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  • Qatar, AFCENT validate tactics during Exercise Sky Shield III

    QATAR, AFCENT validate tactics during Exercise Sky Shield III

    Airmen from U.S. Air Forces Central and the Qatar Emiri Air Force participated in Exercise Sky Shield III at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Aug. 1-4, 2021. Sky Shield III is a bilateral defensive counter-air combat patrol and combat search and rescue exercise designed to validate AFCENT and QEAF’s combined capability to defend regional airspace.
  • Embraced by a nation: How a 379th ESFS Airman is ensuring resolute partnerships

    Embraced by a nation: How a 379th ESFS Airman is ensuring resolute partnerships

    When Staff Sgt. Thabit Jubran was growing up in northern Israel during the Gulf War, he would encounter members of the U.S. Army and Marines stationed with Patriot surface-to-air missiles to defend the area from Iraqi Scud missiles. They would occasionally visit local areas on “COIN” or counterinsurgency missions, arriving in Humvees and visiting
  • Rafales flying and being refueled

    Sky Shield II enables further interoperability training

    Members of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, 380th AEW, 332nd AEW, Qatar Emiri Air Force and French Air Force participated in Exercise Sky Shield II at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, March 1-3, 2021.
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    Al Udeid Airmen, Qatar Emiri Air Force partnership enhances versatility

    Al Udeid Air Base has witnessed several milestones with the U.S. KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft. On Jan. 21, 2021, led by a Qatari police escort, a fuel truck and Airmen from the 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron made their way from Al Udeid AB to Doha AB – partnering with the Qatar Emiri Air Force to conduct KC-135 hot refueling at Doha Air Base, Qatar.
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    Enduring, resolute partners: US, Qatar conduct historic air-to-air refueling exercise

    For the first time ever, Qatar Emiri Air Force Rafales integrated with U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotankers during a week-long air-to-air refueling exercise at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar.
  • A member of the Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) air traffic control tower directs aircraft at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Aug. 24, 2020. A letter of agreement was recently implemented between the U.S., QEAF and Qatar Civil Aviation Authority to better work together to ensure safe air space operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Larry E. Reid Jr.)

    AUAB, Qatar sign agreement on air space operations

    An Air Traffic Control Letter of Agreement was signed by U.S. personnel, the Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) and Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (QCAA) to better work together to ensure safe air space operations at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar.
  • US-Qatar Friendship Event bonds strategic partners before F-15QA arrival

    US-Qatar Friendship Event bonds strategic partners before F-15QA arrival

    U.S. Air Forces Central Command conducted a bi-lateral key leader engagement known as the Qatar-AFCENT Friendship Event Aug. 23-24, 2020, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar.
  • The F-15QA is a dual-role fighter designed to perform air-to-air and air-to-ground missions. The aircraft can take off with nearly 30,000 pounds of munitions and reach a maximum ceiling of approximately 70,000 feet. (Courtesy photo)

    Qatar Emiri Air Force partners with U.S. to gain newest F-15 to their fleet

    Many military leaders can attest that the ability to conduct operations and win in modern warfare is rooted in a nation’s ability to work by, with, and through allies and partners. For the United States and U.S. Air Forces Central Command, the ability to conduct and deliver combat airpower alongside partner air forces has increased as its close partner, Qatar, has solidified details and logistics with U.S. government organizations and contractors to procure its own fleet of 48 F-15QA fighter jets. The Qatar Emiri Air Force is scheduled to start receiving these fighter jets in June 2021. The F-15QA is the most advanced version of the F-15 Eagle, the twin-engine fighter jet flown by the U.S. Air Force since 1972.
  • Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) Mirage 2000s, a U.S. B-52H Stratofortress, and U.S. F-35A Lightning IIs fly in formation over Southwest Asia, May 21, 2019. This flight was conducted to continue building military-to-military relationships with the QEAF. The B-52H is part of the Bomber Task Force deployed to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility to defend U.S. forces and interests in the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Keifer Bowes)

    Qatari Mirages fly with U.S. B-52H and F-35As

    Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) Mirage 2000s, a U.S. B-52H Stratofortress, and U.S. F-35A Lightning IIs flew in formation over Southwest Asia, May 21, 2019. This flight was conducted to continue building military-to-military relationships and interoperability with the QEAF. The B-52H is part of the Bomber Task Force deployed to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility to defend U.S. forces and interests in the region.
  • Capt. Hanna Sparks, left, 379th Air Expeditionary Wing sexual assault prevention and response coordinator, embraces Qatar Emiri Air Force Lt. Hind Bajidaph, executive officer to the Qatar Emiri Air Force commander, at the end of the second Women’s Networking Breakfast March 20, 2019, in Doha, Qatar. The event was designed to give women from both militaries the opportunity to grow personally and professionally, learn about other cultures, share military experiences, and build relationships. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)

    U.S., Qatar military women build relationships over breakfast

    Women from U.S. and Qatar Armed Forces came together to participate in the second Women’s Networking Breakfast March 20, 2019, in Doha, Qatar. During the event, attendees shared a meal and toured local museums while discussing shared military and life experiences. The event provided attendees the opportunity to interact with peers from all career fields, strengthen relationships, develop professionally and build partnership between the two services.
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