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  • US, French pilots swap, bump elbows on first deployment

    A U.S. Air Force pilot traded spaces with a French Air Force pilot who moved into a different American flying squadron, but now both are serving simultaneously at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, on their first deployments with the new units."I never thought we'd be here at the same time, especially

  • A-10 maintainers shine light on dark mission

    Half a world away, most people at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, aren't awake at the same time their American friends and family members are going about their days, but that's not the case for some Airmen supporting the 24/7 missions of Operation Enduring Freedom.At midnight, the tarmac is a

  • Soldier receives Purple Heart for wounds received in action

    The steady beep of a pulse monitor served as a soft metronome during a presentation of the Purple Heart medal to Army Spc. Christian Santiago, a gunner with the 1013th Engineer's Company, from Lt. Gen. John Koziol, deputy under secretary of defense (intelligence) for Joint and Coalition Warfighter

  • Afghan C-27 fleet grows as two new aircraft arrive

    Two new C-27A Spartan transport aircraft recently touched down on the flight line of the Afghan Air Force base in Kabul Afghanistan bringing the fleet total up to eight on Nov. 11.The impact of new C-27 aircraft will be seen almost immediately as there are several aircraft coming up on mandatory

  • Iraqi Air Force exercises its precision air-to-ground attack capability

    U.S. Air Force Air Advisors of the 321st Air Expeditionary Wing marked an Advise, Train, Assist and Equip milestone Monday, highlighting the success of their Iraqi Air Force counterparts following the second ever Hellfire rocket launch from an Iraqi Air Force AC-208 Cessna Caravan. Departing a

  • Three-step process can help prevent many accidents

    "Accidents happen."It's a common expression, often used to imply that safety mishaps can't be prevented.But many accidents are preventable - if people would only apply the right frame of mind in their daily routines, according to Lt. Col. Kevin Eastland, chief of the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing

  • AAF Female officers graduate from PeH orientation class

    Another milestone was made in the modernization of the Afghan Air Force with the graduation of the first five female officers from their first professional military education course at Pohantoon-e-Hawayee, the Afghan Air Force's "Big Air School," in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Nov. 11. The Air

  • 'Port Dogs' in constant motion at 386th Air Expeditionary Wing

    U.S. Central Command has a big job here, supporting more than 150,000 coalition forces in two theaters of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Those troops require a tremendous amount of logistical support, including around-the clock airlift sorties to move personnel and cargo throughout the area of