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  • Readiness in Motion: how 726 EMSS TMO keeps operations on track

    Personnel and cargo movements are often taken for granted, but behind every arriving shipment and mission-critical component is a team of Airmen ensuring resources reach the right place at the right time. The 726th Expeditionary Mission Support Squadron Traffic Management Office serves as a critical

  • Behind the Systems: RAWS Weather Systems Support Center operations at CLDJ

    Weather forecasts are often taken for granted, but behind every accurate prediction is a network of specialized equipment and the Airmen responsible for keeping it operational.At Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Radar, Airfield and Weather Systems Airmen assigned to the 726th Expeditionary Mission Support

  • Carrying the torch: “Flying Jennies” assume airlift mission in Africa

    There was no formal ceremony marking the transition. No guidon passed from one commander to another. Instead, a moment represented something larger, the passing of a torch that lights the path of Air Force airlift across the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility.After months of operations

  • Boss Wing command team visits Djibouti

    The 406th Air Expeditionary Wing command team receives a briefing from the 776th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron Explosive Ordnance Team during an immersion tour at Chabelley Airfield, Djibouti, April 11, 2026. The mission of the 776th EABS is to provide airpower from a secure, durable and flexible

  • CADJ Executes Mass-Casualty Exercise, Validating New HLZ

    In the pre-dawn hours, an alarm comes screaming from a loudspeaker, launching Airmen and Soldiers out of bed to react to an attack. This was the beginning of a mass-casualty exercise to test U.S. service members on April 22, 2026, at Chabelley Airfield, Djibouti (CADJ), proving their ability to

  • 726 EMSS Airman integrates real-time munitions tracking tool

    The 449th Air Expeditionary Group just took a step into the future of space utilization in their area of responsibility within East Africa. Recently, Senior Airman Caden Goodwin of the 726th Expeditionary Mission Support Squadron led the integration of a new weapons storage space allocation tracking

  • 776th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron Change of Command Ceremony

    U.S. Air Force Col. Kris Aikens, 449th Air Expeditionary Commander, gives remarks during a change of command ceremony at Chabelley Airfield, Djibouti, April 24, 2026. The ceremony celebrated the successful tenure of outgoing 776th Expeditionary Air Base Squadron commander U.S. Air Force Lt. Col