June 29, 2023

Walking the Innovation Talk at the Rock

ALI AL SALEM AIR BASE, Kuwait — Senior Master Sgt. Christopher Holman, 386th Expeditionary Wing Civil Engineering Squadron operations superintendent (right) and Master Sgt. Trevor Wilkinson, 386th ECES facilities superintendent (left) wrapped up their six-month deployments by moving forward the timeline for increased night-time flying capabilities at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait. The two Airmen conducted in-depth research and data collection in order to demonstrate the viability of purchasing solar runway lights as a timely and inexpensive option. As the project moves forward, it also has the potential to increase the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing's Agile Combat Employment (ACE) Capabilities.

April 24, 2023

Task Force 51/5 Conducts Joint Training with U.S. Army

NORTHERN ARABIAN GULF — Earlier this week, Soldiers assigned to Task Force Spartan, U.S. Army Central Command’s Crisis Response Task Force, trained with Marines and Sailors assigned to Naval Amphibious Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade aboard Expeditionary Sea Base USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB-3) to better enable crisis response options and joint-service interoperability within United States Central Command...

Sept. 21, 2022

Qatari Soldier graduates U.S. Army Ranger School

FORT BENNING, GA. — 2nd Lt. Khalid M. Alkorbi, Qatari Joint Special Forces, graduated from U.S. Army Ranger School at Fort Benning, Georgia, September 16, 2022. He is the second soldier from Qatar to complete the elite course and earn the Ranger tab.

April 25, 2022

Ali Al Salem Air Base’s first line of defense: 386th ESFS entry controllers

ALI AL SALEM AIR BASE, Kuwait — As a first line of defense, entry controllers from the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron screen the belongings of approximately 550 to 650 other country nationals on a daily basis.

March 11, 2022

Fusion of information dishes up threat intelligence

ALI AL SALEM AIR BASE, Kuwait — The Intelligence Fusion Cell is a collaboration between local agencies within the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, such as security forces, intelligence, anti-terrorism and the office of special investigations. Each serves a different function, but works towards the same goal: protection of the base and its resources.

March 10, 2021

USAF conducts ACE capstone event

PRINCE SULTAN AIR BASE, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA — A pilot with the 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron pilot, prepares for flight during an Agile Combat Employment capstone event Feb. 27, 2021, at an airbase in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. U.S. Air Forces Central aircraft and personnel worked with joint and regional partners on a variety of tasks including hot-pit refueling and crew-swap

Sept. 17, 2020

From flip phone to smart phone: AWACS gets an upgrade

TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. — The first fully qualified crew under the new crew design for the E-3 G Airborne Warning and Control System reached their deployment location in September 2020.The new crew design, introduced in 2016, was inspired by the Block 40/45 Modernization Program update to the E-3 AWACS weapons system. As the Block 40/45 configuration enhances

April 15, 2019

Hill Airmen depart for F-35A’s first Middle East deployments

Airmen from the active-duty 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th Fighter Wing here deployed to Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, to support the United States Air Force Central Command mission in the Middle East. The aircraft arrived in country April 15.

Aug. 8, 2018

Centcom commander: Afghan government will prosecute ISIS-K terrorists

WASHINGTON — Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan members held in Afghanistan will be tried as war criminals and those found guilty will be held accountable for their war crimes, the commander of U.S. Central Command said.

July 19, 2018

CENTCOM commander: success in defeating ISIS lies with coalition partners, allies

WASHINGTON — Continued commitment from coalition partners in the effort to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and the promotion of regional security and stability set the conditions for a lasting victory, the commander of U.S. Central Command said.