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  • 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

  • 726th EMSS logistics teams provide vital support across East Africa

    The supply team, tasked with managing aircraft parts, equipment, weapons, hazardous materials and vehicle parts, plays a critical role in maintaining operational readiness for both Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti (CLDJ) and outstations such as Chabelley Airfield, Djibouti (CADJ) and Camp Simba, Kenya.

  • 82nd ERQS participates in Exercise Bull Shark 24-2

    During the semi-annual exercise, which focuses on strengthening partnerships and reinforcing crisis response capabilities in a combined joint environment, the coalition of forces conducted personnel recovery crisis response interoperability training to include water hoist considerations, swift water

  • SERE specialists sharpen FAD’s land navigation skills

    The U.S. Air Force's Joint Personnel Recovery Center at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, instructed members of the Armed Forces of Djibouti Batallion d’intervention rapide (Rapid Intervention Battalion, or BIR) on land navigation skills March 21, 2024, at Ali Ouney, Djibouti.