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  • 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

  • Scan Eagle provides "eye-in-sky" for Security Forces in Iraq

    The Scan Eagle is a long- endurance remotely piloted aircraft providing real-time situational awareness and force protection information for Air Force Security Forces expeditionary teams."Scan Eagle is the only intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform organic to the U.S. Air Force

  • NDI: the CSI of maintenance

    CSI, a popular stateside television show, portrays police investigators taking samples from a crime scene to a laboratory - running sophisticated tests and solving crimes.Well, CSI eat your heart out, because Joint Base Balad has its own CSI team - and they get to work on jet aircraft.The 332nd

  • U.S. Rushes Aid to Pakistan Flood Victims

    The United States is rushing aircraft, food and shelter to help those impacted by flooding in Pakistan, State Department and Defense Department officials said today.Pakistani officials said the floods - caused by unusually heavy monsoon rains - have killed between 1,500 and 2,000 people in the

  • Zabul athletes receive donated volleyball equipment

     Members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul teamed up with local government officials to provide new sports equipment to young volleyball players of Qalat and Shah Joy Districts Aug. 1.During a ceremony held in Qalat City, 21 teams received volleyballs, nets, new shoes and uniforms. The Zabul