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Tag: 380th Air Expeditionary Wing

Senior Airman Ismael Garcia, 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron general-purpose mechanic, remove the pilot valve from a refueler truck at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, Mar. 28, 2019.

April 3, 2019

380th ELRS FaRM: Repairing firetrucks and refuelers

AL DHAFRA AIR BASE, United Arab Emirates — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing website — Whenever there is an issue involving specialty vehicles at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, that is when the 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron’s Firetruck and Refueling mechanics gets to work.

Airman Jesse Meraz, 380th EOSS airfield management operations coordinator, watches as KC-10s taxi down the runway, Jan. 8, 2019 at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates.

Jan. 12, 2019

Managing the Airfield

AL DHAFRA AIR BASE, United Arab Emirates — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing website — The airfield can be a very busy place. Multiple planes take off and land daily, vehicles transport Airmen and equipment to various locations, and even the runway itself can become a task with the maintenance it requires to maintain it.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Courtnee Grafton, 380th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron metal technician, welds a piece of metal at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 9, 2018. The 380th EMXS fabrication flight is in charge of identifying and repairing aircraft structural damage. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)

Dec. 14, 2018

The American Chopper of Aircraft Maintenance

AL DHAFRA AIR BASE, United Arab Emirates — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing website — The 380th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron fabrication flight, also known as “Fab Flight” or the “American Chopper” of aircraft maintenance at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, is in charge of identifying and repairing aircraft structural damage. They fix whatever can be broken, from a metal panel off the side of a KC-10 Extender to a tiny cracked screw the size of a fingernail.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Elisha O’Leske, 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron electrical power production and barrier maintenance craftsman, sprays red paint on the centerline donut of a BAK-12 Aircraft Arresting System at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 24, 2018. The Power Production barrier maintenance shop’s job centers on a 195-foot-long cable that assists in the case of a fighter jet in need of an emergency landing at ADAB. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Mya M. Crosby)

Dec. 7, 2018

Providing Power, Maintaining Barriers at ADAB

AL DHAFRA AIR BASE, United Arab Emirates — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing website — Imagine this: a fighter aircraft has no power resistance to catch it, causing it to run off the runway upon landing. Or this: a major power outage inside a medical treatment facility keeps patients from receiving care.

Senior Airman Stephanie Poe-Orange, 380th Expeditionary Medical Group aerospace medical technician, checks the blood pressure of a patient at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 21, 2018.

Nov. 26, 2018

380th EMDG: Providing Care to the Fight

AL DHAFRA AIR BASE, United Arab Emirates (AFNS) — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Air Force website — The 380th Air Expeditionary Wing consists of four groups executing the warfighting mission. One of these groups, the 380th Expeditionary Medical Group, provides various medical care and services supporting more than 3,500 deployed personnel at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates.

A maintenance crew removes excessive rubber buildup off of an active runway at an undisclosed in Southwest Asia, Dec. 15, 2016. Maintenance crews had roughly 5 minutes to evacuate the runways when aircraft were landing or departing. The strategic operation successfully enabled the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing to maintain its current level of support in Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tyler Woodward)

Dec. 21, 2016

Expeditionary Airmen collaborate to repair active runway, continue fight to defeat ISIL

SOUTHWEST ASIA — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Air Forces Central Command website — Over the span of 15 days 380th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron members successfully coordinated the removal of accumulated rubber build-up off of 560,000 square feet of an active runway at an undisclosed location, Dec. 19.

Tech. Sgt. Justin, 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, directs Tech. Sgt. Joshua, 380th ECES, in moving a new fuel bladder from the shipping container to an empty berm at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Nov. 9, 2016. This bladder is the first of four scheduled for replacement over the next month. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Carwile)

Nov. 12, 2016

Fueling the 380 AEW, coalition partners

SOUTHWEST ASIA — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Air Forces Central Command website — The Fuels Management Flight of the 380th Expeditionary Logistics and Readiness Squadron replaced the first of four fuel bladders identified as unserviceable at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Nov. 9.