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  • Top Airman in Iraq reflects on 18 months in country

    Editor's note: This is part three of a five part series highlighting the Air Force's involvement during the Responsible Drawdown of Forces in Iraq.After spending more than 18 months coordinating and synchronizing airpower for U.S. Forces-Iraq and helping to ensure U.S. Forces reached their goal of

  • Photo Essay: Responsible Drawdown of Forces

    Editor's note: This is part three of a three part photo series highlighting the Air Force's involvement during the Responsible Drawdown of Forces in Iraq.Recently the world watched as military members from the 4/2 Stryker Brigade moved out of Iraq. Air Force Airmen helped play a critical role in

  • 455th ESFS delivers soccer donations from Grand Canyon state

    The Air Force has a history of balancing the need to meet operational needs with the responsibility of being a good neighbor to the surrounding community. Members of the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron looked to find the same balance here Sunday as they delivered more than $800 worth of

  • Rescue squadron, Craig Joint Theater Hospital team up for MASCAL exercise

    Pop Warner, a famous football player and coach, is credited with saying, "You play like you practice." If so, the lifesaving Airmen assigned to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing have a good shot at going undefeated.A realistic mass casualty exercise held here Saturday on a remote part of Bagram

  • Air Force critical to filling holes in communication during drawdown

    Editor's note: This is part two of a five part series highlighting the Air Force's involvement during the Responsible Drawdown of Forces in Iraq.While convoys are operating in areas where ground communications are limited, joint airborne battle staff, or JABS, crews are stepping in to bridge the gap

  • Photo Essay: Security Forces protect Al Asad flight line during drawdown

    Editor's note: This is part two of a three part photo series highlighting the Air Force's involvement during the Responsible Drawdown of Forces in Iraq.As U.S. forces drawdown in Iraq, the Air Force's footprint will become noticeably smaller, but units such as the 552nd Expeditionary Operation

  • 746th aircrew brings relief to flood-torn Pakistan

    As Air Force operations in support of flood relief operations in Pakistan resumed, aircrew and support personnel from the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia prepared to forward deploy to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, to ease the workload of the local

  • No moos about EMXS's cash cow AIS

    Heads-up display $225,717.84, encrypted ultra-high frequency radio $38,054.58, pilot throttle grip $4,115.17 a shop that can repair these components and more--priceless.The 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron's F-16 Avionics Intermediate Shop has the final say whether a part is repaired,