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  • Airman field-tests modified PT uniform in the AOR

    An Airman was selected to field-test the Air Force's modified physical training uniform while deployed here to provide feedback to leadership at the end of the testing process. Senior Airman James Debiase, 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron emergency manager, said he received an e-mail from

  • Security forces airman coordinates air ops for Iraqi detainees

    There are thousands of Iraqi detainees located in different detention facilities throughout Iraq who require air travel for everything from detainee transfers to attending court cases, and thanks to one Air Force captain, the Iraqi detainees get where they need to go.Capt. M. Kathryn Kotora, Joint

  • Iraqi flight surgeons go to Europe’s annual FS conference

    History was made March 11 to 21 thanks to some strong support from the Multi-National Security Transition Command Iraq for the Coalition Air Force Training Team initiative. Iraqi Air Force flight surgeons, Major (Dr.) Abdulrazzaq and Lieutenant (Dr.) Hazem, traveled to the annual United States Air

  • Supplements-make informed choices

    At different bases throughout the Air Force, Airmen are turning to dietary supplements in an effort to maintain a fit force and high personal fitness levels, while causing possible risk to their health. This can particularly pose a problem in deployed environments when Airmen usually make an extra

  • CSAF addresses 386th Airmen during AOR visit

    The Air Force's top officer spoke to 386th Air Expeditionary Wing Airmen as part of a visit to the Air Forces Central area of responsibility April 6 and 7. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz also took time to visit the Airmen of the 387th Air Expeditionary Group and speak with the combat

  • Safety experts spearhead efforts to minimize bird strikes

    Americans witnessed first hand the severity of bird strikes when U.S. Airways Flight 1549 crash landed in the Hudson River in New York City after hitting a flock of birds in January. Lt. Col. Charles Wallace and his team of seven safety experts with the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing safety office, do

  • Gone, never forgotten: Sather memorializes fallen Airman

    All Airmen agree to lay down their lives for their country when they join the Air Force. Some have to fulfill that promise. Those who make the ultimate sacrifice are forever lost but never forgotten. Rather, Air Force members memorialize Airmen like Staff Sgt. Travis Griffin, a security forces

  • 732nd SFS Det. 3 provides combat support to Iraq

    Members of the 732nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Det. 3, provide outside-the-wire combat support by doing everything from patrolling as police transition teams to performing intelligence operations to using military working dog teams to help Iraqi police with the security of the

  • Memorial service honors fallen EOD team leader

    Service members and civilians deployed to International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Regional Command-South (RC-South) gathered in the base chapel of Kandahar Air Field April 6 to pay final respects to fallen Air Force Staff Sgt. Phillip Myers. Sergeant Myers was killed April 3 by an improvised