing at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, April 15, 2019. The F-35A Lightning II is deployed to the Air Forces ... More

Maintainers from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit

Maintainers from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit

Maintainers from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit de-arm ordnance from the AV-8B Harrier II after landing April 16, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The Marines relocated to ADAB to continue... More

A pilot from 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron climbs

A pilot from 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron climbs

A pilot from 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron climbs into an F-35A Lightning II April 26, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The stealth fighter brings the most modern technology to the U.S. A... More

Senior Airman Cassidy Bybee, 380th Expeditionary Medical

Senior Airman Cassidy Bybee, 380th Expeditionary Medical

Senior Airman Cassidy Bybee, 380th Expeditionary Medical Group radiology technician, prepares an x-ray before a patient comes in May 2, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. X-rays provide an unmat... More

Maj. Adam Frost, 380th Expeditionary Medical Group

Maj. Adam Frost, 380th Expeditionary Medical Group

Maj. Adam Frost, 380th Expeditionary Medical Group physical therapist, removes a needle from a patients back May 17, 2019 at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Fry involves dry needling, a form of acupun... More

Lt. Col. Yosef Morris, right, relinquishes command

Lt. Col. Yosef Morris, right, relinquishes command

Lt. Col. Yosef Morris, right, relinquishes command of the 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron May 30, 2019 at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Morris served as the commander during the beginning of the ... More

Two F-35A Lightning IIs, assigned to the 4th Expeditionary

Two F-35A Lightning IIs, assigned to the 4th Expeditionary

Two F-35A Lightning IIs, assigned to the 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, taxi to the runway June 6, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Today is the 75th Anniversary of D-Day, when the U.S. e... More

An F-15E Strike Eagle deployed from the 4th Fighter

An F-15E Strike Eagle deployed from the 4th Fighter

An F-15E Strike Eagle deployed from the 4th Fighter Wing at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, lands at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, June 13, 2019. F-15E’s are designed to perform in a... More

Senior Airman Hollye Ware, 380th Expeditionary Civil

Senior Airman Hollye Ware, 380th Expeditionary Civil

Senior Airman Hollye Ware, 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron emergency management technician, waits to scan for B-radiation particles during training June 13, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab ... More

Lt. Gen. Joseph T. Guastella, U.S. Air Force Central

Lt. Gen. Joseph T. Guastella, U.S. Air Force Central

Lt. Gen. Joseph T. Guastella, U.S. Air Force Central Command commander, speaks to an audience about the accomplishments of the Air Warfare Center under the command of Col. Jason Hokaj during a change of command... More

Tech. Sgt. Walter Bolles, 380th Expeditionary Operations

Tech. Sgt. Walter Bolles, 380th Expeditionary Operations

Tech. Sgt. Walter Bolles, 380th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron E-3 Sentry aircrew flight equipment technician, carries life preservation vests June 19, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirat... More

Airman 1st Class Ashley Diaz, 380th Expeditionary

Airman 1st Class Ashley Diaz, 380th Expeditionary

Airman 1st Class Ashley Diaz, 380th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron conventional maintenance technician, attaches a nose cone to a GBU-38 June 21, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The team ... More

A U.S. Air Force pilot from the 4th Expeditionary Fighter

A U.S. Air Force pilot from the 4th Expeditionary Fighter

A U.S. Air Force pilot from the 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron enters the cockpit of an F-35A Lightning II before Exercise Tri-Lightning June 25, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. This exer... More

Airman 1st Class Ryan Joplin, 380th Expeditionary Operations

Airman 1st Class Ryan Joplin, 380th Expeditionary Operations

Airman 1st Class Ryan Joplin, 380th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment technician, inspects the survival components of an F-35A Lightning life preservation unit June 26, 2019, at... More

Brig. Gen Adrian L. Spain, 380th Air Expeditionary

Brig. Gen Adrian L. Spain, 380th Air Expeditionary

Brig. Gen Adrian L. Spain, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, speaks during the wing change of command ceremony July 1, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. Spain has been the commander of th... More

380th Expeditionary Operations Group physiological

380th Expeditionary Operations Group physiological

380th Expeditionary Operations Group physiological support division technicians make sure a U-2 Dragon Lady pilot is prepared for a flight July9, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. U-2s fly at e... More

An F-15E Strike Eagle weapons load crew team prepares

An F-15E Strike Eagle weapons load crew team prepares

An F-15E Strike Eagle weapons load crew team prepares to lift an AIM-120D to attach to a pylon July 15, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The AIM-120D is the latest Advanced Medium-Range Air-to... More

An F-15E Strike Eagle weapons load crew team prepares

An F-15E Strike Eagle weapons load crew team prepares

An F-15E Strike Eagle weapons load crew team prepares munitions July 15, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The F-15E has the capability to carry any air-to surface weapon in the Air Force inven... More

Three 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron water

Three 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron water

Three 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron water and fuels technicians mark damaged areas during a rapid airfield damage repair exercise July 26, 2019, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The co... More

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