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  • Bikes Over Baghdad visits 386th AEW Airmen

    The Bikes Over Baghdad motocross team performed for 386th Air Expeditionary Wing Airmen Nov. 30, 2010. BOB is performing at seven military bases as part of its current tour, riding for an estimated 20,000 deployed U.S. military members on ramps built by BMX contractors.View the slideshow for photos.

  • Afghan Air Force graduate C-27 load master course

    Four members of the Afghan Air Force graduated from the C-27 load master initial qualification academics course at Pohantoon-e-Hawayee, the Afghan Air Force's "Big Air School," in Kabul, Afghanistan Dec.4. To pass the course the AAF members had to take a basic load master class and 45 days of

  • Afghan Air Force Distributes Radios to Feyzabad

    Members of the Afghan Air Force, Afghan National Army and NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan advisors distributed 500 solar powered, hand-cranked radios, provided by Radio Azadi/Radio Liberty to two Feyzabad schools and villages on Dec 2.These radios will provide needed information to the

  • Taking Care of Business and Each Other this Holiday Season

    As the weather back home gets colder and holiday decorations announce the arrival of the traditional festive season, it's important we pause and reflect, to take stock of who we are and what we do as Airmen. Service before Self, one of our most important Air Force core values, is an attribute we

  • MTI experience helps chief excel in mentoring Afghans

    "Hey! What's going on with your boots?"Airmen in Basic Military Training would cringe hearing this from a military training instructor. However, when that MTI trades in his hat and says it to an Afghan Airman during a year-long deployment to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, the reaction is a little

  • 'That Others May Live:' Balad PJs ready to jump in

    When F-16s take off from the Joint Base Balad, Iraq, flightline, there is a group of men who are prepared to take off as well if the call comes through, using the HH-60G Pavehawk helicopter as their preferred mode of transportation."When these guys are called, somebody's having a really, really bad