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  • Emergency Management: Not just 'chem training guys'

    A few weeks ago, Airmen from the 332nd Expeditionary Communication Squadron were digging trenches for cables and they unearthed a strange blue powder.Unsure of just what the powder was, they contacted an office on Joint Base Balad who would be able to tell them: the 332nd Civil Engineer Squadron

  • Military Working Dogs defend "The Rock"

    These four-legged canines are truly an Airman's best friend, especially when it comes to saving lives.The Military Working Dog Section of the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron has the unique mission of safeguarding an undisclosed air base here with highly motivated K-9 partners. The dogs'

  • U.S. donates bomb suits to Kyrgyz military EOD brethren

    "It seems you understood what we will be doing tomorrow. Some of these sergeants here will be going and defusing some bombs. Thank you," said the Kyrgyz colonel. He smiled at the four explosive ordnance disposal bomb suits donated from the Air Force with help from the U.S. State Department Aug. 6,

  • Shindand Air Base shares water with local village

    Members of the Afghan Air Force, Combined Air Power Transition Force and Task Force Center met with Deh Ali Baig village elders to discuss ways the Afghan National Security Forces and Coalition partners can assists their civilian neighbors on Aug. 5, 2010. The 838th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group

  • First Afghan Air Traffic Controllers on Duty at Kabul International Airport

    Sitting at their stations inside the control tower, Gh Masoom Masoomi and Milad Hazrati wait for an inbound flight to touchdown at Kabul International Airport (KAIA). In nearly any other country this would not be significant -- but in Afghanistan it's a sign of progress. Masoomi and Hazrati are the

  • Largest AF fuel farm operates 'bare base' style

    More than 320,000 gallons of fuel each day is pumped in and out of the largest fuel farm in the U.S. Air Force, running through the most intricate maze of pipes and hoses for the filtration and storage systems.Petroleum, Oils and Lubricants specialists of the 376th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness

  • Command post staff work with coalition forces

    Insurgents launched a ground attack on Kandahar Airfield Aug. 3. While coalition forces sprang into action to thwart the attack, members of the 451st Air Expeditionary Wing command post were just as hard at work, keeping the wing commander, key leaders and the members of the wing informed about the

  • 451st ESFS aids force protection in ground attack

    The saying 'timing is everything' was never more accurate when members of the 451st Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron went out to repair a camera along the perimeter fence line Aug. 3 and in doing so, aided fellow force protection members thwart a ground attack. Staff Sgt. Sarah Aguilar, a

  • ITAM-AF trains Iraqi security forces to defend own bases

    The Iraqi air force graduated 74 airmen July 12 who will eventually secure Iraqi-controlled bases with responsibilities for entry control point security, manning of security towers and conducting security patrols inside the bases. The 14-day course was provided by members of Iraq Training and

  • MWDs-Wet Nosed Warriors

    Work is play for the four-legged warriors of the 332nd Expeditionary Security Forces Group.The Military Working Dog section provides support to the 332 ESFG and the 532nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. MWDs are trained to detect explosives and drugs. "As a dog team we search all incoming