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  • Violence in Iraq is down - just ask EMEDS

    U.S. military commanders in Iraq are saying that violence in the country is at its lowest level since 2003. Airmen with the 321st Expeditionary Medical Squadron here echo that sentiment, saying they are more likely to see a patient for seasonal allergies than severed limbs.The 321st EMEDS in Kirkuk

  • Shindand Airmen help open school in Herat Province

    Airmen from the 838th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group worked in conjunction with coalition partners and Afghan allies May 12 to help open a school in the village of Mandel located Southwest of Shindand in the Herat Province. The school is the product of a $180,000 commander emergency response

  • Airman finishes deployment with Purple Heart

    On a Sunday afternoon, May 8, at Kandahar Airfield, a courtyard full of people lined up to shake the hand of Senior Airman Andrew Dane. Airmen stood in line to thank him for the sacrifice that earned him the Purple Heart. "He marched towards the sound of guns, marched to where the enemy was," said

  • Another airdrop record crushed

    The 772nd Expeditionary Airlift Squadron here broke their airdrop record, again, by finishing the month of April with 81 airdrops. The C-130J Hercules unit had set the previous record, 72 airdrops, during March the month before. The record setting pace has been keeping the maintainers busy, but

  • Photo essay: Deployed Marauders go for gold in Maintenance Olympics

    The 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and 386th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron competed in a series of events in the 386th Expeditionary Maintenance Group Olympics. The Olympics were put on for maintainers to further develop group morale and espirit de corps.To view additional

  • Photo essay: Base exercise keeps deployed 386th Airmen focused

    Members of the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing recently conducted a base exercise in which deployed Marauders responded to a simulated rocket blast.This base exercise is just one of the myriad ways the 386th achieves and maintains mission readiness at this deployed location.To view additional photos,

  • PAX terminal moves record numbers

    The 376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Passenger Terminal and Aerial Port Flight personnel moved through a record month in April.The PAX terminal and Aerial Port Flight staff moved 68,000 passengers and 180,000 bags last month and shattered their March record of 57,082 passengers."We

  • ITAM facilitates IqAF armory opening

    The Iraqi air force is aiming to expand their security forces capabilities with the opening of their own armory May 16.With help from Tech. Sgt. Jason Ross, 321st Expeditionary Mission Support Advisory Group base transition team member, Iraqi airmen have spent the past three months setting up a