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  • 406 AEW command chief visits AB 201

    U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Ted Braxton, 406th Air Expeditionary Wing command chief, visited members of the 409th Air Expeditionary Group at Air Base 201, Niger, Jan. 27, 2024.

  • Safe airfield enables flight operations at AB 201

    Like other flightlines around the Air Force, the 409th Air Expeditionary Group's airfield management team conducts routine checks to ensure safe conditions for flight operations, which includes clearing foreign object debris and inspecting airfield lighting for nighttime flights and security.

  • 776th EABS, 82nd ERQS exchange rescue skills

    U.S. Air Force pararescuemen assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron and Airmen with the 776th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron’s fire department conducted rope rescue training Jan. 30, 2024, at Camp Lemonnier.

  • Flight safety BASHes airfield hazards at AB 201

    The 406th AEW Bird/Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard, or BASH program helps monitor the airfield environment and aircrew understand potential risks prior to flight operations. BASH wildlife surveys monitor and deter animals that could be a threat to aircraft and the airfield environment.

  • WFMS maintains critical infrastructure at AB 201

    Along with maintaining water storage and delivery systems on AB 201, water and fuel systems maintenance Airmen manage the fuel supply and infrastructure for installation power generators and critical airfield operations to support intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and other aircraft

  • Wyoming TAG visits deployed ANG members

    Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon and U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Gregory Porter, Wyoming Adjutant General, met with Wyoming Air National Guard Airmen deployed to the 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Jan. 11, 2024.

  • AFE keeps aircrew, operators safe in East Africa

    At Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, where combat rescue helicopters and cargo aircraft take to the skies to enable these missions, two teams of Aircrew Flight Equipment Airmen work around the clock and behind the scenes to ensure their aircrew are ready for anything.

  • CJTF-HOA volunteers deliver books, supplies to local villagers

    Volunteers from Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa out of Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, visited Chabelley Village Dec. 29, 2023, to deliver books and various personal hygiene items, reaffirming the trusted partnership between the U.S. and African partners.

  • 449 AEG conducts HALO jump training with French partners

    U.S. Air Force operators assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron and Joint Personnel Recovery Center perform High Altitude, Low Opening (HALO) training jumps from a U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Hercules cargo aircraft over East Africa, Dec. 27, 2023.