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  • U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jessica Gallaway, deployed from Grand Forks AFB, N.D., assigned to the 732nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, Det. 4, holds an Iraqi girl's hand as they look up at her apartment building where a fire is being put out by her family and neighbors. Air Force Security Forces are the first responders for the International Zone, Baghdad, Iraq. They are "in lieu of" tasking, meaning they are filling an Army billet on six-month deployments. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Angelique Perez)

    International Zone Police: Airmen patrol the streets of Baghdad

    Baghdad's International Zone is surrounded by a network of security checkpoints and entry control points aimed at keeping insurgents out of the area. However, law and order within the area rests solely in the hands of U.S. Airmen. Approximately 45 security forces Airmen from RAF Mildenhall, England; Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D.; Lackland AFB,
  • After its mission, the Raven B small unmanned aerial vehicle lands and breaks into pieces. Staff Sgt. Karlo Arenivas (left) and Airman 1st Class James Gould, 380th Expeditionary Security Force Squadron Force Protection Airborne Surveillance System specialists, demonstrate how the Raven is recovered and then readied for a new mission. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Ruby Zarzyczny)

    Raven B has landed in Southwest Asia

    This small unmanned aerial vehicle is used to increase the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing's force protection capabilities. Maintained and operated by the 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron's the Raven B is the wing's sixth and smallest aircraft, weighing 4.2 pounds with a wing span of 65 inches and a length of 35 inches. It is used by
  • BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Village elders thank OSI agents after receiving school supplies during an humanitarian mission here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mike Andriacco)

    Bagram team makes positive difference for Afghans

    A group of Bagram Airmen has been making a difference in local Afghan villagers' lives, one school bag at a time. Members of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations Expeditionary Detachment 2405 handed out school supplies to approximately 560 children in the villages of Qal'eh-ye Dewana and Chawni on Sept. 26. Each set consisted of a
  • BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - Tech. Sgt. Joy Flumerfelt, a Squadron medical Element/Independent Medical Technician, with the 336 Expeditionary Fighter Squadron here, removes a makeshift splint from a boys broken arm. His arm was then evaluated and resplinted with better materials, during a Medical Civil Action Project in a village outside of Bagram Airfield on Oct. 4, 2007. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joshua T Jasper)

    Making a difference one person at a time

  • Staff Sgt. Shawn Finch checks in with the Air Terminal Operations Center after helping to load a 58,210-pound armored wrecker onto a C-17 Globemaster Sept. 30 in Southwest Asi. Air mobility in the U.S. Central Command area of operations makes it possible to move people and cargo where needed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Sergeant Finch is an air terminal operations controller with the 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson)

    CENTAF Mobility director visits Airmen at Camp Djibouti

    The U.S. Central Command Air Forces director of Mobility visited Airmen assigned to Camp Djibouti recently as part of his first visit of the Southwest Asia area of operations since assuming his position. "My purpose is to find out what (the) requirements are and how we can help (the Airmen) get their mission done," Brig. Gen. Alfred J. Stewart
  • Senior Airman Khanh Le meets Maj. Gen. William L. Holland Sept. 30 in Southwest Asia. General Holland is the vice commander of 9th Air Force and the deputy commander of U.S. Central Command Air Forces. Airman Le, a 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineering Squadron pavement equipment operator, is deployed from Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Tia Schroeder)

    CENTAF vice commander: Airmen performing wonderfully

    America's Airmen across the globe are performing well, said the deputy commander of U.S. Central Command Air Forces recently during a tour of Southwest Asia. Maj. Gen. William L. Holland, who is also the vice commander of 9th Air Force, visited 386th Air Expeditionary Wing Airmen Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 as part of his tour of CENTAF's area of
  • MSgt Adam Hutchinson, U.S. Central Command Air Forces traffic manager, received the Surface Deployment and Distribution Command's Award for Excellence in Traffic Management for the Air Force Sept. 19. The SDDC presents the award annually to outstanding civilian and enlisted traffic managers representing the four military services of the Department of Defense, the Defense Logistics Agency and the Army/Air Force Exchange Service. (U.S Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Amanda Savannah)

    CENTAF SNCO earns transportation top honors

    Transportation may not be MSgt Adam Hutchinson's middle name, but the senior NCO works, lives and breathes as if it were, and the Air Force has noticed. Sergeant Hutchinson, United States Central Command Air Forces logistics traffic manager, was recently named the Air Force recipient of Surface Deployment and Distribution Command's Award for
  • A C-17 Globemaster III from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., takes off from Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, July 4, while a C-130 Hercules from the Alaska Air National Guard waits to take the runway. Strategic and tactical airlift are the backbone of the logistics efforts for Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. David Kurle)

    Sept. 29 airpower summary: airlift is backbone of OEF, OIF

    9/30/2007 - Coalition airpower supported coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Sept. 29, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, an Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle strafed enemy firing positions on a ridgeline in Tarin Kowt. The
  • COMBINED AIR OPERATIONS CENTER, Southwest Asia – A U.S. Air Force F-16CJ Fighting Falcon dropped precision munitions near Al Nussayyib, Iraq, Sept. 25, killing Abu Nasr al-Tunisi and two other Al Q’aeda in Iraq operatives.

    U.S. Air Force F-16 Air strike kills 3 terrorist leaders

    A U.S. Air Force F-16CJ Fighting Falcon dropped precision munitions near Al Nussayyib, Iraq, Sept. 25, killing Abu Nasr al-Tunisi and two other Al Q'aeda in Iraq operatives. They were killed when the aircraft, assigned to U.S. Central Command Air Forces, dropped two laser guided 500 lb Joint Direct Attack Munition GBU-12 bombs, destroying the
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