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  • Photo essay: 386th AEW celebrates with E-8 selectees

    Master Sergeants James Bove, Chad Green and Jennifer Hedden were selected to the rank of senior master sergeant and celebrated during a gathering March 11 at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. Sergeants Bove and Green are both members of the 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

  • Ten AAF Airmen graduate basic firefighter course

    Ten Afghan Air Force Airmen graduated from the Basic Firefighter Course during a ceremony held at Pohantoon-e-Hawayee, the AAF's "Big Air School," on the Afghan Air Force Base in Kabul March 14.The graduation was the culmination of 90 days of intense training that brought the Airmen from

  • Bagram opens Afghanistan's first C-130 hangar

    Members of the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing opened Afghanistan's first permanent C-130 hangar during a ribbon cutting ceremony here March 14. The newly completed hangar is a milestone for 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron maintainers who have waited nearly two years for the

  • 455th Airmen support ISAF's RC-North mission

    A small group of 455th Air Expeditionary Wing Airmen is making huge contributions to the U.S. Transportation Command mission in Afghanistan. About a dozen Airmen belonging to the 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron and 455th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadrons are charged with

  • Mi-171 advisor pilots provide training - day or night

    A dozen Iraq Training and Advisory Mission-Air helicopter pilots are working day and night to ensure their Iraqi counterparts are trained and equipped to conduct missions that will ensure safety and security within the country. At home, most of the American advisors provide security, passenger

  • The price is right for international relations

    Four trainers from the Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management, a Department of Defense organization based out of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, have taught U.S. and Iraqi Army, Navy, and Air Force personnel about security cooperation management and foreign military sales.The

  • First flight a success for future Afghan Flying Air Crew Chiefs

    Four Afghan Air Force Airmen attached to the Kandahar Air Wing recently flew their first flights as part of the inaugural Flying Air Crew Chiefs course in Shindand.The month-long course pairs United States Air Force Flying Air Crew Chiefs and Afghan Crew Chief trainees and focuses on the operational

  • 332nd ESFS takedown outstanding unit award

    The 332nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron recently was named Air Force Central Command's 2010 Outstanding Medium Expeditionary Security Forces Unit. These awards recognize exemplary mission accomplishment in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and New Dawn throughout the U.S. Air Force

  • Afghan Air Force graduates Pre-Undergraduate Flight Indoctrination course

    Fifteen members of the Afghan Air Force graduated from the pre-undergraduate flight indoctrination at Pohantoon-e-Hawayee, the Afghan Air Force's "Big Air School," on the Afghan Air Force base in Kabul, Afghanistan Mar. 10.Lt. Col. Sheenwarai Matiuallah, the Chief of Staff at PeH, told the