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  • Afghan Airmen Return to a Hero's Welcome

    Over the last 27 days, members of the Afghan Air Force have been carrying out lifesaving humanitarian missions in Pakistan, demonstrating their skills and showing the world their ability to help their neighbors during the devastating floods that have affected northwestern Pakistan. On Sept. 4, 2010,

  • Commander takes on new Guardian Angel unit, completes 'Rescue Triad'

    Members of the 46th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron came together for an assumption of command ceremony, marking the arrival of their new squadron commander Sept. 2 at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan.Maj. Steven Simone, who is deployed from the 38th Rescue Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Ga., took the reins

  • Powered or not: AGE enables maintenance

    It has been said behind a great person is even a greater cast of support personnel. The same could be said about Joint Base Balad's flying mission.JBB's aircraft maintainers can count on the 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Aerospace Ground Equipment Flight to maintain and deliver all of

  • 386th AEW crew flies last OIF mission and first OND sortie

    A Hercules transport plane and eight crew members from the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing made history here when they completed the unit's final airlift mission in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom last night and executed its first sortie in support of Operation New Dawn this morning.Operation Iraqi

  • USAF takes the next steps in transferring Iraqi airspace to Iraq

    At midnight, on, Sept. 1, the U.S. Air Force handed over the Kirkuk sector of airspace, 15,000 feet and above, to the government of Iraq..The Kirkuk sector of airspace consists of the northern 1/3 portion of Iraq airspace, which had been previously controlled by the U.S. Air Force out of Kirkuk Air

  • Hero's Highway receives New Dawn upgrade

    At midnight on the cusp between Aug. 31 and Sept. 1, 2010, Operation Iraqi Freedom ended and New Dawn began. Combat operations transitioned to an advisory and training role, and another page of history was completed.At 7 a.m. on Sept. 1, members of the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group Color Guard