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  • Guardian Angels save lives

    The temperature is warming as spring begins at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. Major Chris Richardson, detachment commander of 26th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron at the airfield, expects to get busier as the temperature gets hotter."As the fighting season erupts we find ourselves flying more," the

  • Chaplain field services bring church to warriors

    Lt. Col. Donnette Boyd, chaplain of the 451st Air Expeditionary Wing at Kandahar Airfield, pulled a small bag from her desk on March 11. Inside the tough green fabric were a shiny crucifix and several note cards- a few pieces that she called a "chapel in a bag." She was preparing for her first day

  • Wild Blue Country serenades Airmen

    Personnel stationed at an undisclosed base in Southwest Asia were treated to the twang of good 'ole country music during the U.S. Air Forces Central's Band Wild Blue Country's visit March 10 to 11.The four-member active duty Air Force band is stationed at Peterson AFB in Colorado Springs, Colorado,

  • 332nd ELRS vehicle maintainers wheel in locals

    Donning blue jumpsuits, vehicle maintainers clustered around the engine bay of a truck. A flurry of dialogue requesting tools and discussing procedures filled the shop like others around base, except in Arabic. In August 2008, an Air Force Contractor Augmentation Programs was established to hire

  • USF-I Airmen prepare bases for transition

    On Sept. 1, 2010, Operation New Dawn signaled more than a name change for the U.S. military mission. It ended combat operations and started a focused effort on an evolving relationship with the Government of Iraq and its people. Air Force civil engineers are playing a key role in that transition to

  • Revolutionary training device installed for IqAF

    A team of aerospace physiologists from several U.S. Air Force installations are here to help the Iraqi Air Force install and train with its newest piece of training equipment. The team held a demonstration March 14 to showcase how this device will assist in training, as well as save time and money

  • Afghan MI-17 instructor pilot trains student for first time

    An Afghan Air Force Mi-17 transport helicopter instructor pilot recently trained an AAF student pilot on flying procedures at the AAF training center in Shindand, marking the first time an AAF Mi-17 instructor pilot served as chief instructor for an Afghan pilot. The achievement registers another

  • AAF pilots graduate aviation English course

    More than 80 Afghan Air Force pilots graduated from an aviation English course during a ceremony on the Afghan Air Force Base in Kabul March 14.The course, split between varying levels of language proficiency ranging from elementary to intermediate, taught aviation-centric English meant to help the

  • U.S. AFCENT announces 2010 Outstanding Security Forces Expeditionary Units

    Three security forces squadrons were recently selected as the 2010 Outstanding Expeditionary Security Forces Units in the U.S. Air Forces Central area of responsibility.The awards recognized exemplary mission accomplishment in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and New Dawn as the security