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  • 380th Airmen promote joint efforts supplying Navy with certification

    The strong winds rolled sand across the flight line as a forklift crept through crates stacked like skyscrapers, with its steel prongs ready to grasp its target. The machine hoisted the crate effortlessly and placed it gently on the sand covered asphalt - his forklift training was now complete.The

  • Photo essay: 386th AEW participates in Kuwait 50/20 celebration

    February marks major milestones for one of the Unites States' allies, the Nation of Kuwait. Throughout the entire month, the people of Kuwait have been celebrating the 50th anniversary of their independence from Great Britain as well as 20 years of liberation from Iraq. The 50/20 celebration, which

  • Medical centers, MABOS bring hope to 'Heart Hospital'

    Call it a cardiopulmonary bypass unit or a heart and lung machine but now the Children's Heart Ward of the Kyrgyz Scientific Research Institute of Heart Surgery and Organ Transplantation can call one of them, their own.Officials visited the heart ward Thursday to donate the machine that was acquired

  • Host nation students go 'hands-on' during base tour

    More than 40 high school students and staff members from the American school downtown got a closer look at deployed servicemembers and operations during a tour of this desert air base, Feb. 24. The students saw various aircraft and facilities on base while learning about the mission and meeting U.S.

  • Kuwait celebrates 50/20 anniversary with coalition forces, parade

    Kuwait celebrated their 20th year of liberation from Saddam Hussein's invading forces and 50th year of independence from Great Britain with several coalition countries, including the U.S., by staging a very large military parade, Feb. 26.In 1991, 33 nations joined the U.S. to form a coalition during

  • Iraqi defenders finish intense training, stand up armory

    More than 45 U.S. Airmen and Soldiers watched in excitement as the first group of Iraqi defenders received recognition during a graduation ceremony, Feb. 22, here. "Today was historic for the Iraqi air force,' said Maj. Mechille Braden, the base transition team officer in charge. "We saw the first

  • 386th AEW participates in Kuwait 50/20 event

    February marks major milestones for one of the Unites States' allies, the Nation of Kuwait. Throughout the entire month, the people of Kuwait have been celebrating the 50th anniversary of their independence from Great Britain as well as 20 years of liberation from Iraq. The 50/20 celebration, which

  • 455th EAPS wins ACC's 2010 Verne Orr Award

    The 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron here was recently named Air Combat Command's winner of the 2011 Verne Orr Award. Named for the 14th Secretary of the Air Force, the award recognizes an Air Force active duty, guard or reserve unit that makes the most effective use of its human resources.