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  • April 29 airpower summary: C-130s help sustain operations

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations April 29, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt IIs conducted shows of force in

  • April 28 airpower summary: F-15s fly support missions

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations April 28, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, an Air Force B-1B Lancer dropped a guided bomb unit-31

  • Art of War

    When the Taliban took power in 1996, they imposed a new way of life and removed basic freedoms for the people of Afghanistan. Among those freedoms was the banishment of art. For more than a decade, art has been missing from this historic society. So a group of 39 artists from Task Force MED wanted

  • AFCENT command chief discusses wartime operations

    The command chief master sergeant of Ninth Air Force and United States Air Forces Central closed out a tour through the Persian Gulf Region April 25 following his visit with the Airmen of the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing. The bulk of Chief Master Sgt. Scott Dearduff's visit here was spent meeting

  • April 27 airpower summary: A-10s provide close-air support

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations April 27, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, an Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II fired cannon rounds onto

  • April 26 airpower summary: Predators take out enemy positions

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan during operations April 26, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, an Air Force MQ-1B Predator fired a Hellfire missile

  • U.S. and Iraqi Women Find Common Ground in Kirkuk, Iraq

    "There will never be a new world order until women are a part of it," American Suffragist Alice Paul once said. Little did she know that her words would take on a new meaning in Iraq...at the Inaugural Northern Iraq Women's Conference held at Forward Operating Base Warrior, Kirkuk, Iraq, April 20.

  • The future of the International Zone

    Reconstructing downtown Baghdad has proven to have many challenges for the Iraqi government, but a new plan devised by the Department of Basing and Urban Planning may lead them in a direction to have the "Green Zone" green again within five to 10 years.The department is part of the Joint Area