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  • Guest speakers create history for the 321st AEW

    What separates one Commanders' Call from another? Well, for the men and women of the 321st Air Expeditionary Wing, a first-ever moment in time just might qualify.During a 321st AEW Commander's Call held Sept. 3 at Sather Air Base, Baghdad, history was made when the Iraqi Air Force's senior officer

  • Smarter = Better: Keeping a fit mind to support the deployed mission

    "Can you imagine what I would do, if I could do all I can? ... Opportunities multiply as they are seized." - Sun TzuAt Joint Base Balad, the 332nd Expeditionary Force Support Squadron's Learning Resource Center helps Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and civilians seize opportunities to do all they

  • They have X-ray Vision

    Make no bones about it, when it comes to figuring out what's going on inside a broken body, the ionizing radiation machine is the tool of choice for most doctors. Seeing past skin, veins, blood cells, body fat and muscle tissue; it can literally see right through you. While the X-ray machine itself

  • Officer charges into first contingency response deployment

    As a group of more than 30 Airmen landed at Chaklala Air Base, Pakistan, and began set-up for a contingency response element, one Air Force captain arrived with eyes wide open and ready to learn the ways of the unit.Capt. J.D. Foy, a 31-year-old Air Force Academy graduate stationed at Joint Base

  • Pakistani locals aid in prep for increased flood relief missions

    Approximately 30 Pakistani workers are working around the clock to prepare for the arrival of U.S. soldiers expected to fly in within the next week to support U.S. military helicopter relief operations and assist the Pakistan government in providing food, water and other supplies to victims of the

  • First air coordination cell established for Pakistan flood relief

    A number of Pakistan, U.S. and international organizations, both military and civilian, gathered here Aug. 28 to form an air coordination cell aimed at streamlining air operations supporting Pakistan's flood relief efforts. "There are a considerable amount of organizations [helping with flood relief

  • Contingency response element launches in Pakistan

    More than 30 members from the 621st Contingency Response Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, arrived at Chaklala Air Force Base, Pakistan, to provide additional manpower, equipment and organization to current flood relief operations out of Pakistan Air Force's Central Flood Relief

  • U.S. aircrew builds relationships with Pakistan Air Force

    Four Air Force Reserve C-130 Hercules aircrews from the 357th Airlift Squadron at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., are building relationships with their aircrew counterparts in the Pakistan Air Force as they aid Pakistan in flood relief efforts bringing supplies to people displaced by the raging waters

  • Aircrew transports ambassador, USAID administrator to flooded Sukkur

    Twenty-five passengers, to include U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah, U.S. Coordinator for Civilian Assistance Ambassador to Pakistan Robin Raphel and members from various media organizations, boarded a U.S. Air Force C-130H Hercules here Aug. 25 for a visit to

  • C-130 crew experiences appreciation of Pakistani people

    Members of the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron forward deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, providing flood relief support in Pakistan witnessed an incredible welcome and feeling of appreciation as they offloaded supplies in an area seemingly more devastated than any other to which they