U.S. Air Force Transfers Final Sector of Northern Iraq's Airspace to Iraq Civil Aviation Authority

The U.S. Air Force transferred the final sector of northern Iraq's airspace to the Iraq Civil Aviation Authority on Aug. 25.With the assumption of this sector, the ICAA received control of airspace in Kirkuk, ground level to 15,000 feet."This transfer is significant because it is the most complex

JTAC shot, keeps calling in critical close air support

The war in Afghanistan has produced no shortage of American heroes, but most recently a Joint Terminal Attack Controller from the 817th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron proved it yet again.Senior Airman Jorge Henry, 817th EASOS JTAC, was credited with helping save the lives of a 34-man

Preparing for the next mission

376th ELRS replaces fuel bladder

EAMXS maintain unique AF capabilities downrange

When an EC-130H Compass Call's complex and critical electronic equipment malfunctions, there is only one unit in the world that can fix it - and it's deployed here.Members of the 41st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit, 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, deployed from

Combined sporting event builds mutual understanding, respect at deployed wing

During the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims abstain from eating and drinking from dusk till dawn. For the Airmen and Soldiers at the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing and their host nation partners, sundown meant it was time for the Ramadan Games to begin. The Ramadan Games is an annual sporting

USAFCENT band brings total force integration on tour

For the members of the U.S. Air Forces Central Command band "Sidewinder," their deployment to the area of responsibility has shown what total force integration is all about. The current group is part of the Missouri Air National Guard's 571st Air Force Band; but no one would know by listening to

Afghan airmen MEDEVAC critical patients in response to bombing

Afghan air force medics, with help from coalition advisers, facilitated a critical medical evacuation effort recently as a result of a bombing in Herat Province that killed 22.The medics, based at the AAF detachment in Herat, responded aboard a Mi-17 helicopter when a roadside bomb struck a crowded

U.S., Kyrgyz military partner for bilateral information exchange

It starts with a phone call -- "Exercise, exercise, exercise ... there is a suspicious package at the post office." The call sets off a standard chain of events. But, when the call was received by first responders here Aug. 19 the response was not typical. American explosive ordnance disposal and

451st ELRS aerial port assists first-ever load of F/A-18