Ahmad al-Jaber hosts the United States Air Force's 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing (332 AEW), which moved to the base on May 2016.
The 332 ARW provides a wide range combat capabilities including aerial-refueling, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), space, combat search and rescue (CSAR), and precision strike, all in support of the military intervention against ISIL/ISIS (known by the US military as Operation Inherent Resolve) and wider military operations in the Middle East.
A wide range of US Air Force aircraft have been deployed at Ahmad al-Jaber, including F-15E Strike Eagle, MQ-9A Reaper, and KC-135R Stratotanker as well as HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters.

The United States Marines has also operated from the base, flying the MV-22B Osprey,; EA-6B Prowler, AV-8B Harrier II and KC-130J Hercules.
Ahmad al-Jaber hosts the United States Air Force's 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing (332 AEW), which moved to the base on May 2016. The 332 ARW provides a wide range combat capabilities including aerial-refueling, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), space, combat search and rescue (CSAR), and precision strike, all in support of the military intervention against ISIL/ISIS (known by the US military as Operation Inherent Resolve) and wider military operations in the Middle East. A wide range of US Air Force aircraft have been deployed at Ahmad al-Jaber, including F-15E Strike Eagle, MQ-9A Reaper, and KC-135R Stratotanker as well as HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters.
The United States Marines has also operated from the base, flying the MV-22B Osprey,; EA-6B Prowler, AV-8B Harrier II and KC-130J Hercules.
Ahmad al-Jaber Air Base