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U.S. service members deliver school and medical supplies to village in Niger

A U.S. Air Force Airman assigned to the 409th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), passes out school supplies to the students of Azel Ecole, Niger, May 11, 2022. Members from the 409th AEG delivered school and medical supplies to Azel Ecole, the largest school in the area northeast of Agadez city. Relationships built during these events provide the opportunity for increased engagement and partnership with the community to increase stability, enable local governments, and improve the quality of life for Niger citizens. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Chloe Ochs)
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U.S. service members deliver school and medical supplies to village in Niger

A Soldier from the U.S. Army’s 404th Civil Affairs Battalion, assigned to the 409th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), plays a game of frisbee with children from Azel Ecole, Niger, May 11, 2022. Members from the 409th AEG delivered school and medical supplies to Azel Ecole, the largest school in the area northeast of Agadez city. Relationships built during these events provide the opportunity for increased engagement and partnership with the community to increase stability, enable local governments, and improve the quality of life for Niger citizens. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Chloe Ochs)
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U.S. service members deliver school and medical supplies to village in Niger

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Jackson Weidner, a civil affairs team leader assigned to the 409th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), speaks to a school administrator regarding the village economy of Azel Ecole, Niger, May 11, 2022. Members from the 409th AEG delivered school and medical supplies to Azel Ecole, the largest school in the area northeast of Agadez city. Relationships built during these events provide the opportunity for increased engagement and partnership with the community to increase stability, enable local governments, and improve the quality of life for Niger citizens. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Chloe Ochs)
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U.S. service members deliver school and medical supplies to village in Niger

A U.S. Air Force Airman assigned to the 409th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), speaks with a young girl in Azel Ecole, Niger, May 11, 2022. Members from the 409th AEG delivered school and medical supplies to Azel Ecole, the largest school in the area northeast of Agadez city. Relationships built during these events provide the opportunity for increased engagement and partnership with the community to increase stability, enable local governments, and improve the quality of life for Niger citizens. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Chloe Ochs)
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U.S. and Niger military keep the water flowing in local village

A villager transports water during a meeting between the 409th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG) and Nigerien Armed Forces (French language: Forces Armées Nigeriennes - FAN) civil affairs teams and the village chief and assistant chief in Alwat, Niger, May 9, 2022. These meetings, facilitated by the 409th AEG’s civil affairs team, strengthen the FAN’s partnership will local villages, enabling strong rapport building and engagement continuity between the Government of Niger and its citizens. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Chloe Ochs)
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U.S. and Niger military keep the water flowing in local village

A villager refills a water station during a meeting between the 409th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG) and Nigerien Armed Forces (French language: Forces Armées Nigeriennes - FAN) civil affairs teams and the village chief and assistant chief in Alwat, Niger, May 9, 2022. These meetings, facilitated by the 409th AEG’s civil affairs team, strengthen the FAN’s partnership with local villages, enabling strong rapport building and engagement continuity between the Government of Niger and its citizens. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Chloe Ochs)
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U.S. and Niger military keep the water flowing in local village

A soldier from the Nigerien Armed Forces (French language: Forces Armées Nigeriennes - FAN) civil affairs team, discusses village stabilization and the progress of a previous water restoration project with the assistant chief of Alwat, Niger, May 9, 2022. These meetings, facilitated by the 409th Air Expeditionary Group’s civil affairs team, strengthen the FAN’s partnership will local villages, enabling strong rapport building and engagement continuity between the Government of Niger and its citizens. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Chloe Ochs)
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U.S. and Niger military keep the water flowing in local village

The Alwat village chief and assistant chief discuss the village economy and the progress of a previous water restoration project with the 409th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG) and Nigerian Armed Forces (French language: Forces Armées Nigeriennes - FAN) civil affairs teams in Alwat, Niger, May 9, 2022. These meetings, facilitated by the 409th AEG’s civil affairs team, strengthen the FAN’s partnership will local villages, enabling strong rapport building and engagement continuity between the Government of Niger and its citizens. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Chloe Ochs)
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U.S. and Niger military keep the water flowing in local village

U.S. Army soldiers from the 409th Air Expeditionary Group’s (AEG) civil affairs team, along with two soldiers from the Nigerien Armed Forces (French language: Forces Armées Nigeriennes - FAN) civil affairs team, discuss village stabilization and the progress of a previous water restoration project with the village chief and his assistant chief in Alwat, Niger, May 9, 2022. These meetings, facilitated by the 409th AEG’s civil affairs team, strengthen the FAN’s partnership will local villages, enabling strong rapport building and engagement continuity between the Government of Niger and its citizens. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Chloe Ochs)
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U.S. Air Force transfers $5.5M in vehicles to Niger, enhances defense capabilities

The 724th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron logistic readiness flight (LRF) received approval through the foreign excess personal property (FEPP) program to transfer approximately 30 construction vehicles, worth $5.5 million to the Government of Niger at Nigerien Air Base 201, Agadez, Niger, Feb. 11, 2022. The FEPP program is a process used by the U.S. government to permanently transfer unneeded property to a foreign government. This process saves taxpayer dollars and also increases partner nation’s defense capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Stephanie Longoria)
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U.S. Air Force transfers $5.5M in vehicles to Niger, enhances defense capabilities

The 724th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron logistic readiness flight (LRF) received approval through the foreign excess personal property (FEPP) program to transfer approximately 30 construction vehicles, worth $5.5 million to the Government of Niger at Nigerien Air Base 201, Agadez, Niger, Feb. 11, 2022. The FEPP program is a process used by the U.S. government to permanently transfer unneeded property to a foreign government. This process saves taxpayer dollars and also increases partner nation’s defense capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Stephanie Longoria)
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Niger receives second U.S. C-130 to support enduring Sahel operations

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen James Kriesel, USAFE-AFAFRICA National Guard assistant to the commander, gives remarks during the C-130 Hercules delivery ceremony, Dec. 7, 2021, at Nigerien Air Base 101, Niger. Niger received the second of three scheduled C-130 aircraft deliveries by the U.S. in November. The addition of C-130s to the Nigerien Armed Forces fleet places Niger among 70 others nations with this airlift capability and marks the enduring commitment of the U.S. Air Force to support continued humanitarian operations and counter violent extremist organizations missions throughout the Sahel alongside Nigerien Air Force partners. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Stephanie Longoria)
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Niger receives second U.S. C-130 to support enduring Sahel operations

U.S. and Nigerien officials cut a ceremonial ribbon in front of the second C-130 Hercules aircraft delivered to Niger during a Dec. 7, 2021, ceremony at Nigerien Air Base 101, Niger. Niger received the second of three scheduled C-130 aircraft deliveries by the U.S. on Nov. 9, 2021. The addition of C-130s to the Nigerien Armed Forces fleet places Niger among 70 others nations with this airlift capability and marks the enduring commitment of the U.S. Air Force to support continued humanitarian operations and counter violent extremist organizations missions throughout the Sahel alongside Nigerien Air Force partners. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Stephanie Longoria)
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Niger receives second U.S. C-130 to support enduring Sahel operations

Two C-130H Hercules delivered to the Nigerien Armed Forces sit side-by-side on the Niamey flightline during a Dec. 7, 2021, ceremony at the Nigerien Air Base 101, Niger. Niger received the first of the three scheduled C-130 aircraft deliveries by the U.S. in January 2021. The second was delivered in November 2021. The addition of C-130s to the Nigerien Armed Forces fleet places Niger among 70 others nations with this airlift capability and marks the enduring commitment of the U.S. Air Force to support continued humanitarian operations and counter violent extremist organizations missions throughout the Sahel alongside Nigerien Air Force partners. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt Stephanie Longoria)
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Self-defense course

Airmen at Air Base 201, Agadez, Niger participate in a self-defense course held last month. The class was organized by Master Sgt. Dalton Brewer, 409th Air Expeditionary Group sexual assault prevention and response (SAPR) victim advocate, with the help of Tech Sgt. Hector Laureano, 409th AEG anti-terrorism officer, and Senior Airman Zhane Washington, 409th AEG security forces escort team member. The course offered basic and advanced self-defense skills for a range of ranks from Senior Airman to Senior Master Sgt. (Courtesy photo)
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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Jeffrey Gipson, 724th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron outgoing commander, relinquishes command during the squadron’s change of command ceremony held at Nigerien Air Base 201, Agadez, July 13, 2021. A change of command is a military ceremony that represents a formal transfer of authority and responsibility from a losing commander to a new gaining commander. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jan K. Valle)
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Bazzar at AB 201 stimulates local economy

A U.S. service member assigned to Nigerien Air Base 201 browses through a vendor’s inventory during a bazaar at the base in Agadez, Niger, June 20, 2021. Members of Air Base 201 successfully injected more than 4.2 million West African CFA Franc which is approximately 14 thousand dollars into the local economy.(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jan K. Valle)
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Bazzar at AB 201 stimulates local economy

U.S. service members assigned to Nigerien Air Base 201 browse through vendors during a bazaar at the base in Agadez, Niger, June 20, 2021. The bazaar had a wide range of items, to include handmade art, traditional Nigerien clothing, daggers and jewelry that attendees were able to purchase from the local vendors. The top three items were jewelry, figurines and clothing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jan K. Valle)
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Bazzar at AB 201 stimulates local economy

A vendor presents his souvenirs to a U.S. service member assigned to Nigerien Air Base 201 during a bazaar at the base in Agadez, Niger, June 30, 2019. The bazaar gave the ability for 43 vendors from different ethnic groups in the local area to sell their products to the Airmen and Soldiers of Air Base 201. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jan K. Valle)
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Senior Airman Caleb S. Kimmell smiles

Senior Airman Caleb S. Kimmell smiles outside of his containerized living unit for his first deployment selfie. Kimmell arrived in Africa for his first deployment as a public affairs journeyman for the 435th Air Expeditionary Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Caleb S. Kimmell)
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