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  • RPAT: Responsibly moving equipment out of Iraq

    Airmen assigned to RPAT here have been working alongside Soldiers, contractors and Department of the Army civilians to ensure equipment leaving Iraq gets to its proper location, and in a usable condition as U.S. Forces continue to drawdown forces as well as equipment in Iraq.First Lt. Kimberly

  • Airmen at VBC celebrate AF's 63rd birthday

    More than 200 servicemembers attended the Air Force's 63rd birthday celebration at the base's Moral Welfare and Recreation tent, Sept. 18, 2010. Brig. Gen. Scott Hanson, director of the Iraq Training and Advisory Mission - Air Force, and commander of the 321st Air Expeditionary Wing, was in

  • Balad remembers a fallen friend

    Servicemembers from across Joint Base Balad, Iraq, gathered at MWR-East for a memorial service Sept. 19, 2010, in memory of a fallen comrade.Senior Airman James Hansen, 332nd Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron airfield manager, died Sept. 15, 2010, during an ordnance disposal operation."We

  • First joint Afghan-American effort moves patients from Kandahar

    Afghans and Airmen came together Sept. 12 to transfer patients from the Kandahar Regional Military Hospital for an aeromedical evacuation mission from Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan.This is not a new mission for the Afghan flight medics, but this is their first time partnering with Airmen from the

  • "Jackals" keep Galaxies, Globemasters flying through Iraq

    Maintainers with the 521st Air Mobility Operations Group, Detachment 5, also known as the "Jackals," have kept on their toes maintaining C-5 Galaxies and C-17 Globemaster III's passing through Iraq, ensuring they are in "tip top" shape to keep troops and cargo moving through safely. "We've got C-5s

  • Shah Joy Villagers Ready to Make a Stand

    Fifty men answered the call to protect their village against insurgents in Shah Joy District, Zabul province, Sept 16. The men have volunteered to participate in a program that trains and arms villagers, called Arbakai, or the commerce stability program. The villagers will partner with Afghan

  • Afghan Air Force Dedicated to Medical Assistance

    A strong sign of the strength of an organization would be in the way it takes care of its people. The Afghan Air Force (AAF) can now speak to its own strength with the recent development of dedicated medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) missions. Beginning in September of 2010, the AAF transitioned from