The 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia runs an around-the-clock operation to generate combat sorties for the war on terror, reports SrA. Erik Hofmeyer. Whether the work is building bombs or loading cargo aircraft, or maintaining the much-in-demand RC-135 Rivet Joint, the airmen deployed from various bases to this forward location are employed in shifts 24-hours per day in an unending cycle.
The U.S. military is maintaining a beefed-up presence in the Middle East, including fighters and air defense assets, following the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities June 22 and subsequent retaliation by the Iranians against Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
