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  • Follow me, save me, repair me: crash recovery

    Most back shop maintenance units in the Air Force exclusively deal with "off" aircraft parts. However, one back shop flight deals with out-of-the-ordinary aircraft, wheels and damage.The 332nd Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron's Transient Alert, Wheel and Tire and Crash Recovery Flight is one of

  • Force protection escorts enhance security through vigilance

    SOUTHWEST ASIA - A select group of Airmen from all over the world travel here with a wide range of expertise, but when they arrive at the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, they have with one major focus - eyes on security.Approximately 100 Airmen representing 47 different Air Force career fields, are

  • 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