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  • JTACs deliver airpower for ground forces in Afghanistan

    Perched on an mountaintop in the foothills of the Hindu Kush mountains, an Airman hunkers down in the frigid, sodden darkness monitoring the Soldiers in the valley below as he speaks with the pilots above."Wow, I can hear the hail coming down over the radio," exclaims the B-1B Lancer pilot flying

  • Air Force leaders discuss future of Airmen in joint operations across Iraq

    U.S. Air Force leadership from the United States, Iraq and other locations across Southwest Asia gathered on Victory Base Complex, Iraq, March 22, 2011, to review the future manpower support of U.S. forces by joint expeditionary tasking and individual augmentee Airmen as Operation New Dawn enters

  • Sixteen million square feet of yard work for this Airman

    Thousands of Airmen get up every day and head to work; however, few work in an office space out measuring the office size of the senior officer in Iraq. One Dothan, Ala., native has more than enough room to stretch her legs with 16-million square feet to patrol and 760 lights to check daily. "I have

  • Airdrop record broken, again

    Breaking records is becoming routine for the 772nd Expeditionary Airlift Squadron here, as the C-130J Hercules unit broke their squadron's monthly airdrop record in March from Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.The 772nd Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, which has been in place at the airfield since March

  • AAF sets new flying-hour record for C-27

    The Afghan Air Force concluded the month of March with more than 300 hours of flight-time in the C-27 cargo/transport aircraft, setting a new mark for hours flown in what is seen as the centerpiece of the AAF's cargo/transport mission.With a total of 304.6 hours in the air, the new record shatters

  • TCM opens doors on Friends and Family Day 2011

    Officials opened the transit center gates to local contract employees, and their associates during Friends and Family Day. Individuals and groups got the chance to tour a KC-135 "Stratotanker" operate a Explosive Ordnance Disposal robot, watch a K-9 demonstration, enjoy lunch and view day-to-day

  • Intensive care unit nursing patients back to life

    The beeping of heart rate monitors and dripping of intravenous saline solutions play in the backdrop of the Air Force Theater Hospital, as nurses and technicians check on patients.The base hosts the largest military hospital in Iraq, where all severe medical or trauma related emergencies are routed