Airmen working to lose jobs through Iraqi Army advisement efforts

The12 Airmen know each other pretty well; after all, they've lived, eaten, exercised and traveled together for the past nine months at the remote Iraqi Military Training Base of Kirkush, located in the Diyala Province just over 10 miles from the Iranian border. The only Americans living amongst

Deployed fathers find ways to keep in touch with families

This Father's Day, many deployed servicemembers have mixed feelings about being away from their children and having their "area of responsibility" shift from the home front to the war front. But many fathers in the AOR feel their commitment to their families is also a big part of their identity as

Djibouti mission tests search, rescue members

Air Force band plays for Djibouti villagers

ILO: A little bit of everything

He can be found each morning hustling from one Humvee to the next ensuring the communication equipment is operational before fellow Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team members convoy into the mountainous terrain here. "Basically we are in charge of all the communication equipment in the

Treading the AOR: maintenance flight the ‘wheel’ heroes

While one Airman rolls a C-130 wheel and tire assembly across the room another starts the process of breaking his down. Bit by bit, he separates the two halves as pieces crumble off onto the floor; trying to keep up with customer demands, he wheels on. Day in and day out, the two, four-member teams

Trench highlights interoperability

Airmen and Soldiers finished a trenching project June 10 that stretches for almost a half mile here. The trench will tie hardened aircraft shelters the Army will be using into the communications network here and highlights the two services interoperability. The project wasn't the first time the

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Airmen teach Iraqis Western-style command, control

As part of an ongoing process to stabilize Iraq, U.S. Airmen are teaching command and control techniques to their counterparts at the Iraqi air operations center at Camp Victory near Baghdad's international airport. The operations center is the hub that controls all Iraqi air force missions, where

In His Honor: Street named for Airman killed in action

Approximately 400 servicemembers gathered at an intersection on an air base in the Persian Gulf Region on June 10, 2008 to honor a vehicle operator who made the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq a year ago. Airman 1st Class Eric Barnes, 20, of Lorain, Ohio, died June 10, 2007 as result of an improvised