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  • Adapt and overcome! Airmen in Africa modify guard towers

    Four 490th ESFS Airmen developed an innovative plan to make improvements to the guard towers at Nigerien Air Base 201, Agadez, Niger.Tech. Sgt. Tyler Carlson, Tech. Sgt. Reid Ericson, Staff Sgt. Luke Gorst and Master Sgt. Nicholas Pellegra modified guard towers to create a better firing platform,

  • Have dreams, will to graduate; Chabelley Airman Masters Africa

    “I’d love to say getting this degree was a walk in the park,” said U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Audrey Hunter, 776th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron commanders executive. “In the beginning I was rolling through it. Then two permanent changes of stations happened, and COVID

  • U.S., Nigerien service members fix village waterline

    Recently, U. S. Army Soldiers from the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion Airborne team, U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 724th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron civil engineering flight and the Nigerien Armed Forces (French language: Forces Armées Nigeriennes) action civil military (ACM) team repair a

  • 409th AEG Airmen train Nigerien Armed Forces

    The 409th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron air advisors and 724th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron firefighters are hosting an eight-week course for our Nigerien Armed Forces (French language: Forces Armées Nigeriennes) partners on combat lifesaving skills, weapon maneuvers, vehicle searches

  • CMSAF Bass visits West Africa, Historic First

    Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass recently visited West Africa, Dec. 20-22, 2021, marking the first time she has visited the region since assuming her position as Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force.

  • Airmen strengthen ties with Kenyan partners during first Nairobi engagement

    For the first time, U.S. Air Forces Europe-Air Forces Africa and Kenyan Air Force delegations partnered for a historic institutional capacity building engagement in Nairobi, Kenya, Oct. 26-28.These engagements are bi-lateral, military-to-military, security cooperation events intended to strengthen

  • Niger receives second U.S. C-130 to support enduring Sahel operations

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa delivered a second U.S. Air Force C-130H Hercules, formally transferred to the Nigerien Armed Forces during a Dec. 7 ceremony at the Nigerien Air Base 101 in Niamey.The delivery marks the enduring commitment of the U.S. Air Force to support continued