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  • Embassy applauds Airmen for founding Iraqi Women in Aviation chapter

    The U.S. Embassy Baghdad and U.S. Department of Transportation hosted a reception Jan. 7 to honor and recognize the efforts of Horizon East.Horizon East, the Iraq chapter of the non-profit organization Women in Aviation, was started by female pilots deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq. The

  • CCATT brings ICU to battlefield, gives patients better chance

    He walks into the Kandahar Role 3 Hospital with his medical bags in tow. Minus a few dusty footprints at the doorway from the outside environment, it resembles any other hospital complete with the clean, sterile smell - a scent absent anywhere else on the airfield in Afghanistan which is noted for

  • Airman enhances life-saving capabilities of NATO first responders

    An Airman aided NATO first responders with some medical training and obtaining new supplies Jan. 3 at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, enhancing their life-saving capabilities in response to incidents.Staff Sgt. Matt Blitz, 73rd Expeditionary Air Control Squadron independent duty medical technician,

  • New Afghan facilities key for Kandahar Air Wing

    The Afghan Air Force's Kandahar Air Wing invited coalition forces, tribal elders and school children here Jan. 1 to the open house for their newly-constructed facilities and aircraft inventory.With assistance from the international community, the $60 million facility-improvement project now

  • New commander switches gears from U.S. to Iraqi training mission

    A general formerly charged with shaping the U.S. Air Force's brightest officers took charge of the Iraqi air force training and advisory mission during a change of command ceremony Jan. 6.Brig. Gen. Anthony Rock, who most recently served as Air Command and Staff College commandant and Spaatz Center

  • Afghan Air Forces distributes goods to Afghan contractors

    Members of the Afghan Air Force, along with advisors from the 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, distributed goods to Afghan civilians working on the Afghan Air Force Base in Kabul Jan. 5 to help build a connection between the people and their military."More than 100 Afghan civilians were on hand to

  • 821st ETRS helps Iraqi airmen master core value

    As you walk into the Iraqi Air Force Training School here you will notice the words integrity, military discipline, loyalty to the homeland and English language posted on the walls. These are the Iraqi Air Force core values.Airmen, civilians and contractors assigned to the 821st Expeditionary