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  • Small but mighty: ECONS packs a punch

    As a deployed member here in Southwest Asia, we might say that life here is pretty great with all the little things most people take for granted. Now imagine being deployed but this time instead of eating at a dining facility you are eating Meals Ready to Eat, you are having GI parties, you have no

  • More than just a voice

    There is more to the “giant voice” than one might think. Fortunately, you don’t have to travel all the way to Oz to find the true identity of the Airman behind the curtain, or in this case, behind the locked door.Although tasks vary from base to base, Command Post Airmen are responsible for ensuring

  • Providing day, night overhead eyesight

    Airmen with the Dragon Aircraft Maintenance Unit may not spit fire or crack boulders into splinters with their massive talons, but what they do possess are the skills necessary to ensure the all-seeing eye remains high in the sky.The U-2 Dragon Lady provides high-altitude, all-weather surveillance

  • Extending combat airpower to all corners of the globe

    Airmen with the Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Extender Aircraft Maintenance Unit here waste no time when answering the call to defend the nation -- even with little to no notice. Although the KC-l0 Extender’s primary mission is aerial refueling, it can combine the tasks of a tanker and

  • Airmen complete drop zone control officer training

    Airmen from the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron and the 82nd Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron joined forces for drop zone control officer training here Feb. 10, 2015.The training enhanced the capabilities of both the Tactical Air Control Party Airmen with the 82nd EASOS and the

  • AFCENT hosts OIR Air Coalition Conference

    U.S. Air Forces Central Command hosted an Air Coalition Conference for Operation INHERENT RESOLVE here Feb. 11.The conference included discussions of the current air campaign, assessments of progress, coalition contributions, information sharing and evolving efforts to advise and assist the Iraqi

  • DTC offers deployers decompression

    Staff from the Deployment Transition Center in Ramstein Air Base, Germany, visited Train, Advise, Assist Command – Air, Feb. 5-7, to provide assistance to command personnel, as well as offer insight on what the DTC provides returning deployers. Most Airmen assigned to TAAC-Air will spend a few days

  • Wisconsin Army National Guard provides TAAC-Air security

    The primary mission of Train, Advise, Assist Command – Air is to develop the Afghan Air Force, but that cannot happen without security. Though not initially expecting to perform this particular mission, the 950th Engineer Company, from the Wisconsin Army National Guard, has now taken on this

  • Lead-in training increases Afghan capabilities

    Train, Advise, Assist Command – Air maintainers are providing lead-in training at the Kabul Air Wing in an effort to ensure Afghan Air Force airmen excel at C-130 maintenance courses when they attend in the US. Though some Afghans have begun training in the US, learning a new language and aircraft

  • Al Udeid Airmen conduct first FOD walk on new tactical ramp

    More than 100 Airmen gathered to conduct their first Foreign Object Damage walk on a new tactical aircraft ramp, Jan. 29, to prevent debris or other objects from damaging aircraft that will be parked here. The new ramp, which will be primarily used to park tactical aircraft like the C-130