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  • Technology lends to protection of Airfield

    Protecting Kandahar Airfield assets and personnel is a huge responsibility which falls on the shoulders of all commanders and leaders here. Their ability to keep the base safe helps the rest of us sleep at night. For the past several years, one of the essential instruments of the force protection

  • First IqAF instructor pilot begins training students

    (Editor's note: This article was updated March 30, 2011, to correctly state Lt. Col. Hamid Hussein was the first Iraqi Air Force instructor pilot to graduate from the 52nd Expeditionary Flying Training Squadron, not the first since 2003.)The first Iraqi air force instructor pilot to graduate from

  • RAF pilot contributes skill, expertise to fight

    Seven days a week, and more than 3,000 miles from home, he worked tirelessly as an ambassador of his language and culture. You may think it's fiction but in reality over the last 90 days Royal Air Force Flt. Lt. Dean Curt, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing Operations, put on hold his daily routine to

  • IqAF edges closer to joint integration after hellfire missile test

    The Iraqi air force took a big leap toward air and ground force integration after an AC-208 Cessna Caravan successfully attacked a target called in by Iraqi Special Operations Forces at the Aziziyah Training Range March 23. A two-ship formation of Iraqi air force Cessnas from Squadron 3 at Kirkuk

  • 766th AES deactivates, marks change for Afghanistan's JET Airmen

    Deputy Commander-Air, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, Maj. Gen. Charles Lyon, presided over the 966th Air Expeditionary Squadron's change of command, here, 23 March. The ceremony marks more than a transfer of command from Lt. Col. Kenneth Bowling to Lt. Col. Jeffrey Collins. It indicates a change in how

  • 386th Airmen recognized at Army banquet

    Two 386th Air Expeditionary Wing Airmen were recognized for their superior performance March 12 during the 4th Annual Association of the United States Army Servicemember Appreciation Banquet. Tech. Sgt. Christine Ward and Senior Airman Telesheia Ward were recognized along with other Soldiers,

  • Aerial resupply gives military outposts fighting chance

    The 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron recently dropped approximately 40,000 lbs of JP-8 fuel, food, water, ammunition and building materials into an austere location in Regional Command South. "The big picture is we supply them with food, water, bullets and blood needed to operate and we can get

  • Shura brings governor, local elders together for peaceful talk

    The governor of Zabul province traveled to a town on the Pakistan border to discuss effective ways to resolve outstanding issues and address new concerns the local elders have here.Governor Ashraf Naseri, along with members of the Afghan National Security Forces, arrived at district center for a

  • Afghan midwives discuss planned parenting methods with AF medic

    On a semi-regular schedule, a female medic dons her body armor, helmet and weapon to walk 200 yards to the local hospital in Qalat City. These trips to the hospital encourage the midwives to have open discussions on the current challenges of medical care in Afghanistan."Over the last few months, I