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Al-Udeid Operating New Counter-drone System Amid Growing UAS Threat

May 19, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine
Al-Udeid Air Base, Qatar, recently adopted a new counter-drone system that lets its operators identify incoming threats and sever the connection between drone and operator. “The goal of the program is to build counter measures for Al-Udeid AB that would pose as a last line ...

B-52s Simultaneously Operate in Europe, Middle East, and Indo-Pacific Theaters

May 17, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine
B-52s deployed to Morón Air Base, Spain, on May 17 for a bomber task force deployment, making Europe the third area of operations where Stratofortresses are operating. The bomber task force of B-52s from the 2nd Bomb Wing at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, will ...

AFCENT Can Now Generate Air Tasking Orders in the Cloud

May 14, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine
The 609th Air Operations Center at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, in early May became the Air Force’s first AOC to operationally use the Kessel Run All Domain Operations Suite to build an air tasking order. The new cloud-based system allows planners to build an ...

More B-52s Land in Middle East as Afghanistan Withdrawal Continues

May 5, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine
Two more B-52s arrived at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, on May 4, bringing the total number of Stratofortresses deployed to the region to six as the U.S. continues its withdrawal from Afghanistan. The bombers, from the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot Air Force Base, ...

B-52s Return to the Middle East as Afghanistan Withdrawal Begins

April 23, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine
Two B-52s arrived in the Middle East on April 23 as part of an increase in airpower to protect U.S. and coalition troops in Afghanistan as part of the withdrawal in the country. Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III approved the deployment of the bombers ...

Air Force Announces 43 General Officer Moves

April 8, 2021 | By Amy Hudson
Acting Air Force Secretary John P. Roth announced a host of new general officer assignments on Aug. 6, including new commanders for Second and Eighth Air Forces.

Gradualism to a Fault

March 26, 2021 | By Benjamin S. Lambeth
The air war against ISIS started slowly. Then strategic air power changed how the war was waged.

Air Force World

March 26, 2021 | By Air & Space Forces Magazine Staff
Aerospace Warfare Symposium coverage; Mishaps; New TRANSCOM leader; and more ...

New York Reservists Return from First KC-135 Combat Deployment

Dec. 15, 2020 | By Brian W. Everstine
Dozens of Airmen and four KC-135s from the 914th Air Refueling Wing returned home to Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N.Y., this month from the wing’s first combat deployment with the tankers. The wing switched from flying C-130s to KC-135s beginning in 2017, became fully ...

The Air and Space Forces Want to Break the Mold. Here’s How They’re Starting.

Sept. 14, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
The Department of the Air Force’s top officers are beginning to lay the groundwork for changes to how they manage and provide air and space forces to commanders around the world. In his first month as Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. Charles Q. Brown ...

MacDill KC-135s Deploy to Middle East, as McConnell Stratotankers Return

Aug. 24, 2020 | By Brian W. Everstine
KC-135s and Airmen from MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., recently deployed to the Middle East to take over the in-theater refueling mission from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., tankers that returned home. The entire 50th Air Refueling Squadron deployed to al-Udeid Air Base, Qatar, on ...

Iranian Ballistic Missile Launch Briefly Raises Alarm at Al Udeid, Al Dhafra

July 28, 2020 | By Brian W. Everstine
Personnel at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, and Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, briefly took cover after Iran launched ballistic missiles into the nearby Persian Gulf, which landed in the sea without incident on July 28, the U.S. military said this week. At ...

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