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  • Iraqi military relocates choppers after US contract ends

    The Iraqi Army Aviation Command transferred more than a dozen military helicopters from Kirkuk to Habbaniyah, Iraq, beginning March 1. Following the end of the flight-training contract between the IqAAC and the U.S. in January, nine OH-58 Kiowas and five Bell Jet Rangers were relocated by Iraqi

  • Initial Quick Reaction Force Training Graduation

    Twenty-five members of the Afghan Air Force, consisting of airmen through captain, graduated from the initial quick reaction force training course at the Afghan Air Force base at Kabul, Afghanistan, March 5.Tech. Sgt. Sandra Dean, the 439 Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron security forces advisor

  • Afghan Air Force achieve flying milestone

    Afghan Air Force aircraft with an all-Afghan aircrew demonstrated the ability to fly Heads of State and Cabinet level personnel without a NATO Air Training Command - Afghanistan advisor.Brig. Gen. David Allvin, NATC-A Commander stated, "I am very proud of their success as they have recently achieved

  • Air Force firefighters stay ready to fight any blaze in Iraq

    They laugh and they joke, but when the call comes, they move with absolute seriousness. They relax and they play, but when they are needed, they move like they knew it was coming.They are a team of 35 firefighters ranging in rank from airman first class to chief master sergeant. Each walks with a

  • USAF delivers weather gear to IqAF

    It was a proud moment Wednesday when Maj. James Bono, Iraq Training and Advisory Mission-Air senior weather advisor, stepped onto an Iraqi C-130 to return from Qayyarah West Airfield, Iraq, to Baghdad.He and two other members of his weather team had just spent the day setting up a brand new tactical

  • Aerial Port delivers people and supplies

    The Airmen of the Aerial Port at Kandahar Airfield are among the busiest people on base. They are some of the last people re-deployers see before they fly home.Senior Airman Kody Williams described watching soldiers eagerly pressing their way through the passenger processing line to their flight. He

  • 386th ESFS garners DoD antiterrorism award

    For the fifth year running, the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron was named the Department of Defense Best Antiterrorism Program for a deployed unit. The Antiterrorism Recognition Program was established by the assistant secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity

  • Total Force makes carrier pigeons obsolete

    In World War II, it could take a carrier pigeon about six hours to fly from London to Paris. Fortunately, communication is much faster in modern warfare thanks to specialists such as the 451st Expeditionary Communication Squadron at Kandahar Airfield. Master Sgt. Bob Rondash, 451st AEW engineering

  • New Afghan Airmen pass final hurdle before becoming quick reaction force

    Afghan Air Force security forces personnel conducted mounted and dismounted patrol drills with the help of NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan at the AAF Base in Kabul March 2.The drills were the culmination of a four-week training course and the final validation prior to the course's student's